16 G · 49 A · 181 GP
0.359 P/GP · 4 PPP · 16:29 ATOI
Colorado Avalanche#70Active
Sam Malinski
D · 5′11″ / 190 lb · Shoots R · Lakeville, USA · Age 28 · Undrafted
65Career points
0.359Career P/GP
181Games played
16Goals
3 seasonsNHL service
Overview
2025-2640points
The latest read.
40 points in 82 games in 2025-26. Career: 65 points across 181 games.
82GP
8goals
32assists
40points
164shots
1PP points
The career ledger.
Regular season and playoffsofficial NHL landing
1 G · 3 A · 16 GP
0.250 P/GP · 0 PPP · 17:24 ATOI
Last five games.
Most recent official appearancesofficial game log
2026-05-26@ VGKPlayoff14:16 TOI0G 0A0 P · 2 S
2026-05-24@ VGKPlayoff12:57 TOI0G 0A0 P · 2 S
2026-05-22vs VGKPlayoff20:40 TOI0G 0A0 P · 3 S
2026-05-20vs VGKPlayoff20:31 TOI0G 0A0 P · 1 S
2026-05-09@ MINPlayoff18:56 TOI0G 0A0 P · 2 S
What this draft slot returns.
Base rate for the exact pick, a history, never a forecastofficial NHL landing
Sam Malinski was never selected in an NHL Entry Draft, so there is no slot to price. Undrafted careers are not a slot outcome and the page leaves the comparison empty rather than filling it with a stand-in.
The arc.
Points and points per game by seasonNHL season log · 3 seasons
Where he stands right now.
2025-26 league position and career shapeNHL league browser 2025-26
Career
Season by season.
Every NHL season · peak highlighted, split seasons kept apart3 regular-season rows
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26Peak | Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 8 | 32 | 40 | +43 | 1 | 164 |
| 2024-25 | Colorado Avalanche | 76 | 5 | 10 | 15 | +8 | 1 | 115 |
| 2023-24 | Colorado Avalanche | 23 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +3 | 2 | 31 |
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Colorado Avalanche | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 0 | 22 |
| 2024-25 | Colorado Avalanche | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 9 |
The same numbers, in the league that produced them.
Every qualified season levelled to a 3.00-goal NHLofficial final standings · 1990-91 onward
2025-26 is the best season either way: 0.488 raw, 0.468 once the league it happened in is levelled out.
| Season | GP | Raw P/GP | League GF/gm | Adj. P/GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26Best adjusted | 82 | 0.488 | 3.13 | 0.468 |
| 2024-25 | 76 | 0.197 | 3.04 | 0.195 |
| 2023-24 | 23 | 0.435 | 3.11 | 0.419 |
Method: each season's raw points per game is multiplied by 3.00 ÷ that season's league goals per team-game, taken from the official final standings. Seasons under 20 games are excluded. It levels scoring climate and nothing else (not role, ice time, teammates, schedule or injury), so treat it as one comparison, not a verdict.
Before the NHL.
Junior, college, European and international rowsofficial NHL landing · season totals
| Season | League | Team | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | AHL | Colorado Eagles | 46 | 5 | 22 | 27 |
| 2023-24 | AHL | Colorado Eagles | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022-23 | AHL | Colorado Eagles | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2022-23 | NCAA | Cornell Univ. | 34 | 8 | 18 | 26 |
| 2022-23 | AHL | Colorado Eagles | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2021-22 | NCAA | Cornell Univ. | 32 | 5 | 18 | 23 |
| 2019-20 | NCAA | Cornell Univ. | 25 | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 2018-19 | NAHL | Bismarck Bobcats | 59 | 14 | 31 | 45 |
| 2018-19 | NAHL | Bismarck Bobcats | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-18 | NAHL | Bismarck Bobcats | 28 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2017-18 | USHL | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016-17 | UMHSEHL | Team MAP South Hockey | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016-17 | USHS-MN | Lakeville South High | 24 | 5 | 22 | 27 |
| 2016-17 | UMHSEHL | Team MAP South Hockey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-17 | USHS-MN | Lakeville South High | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015-16 | USHS-MN | Lakeville South High | 25 | 4 | 18 | 22 |
| 2015-16 | USHS-MN | Lakeville South High | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014-15 | USHS-MN | Lakeville South High | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014-15 | USHS-MN | Lakeville South High | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
The comparable set.
Chosen by a printed rule, not by feelNHL dossier pool · 1,162 careers
Selection rule. Defencemen only; career games played within ±20% of 181 (or ±10 games, whichever band is wider: 145 to 217); 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: 37 of them cleared the band.
Simon EdvinssonD · 2021 #6 · active175 GP · 19 G · 41 A · 60 P0.343 P/GP · −0.016Mason LohreiD · 2020 #58 · active191 GP · 16 G · 56 A · 72 P0.377 P/GP · +0.018Pavel MintyukovD · 2022 #10 · active204 GP · 17 G · 52 A · 69 P0.338 P/GP · −0.021Kaiden GuhleD · 2020 #16 · active208 GP · 18 G · 51 A · 69 P0.332 P/GP · −0.027Nick BlankenburgD · Undrafted · retired176 GP · 18 G · 40 A · 58 P0.330 P/GP · −0.030
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 →
Official game ledger
Every 2025-26 appearance.
