Defence · #70 · COL

Sam Malinski

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Shoots: Right
Height: 5′11″
Weight: 190 lb
Born: Jul 27, 1998 (age 28)
Birthplace: Lakeville, Minnesota, USA
Draft: Undrafted

On-ice shot attempts, shots and goals in all situations. With or without you →

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2026-27 · All situations

GP: 18; COL
TOI: 320; 17:47 a game
CF%: 51.3; 324–308
xGF%: 48.9; 13.7–14.3
GF%: 67.7; 21–10

2026-27 individual

G: 0
A1: 3
A2: 5
P: 8
iSF: 25
Sh%: 0.0
ixG: 1.05
G−ixG: -1.05

Shooting luck

2026-27 in all situations, beside his record before (his seasons since 2019-20) and the league's defencemen.

Measure	2026-27	Before	Δ	League
Sh%	0.0	5.2	-5.2	6.5
On-ice Sh%	14.2	9.6	+4.6	10.9
PDO	106.6	102.1	+4.4	99.7
G−ixG	-1.05	–	–	–

Sh% z -1.2. Within what chance gives: at the 5.5% expected of him, his 25 shots could well have brought this. Expected: his record before blended with 100 shots at the league rate; past ±2 is about one time in twenty by chance.

2026-27 shot maps

Unblocked attempts in all situations, the net attacked at the top. A blocked attempt has no shot location, so these are goals, shots on goal and misses. Shots at an empty net are left out.

2026-27 shot maps

On the ice, against the league

For · his team's attempts43.3 FF/60 · league 40.2

−1.3+1.3

Against · at his net39.2 FF/60 · league 40.2

−1.3+1.3

Per 60 vs league average; darker = bigger gap. Green is better for him, red worse. 320 min.

His attempts

Select a shot for its type, xG and game.

on goal missgoal

Area = xG:0.050.200.50smallest ≤ 0.04

Under 50 attempts: too few for a density, so each is drawn.

40 unblocked · 25 SOG · 0 G · 1.05 ixG · 1 from his own half, not drawn.

His unblocked attempts, shots on goal, goals and shooting percentage by zone, beside the league's
Zone	FF	SOG	Sh%	Lg Sh%
Inner slot	1	0	–	20.6
High slot	1	0	–	18.2
Circles	4	4	0.0	9.9
Point and perimeter	33	20	0.0	4.4
Behind the net	0	0	–	4.7

By season

Season	Team	GP	TOI	CF%	GF%	xGF%	xGF% Rel	xGF	xGA	Sh%	Sv%	PDO
2023-24 COL	COL	23	327	49.5	55.9	47.7	-3.4	13.31	14.62	12.1	89.8	101.9
2024-25 COL	COL	76	1213	52.0	54.3	50.7	-3.9	49.78	48.35	9.1	91.7	100.9
2025-26 COL	COL	82	1445	57.4	68.5	58.2	+1.4	75.40	54.05	9.5	93.9	103.4
2026-27 COL	COL	18	320	51.3	67.7	48.9	-6.2	13.66	14.27	14.2	92.4	106.6
Total COL	COL	199	3304	54.1	61.9	53.7	-1.5	152.15	131.29	10.0	92.5	102.5

Among the league's defencemen

On-ice rates per 60, in all situations, as percentiles among 213 defencemen with 100+ minutes. Right is better.

With or without you

WOWY at 5v5, 2026-27: his on-ice shares with each teammate, and each without the other. A clue, not a verdict. Read at 5v5: All situations mixes power-play units with lines.

