2 G · 2 A · 13 GP
0.308 P/GP · 0 PPP · 10:16 ATOI
Columbus Blue Jackets#67Active
James Malatesta
L · 5′9″ / 193 lb · Shoots L · Montréal, CAN · Age 23 · 2021 #133 by CBJ
4Career points
0.308Career P/GP
13Games played
2Goals
2 seasonsNHL service
Overview
2024-250points
The last read.
0 points in 2 games in 2024-25, his most recent NHL season. Career: 4 points across 13 games.
2GP
0goals
0assists
0points
0shots
0PP points
The career ledger.
Regular season and playoffsofficial NHL landing
0 G · 0 A · 0 GP
— P/GP · 0 PPP · — ATOI
The arc.
Points and points per game by seasonNHL season log · 2 seasons
Last five games.
Most recent official appearancesofficial game log
2024-12-21@ PHI10:12 TOI0G 0A0 P · 0 S
2024-12-19vs NJD10:56 TOI0G 0A0 P · 0 S
What this draft slot returns.
Base rate for the exact pick, a history, never a forecastdraft-position study · 2026-07-14-prospect-translation-v2.32
2021 draft#133round 5 · CBJ
Rates: insufficient sample (n=5 of 32): no NHLer/impact/star/stayer rate shown for this cohort.
Sample: 5 forwards taken #133, drawn only from classes old enough to judge, on the Schuckers-style pick curve published on Draft Value. A base rate describes a slot, not a person: it cannot predict this career and is not used to grade it.
Floor rule: rates below a minimum sample are suppressed, not shown thin. Exact slot needs 12+ players, the pooled pick-curve band needs 32+, matching this site's builders to the nhl-draft-intel engine's own bucket-calibration floors (12 / 18 / 32).
Against history.
Percentile against every NHL peercareer totals · position-aware
The height of the career.
Peak season and the best five41+ GP qualified seasons
2023-24 peak: 11 GP / 2 G / 2 A / 4 Pts / 0.364 P/GP · 10:13 TOI
Career
Where he stands right now.
2025-26 league position and career shapeNHL league browser 2025-26
Season by season.
Every NHL season · peak highlighted, split seasons kept apart2 regular-season rows
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-24Peak | Columbus Blue Jackets | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 12 |
No NHL playoff row is available.
Before the NHL.
Junior, college, European and international rowsofficial NHL landing · season totals
| Season | League | Team | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | AHL | Cleveland Monsters | 57 | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| 2025-26 | AHL | Cleveland Monsters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-25 | AHL | Cleveland Monsters | 41 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 2024-25 | AHL | Cleveland Monsters | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023-24 | AHL | Cleveland Monsters | 56 | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| 2023-24 | AHL | Cleveland Monsters | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022-23 | Memorial Cup | Québec Remparts | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022-23 | QMJHL | Québec Remparts | 55 | 37 | 29 | 66 |
| 2022-23 | QMJHL | Québec Remparts | 18 | 14 | 6 | 20 |
| 2021-22 | QMJHL | Québec Remparts | 68 | 28 | 25 | 53 |
| 2021-22 | QMJHL | Québec Remparts | 12 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2020-21 | QMJHL | Québec Remparts | 32 | 10 | 13 | 23 |
| 2020-21 | QMJHL | Québec Remparts | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019-20 | QMJHL | Québec Remparts | 59 | 23 | 22 | 45 |
| 2019-20 | WHC-17 | Canada Black U17 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2018-19 | CWG | Team Québec | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2018-19 | QGC-16 | Team Québec Blue | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2018-19 | QMAAA | Lac St-Louis Lions | 22 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2018-19 | QMAAA | Lac St-Louis Lions | 16 | 11 | 12 | 23 |
| 2017-18 | QBAAA | Lac St-Louis Lions Nord U15 AAA | 25 | 31 | 15 | 46 |
| 2017-18 | QMEAA | Lac St-Louis Lions Black M17 AAA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016-17 | QM15AAA | Lac St-Louis Lions Nord U15 AAA | 23 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| 2015-16 | QC Int PW | Montréal Jr. Canadiens | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2014-15 | QC Int PW | Lac St-Louis Lions Nord | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
The comparable set.
Chosen by a printed rule, not by feelNHL dossier pool · 1,162 careers
Selection rule. Forwards only; career games played within ±20% of 13 (or ±10 games, whichever band is wider: 3 to 23); then the five nearest by career P/GP, ties broken by the closest games played. The pool is the 1,162 players in this site's NHL dossier set who own at least one official regular-season game: 87 of them cleared the band.
Avery HayesR · Undrafted · active16 GP · 5 G · 0 A · 5 P0.313 P/GP · +0.005Sacha BoisvertC · 2024 #18 · active7 GP · 1 G · 1 A · 2 P0.286 P/GP · −0.022Garrett PilonC · 2016 #87 · retired3 GP · 1 G · 0 A · 1 P0.333 P/GP · +0.026Dylan DukeL · 2021 #126 · active3 GP · 1 G · 0 A · 1 P0.333 P/GP · +0.026Brady MartinC · 2025 #5 · active3 GP · 0 G · 1 A · 1 P0.333 P/GP · +0.026
Similar career shape is not similar player. The rule matches volume and rate only; it knows nothing about era, position within the group, usage or role, and two careers can land on the same line for opposite reasons.
Game log
Compare observed minutes, shots and finishing across game windows →
The complete game ledger.
Per-game official box scoresofficial NHL game log
There is no 2025-26 game-log receipt on file for James Malatesta. The complete ledger is only collected for players who dressed for an NHL club in that season, so nothing here is reported as a run of zeroes. The most recent official appearances on the player landing are below.
Recent form.
Last five official NHL gamesofficial game log
| Date | Opponent | TOI | G | A | PTS | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-21 | at PHI | 10:12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-12-19 | vs NJD | 10:56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Insights
NHL Edge tracking.
Measured puck and player trackingNHL Edge tracking · api-web.nhle.com · coverage from 2021-22 · fetched 2026-08-17
No Edge tracking on file for James Malatesta. The league publishes Edge for skaters from 2021-22 onward, and only for players it tracked in the covered season. Nothing is drawn here as a zero, because the absence is a coverage fact rather than a measurement.
The shot map.
Where his shots came from, in the league's own areasNHL Edge shot-location detail · api-web.nhle.com · fetched 2026-08-18
No Edge shot-location detail on file for James Malatesta. The league publishes it for skaters it tracked in the covered season, and James Malatesta is not in that set for 2025-26. Nothing is drawn as a zero, because an absence from the feed is a coverage fact rather than a measurement.
Against the goaltenders.
Goaltenders faced, from play-by-playNHL play-by-play · 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 4,192 games · fetched 2026-08-18
James Malatesta has no shot attributed to a named goaltender in the seasons this dataset covers, so no board is drawn. Nothing is shown as a zero, because the absence is coverage rather than a measurement.
The development file.
Draft path and latest leagueNHL API Draft Intelligence
23age at snapshot
NHLlatest league
2021 #133draft path
The source receipt.
Official basics plus named researchOfficial NHL API Web player landing, with local nhl api draft cache reuse
Career, season, game-log, bio, draft and award rows come from official NHL endpoints. Redraft is a separate hindsight model with its own snapshot clock. Pressure is a descriptive Gamelogs layer. Development Trails uses its own declared clock. Missing evidence stays unavailable rather than being drawn as zero.
Official endpoint: player landing · redraft 2026-07-10-redraft-v5.2 snapshot 2026-07-09.
The room.
Every current Columbus Blue Jackets teammate, one click awaycanonical player directory