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Insights
NHL Edge tracking.
Measured puck and player tracking · 2025-26 regular seasonNHL Edge tracking · api-web.nhle.com · coverage from 2021-22 · fetched 2026-08-17
Tracked axisMeasuredPercentile, 0 to 100Pct
Top shot speed96.8mph87.0
155.8 km/h equivalent · league average 88.9 mph
Max skating speed22.9mph91.0
36.9 km/h equivalent · league average 21.6 mph
Distance skated344.1km72.5
213.8 mi equivalent · league average 214.3 km
Most distance in one game5.4km59.9
3.4 mi equivalent · league average 5.2 km
Bursts over 20 mph116bursts96.3
league average 31.3
Where the shift was spent
Offensive zone time44.4%87.1
league average 42.3
Neutral zone time18.5%86.7
league average 16.8
Defensive zone time37.0%91.6
league average 40.9
Shots on goal, by location
All shots on goal164shots93.8
league average 62.1 shots
High-danger shots on goal6shots70.7
league average 4.0 shots
Method: every figure and every percentile on this panel is published by the NHL Edge endpoint. This site converts nothing and ranks nothing. The percentile column is the league's own, against the tracked population for 2025-26. Speeds arrive in mph and km/h; distance is read in kilometres with the mile conversion stated beside it. Tracked seasons on file for this player: 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26.
The shot map.
Where his shots came from · 2025-26 regular season · NHL Edge areasNHL Edge shot-location detail · api-web.nhle.com · fetched 2026-08-18
Hover, tap or focus an area for its exact figures. Net at the top; left and right as the shooter sees them.
AreaShotsShare of hisPct
Center Point393 G96th
R Point390 G96th
R Circle241 G99th
L Point161 G74th
Outside R140 G94th
High Slot81 G79th
L Circle81 G77th
Outside L60 G75th
Low Slot51 G68th
L Net Side20 G81th
Offensive Neutral Zone20 G77th
Crease10 G75th
Behind the Net00 G0th
Beyond Red Line00 G0th
L Corner00 G0th
R Corner00 G0th
R Net Side00 G0th
6high danger1 G · 16.7%
40mid danger3 G · 7.5%
94long range4 G · 4.3%
Method: 164 shots on goal in 2025-26, placed by the NHL into the areas it names; each area is shaded by its share of his total, so this map is his distribution and not a comparison to any other player. The percentile column is the league's own for shots from that area, where it publishes one; nothing is converted, ranked or combined. Areas as the NHL names them; the drawing is to rink proportion with the net at the top.
Opponent atlas.
Career results by opponentlocal NHL AI Opponent Atlas
Career volume leaders
Career vs.CGY5 points6 GP · 1 G · 4 A12 shots · 0 PP points
Career vs.OTT4 points6 GP · 1 G · 3 A6 shots · 1 PP points
Career vs.VAN4 points6 GP · 2 G · 2 A13 shots · 0 PP points
Career vs.BUF3 points5 GP · 1 G · 2 A7 shots · 0 PP points
Career vs.EDM3 points5 GP · 1 G · 2 A10 shots · 0 PP points
Career vs.CHI3 points7 GP · 0 G · 3 A16 shots · 1 PP pointsBest points-per-game matchups
Pace vs.CGY0.83 P/GP6 GP · 1 G · 4 A12 shots · 0 PP pointsPace vs.OTT0.67 P/GP6 GP · 1 G · 3 A6 shots · 1 PP pointsPace vs.VAN0.67 P/GP6 GP · 2 G · 2 A13 shots · 0 PP pointsPace vs.BUF0.60 P/GP5 GP · 1 G · 2 A7 shots · 0 PP pointsPace vs.EDM0.60 P/GP5 GP · 1 G · 2 A10 shots · 0 PP pointsPace vs.CHI0.43 P/GP7 GP · 0 G · 3 A16 shots · 1 PP pointsFrozen from the local NHL AI Opponent Atlas. These are descriptive career splits through the source snapshot, not a projection of the next matchup and not evidence that the opponent caused the result.
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
Sam Malinski has faced 69 goaltenders in this dataset but none of them for the 20 shots on goal a published rate requires here. The counts exist; the rates would be noise, so they are not printed.
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.
Fantasy Desk.
2026-27 rankings on a three-season blend, most recent season weighted heaviestHockey Insights fantasy pool · 2026-09-29
1.35blended ESPN pts/gm
ESPN#277Yahoo#200Fantrax#193Roto#166
25-2682 GP8 G32 A1.43 pts/gm
2nd half+0.17Market avg#241
This desk has Sam Malinski No. 277 among skaters on the ESPN points board — the market has him 36 seats higher.
The room.
Every current Colorado Avalanche teammate, one click awaycanonical player directory