Kulak+13 more

Teammate	Minutes			xGF%			CF%			GF%
Teammate	With	Malinski without	Without Malinski	With	Malinski without	Without Malinski	With	Malinski without	Without Malinski	With	Malinski without	Without Malinski
KulakBrett Kulak D	124	173	201	48.3 5.6–6.0	52.4 -4.2	43.5 +4.7	48.3 113–121	55.4 -7.1	50.5 -2.2	58.3 7–5	76.5 13–4	46.2 6–7
KadriNazem Kadri C	101	197	162	57.9 5.0–3.6	46.6 +11.3	50.0 +8.0	54.4 106–89	51.8 +2.6	51.2 +3.2	72.7 8–3	66.7 12–6	50.0 7–7
LandeskogGabriel Landeskog LW	92	205	151	70.4 4.8–2.0	43.0 +27.4	47.0 +23.4	59.6 96–65	50.0 +9.6	50.3 +9.3	71.4 5–2	68.2 15–7	41.2 7–10
NelsonBrock Nelson C	86	212	159	64.6 3.5–1.9	46.6 +17.9	47.6 +17.0	56.2 86–67	51.4 +4.8	50.2 +6.0	80.0 4–1	66.7 16–8	50.0 6–6
NecasMartin Necas C	84	214	207	47.5 3.2–3.5	51.6 -4.1	58.8 -11.3	52.5 85–77	52.7 -0.2	54.6 -2.2	62.5 5–3	71.4 15–6	63.6 21–12
MacKinnonNathan MacKinnon C	77	220	214	48.3 3.4–3.7	51.4 -3.1	55.8 -7.6	51.5 85–80	53.0 -1.5	53.6 -2.1	75.0 6–2	66.7 14–7	58.3 21–15
ToewsDevon Toews D	76	222	242	48.9 2.0–2.1	50.8 -1.9	60.9 -12.0	52.7 78–70	52.6 +0.1	57.9 -5.2	75.0 3–1	68.0 17–8	72.4 21–8
LehkonenArtturi Lehkonen LW	75	223	199	42.1 2.6–3.6	53.3 -11.2	54.3 -12.1	48.3 70–75	54.0 -5.7	52.0 -3.7	83.3 5–1	65.2 15–8	63.6 21–12
SchwartzJaden Schwartz LW	70	227	146	34.3 2.2–4.2	56.1 -21.8	57.2 -23.0	43.0 61–81	55.7 -12.7	58.9 -16.0	62.5 5–3	71.4 15–6	57.1 8–6
SvechkovFedor Svechkov C	69	228	151	41.9 2.5–3.5	53.2 -11.3	46.8 -4.9	50.3 74–73	53.4 -3.0	53.3 -2.9	71.4 5–2	68.2 15–7	72.7 8–3
KellyParker Kelly C	67	230	136	47.3 2.6–2.9	51.4 -4.1	48.4 -1.1	53.1 78–69	52.5 +0.6	50.7 +2.3	57.1 4–3	72.7 16–6	57.1 4–3
HughesT.J. Hughes RW	62	235	143	39.5 2.4–3.7	54.1 -14.6	48.5 -9.0	47.3 61–68	54.1 -6.8	53.2 -6.0	66.7 6–3	70.0 14–6	63.6 7–4
RoyNicolas Roy C	53	244	87	61.9 3.1–1.9	47.7 +14.2	51.5 +10.5	66.0 70–36	49.7 +16.3	57.7 +8.3	71.4 5–2	68.2 15–7	33.3 4–8
BurnsBrent Burns D	52	245	219	45.5 2.2–2.6	51.7 -6.2	47.3 -1.9	55.0 60–49	52.1 +3.0	50.8 +4.3	50.0 2–2	72.0 18–7	48.0 12–13

Under each without share: with minus without, in points (green: better together). 7 teammates under the floor are not shown: pick them above.

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2026-27 game by game

Date	Opponent	Result	CF%	GF%	xGF%	TOI	xGF	xGA	Sh%	Sv%	PDO
2026-11-10 @ TOR · W 6-3	@ TOR	W 6-3	51.4	100.0	62.6	20	0.93	0.56	33.3	100.0	133.3
2026-11-07 vs DET · W 4-0	vs DET	W 4-0	36.7	–	39.1	18	0.36	0.56	0.0	100.0	100.0
2026-11-05 vs NSH · L 2-3 OT	vs NSH	L 2-3 OT	60.0	–	49.5	20	0.71	0.73	0.0	100.0	100.0
2026-11-03 @ CBJ · L 2-7	@ CBJ	L 2-7	48.7	33.3	34.9	19	0.96	1.78	20.0	77.8	97.8
2026-11-02 @ CHI · W 5-2	@ CHI	W 5-2	62.8	100.0	67.1	16	1.42	0.70	14.3	100.0	114.3
2026-10-31 vs CGY · W 5-2	vs CGY	W 5-2	41.9	0.0	26.0	19	0.50	1.42	0.0	81.8	81.8
2026-10-28 vs NJD · W 5-2	vs NJD	W 5-2	62.8	100.0	65.5	21	1.18	0.62	20.0	100.0	120.0
2026-10-25 @ NSH · L 2-6	@ NSH	L 2-6	23.8	50.0	21.6	20	0.43	1.55	16.7	94.1	110.8
2026-10-23 vs TBL · W 6-3	vs TBL	W 6-3	29.3	–	38.6	19	0.48	0.76	0.0	100.0	100.0
2026-10-20 @ NJD · L 3-4	@ NJD	L 3-4	50.0	–	23.2	16	0.12	0.40	0.0	100.0	100.0
2026-10-19 @ PHI · L 2-3	@ PHI	L 2-3	64.5	100.0	51.6	15	0.59	0.55	12.5	100.0	112.5
2026-10-16 vs PIT · W 5-2	vs PIT	W 5-2	38.5	50.0	49.1	14	0.89	0.93	16.7	83.3	100.0
2026-10-14 vs DAL · L 2-3 SO	vs DAL	L 2-3 SO	70.3	66.7	74.9	16	0.90	0.30	18.2	83.3	101.5
2026-10-13 @ DAL · W 3-2	@ DAL	W 3-2	44.4	0.0	50.5	19	0.60	0.59	0.0	85.7	85.7
2026-10-10 vs TOR · L 3-6	vs TOR	L 3-6	64.1	50.0	46.8	18	0.95	1.07	12.5	87.5	100.0
2026-10-07 @ WPG · L 2-3	@ WPG	L 2-3	63.9	50.0	54.7	19	0.81	0.67	12.5	80.0	92.5
2026-10-03 vs STL · W 6-1	vs STL	W 6-1	40.6	100.0	57.8	16	0.98	0.71	44.4	100.0	144.4
2026-09-30 vs LAK · W 8-4	vs LAK	W 8-4	63.0	100.0	70.7	14	0.86	0.36	11.1	100.0	111.1