Beck Malenstyn #29

L · Buffalo Sabres · Age 27 · Shoots L · 6′3″, 209 lb · Draft: 2016, round 5, 145th overall

2025-26 regular season. Shading and Pctl are the percentile among the season's forwards who meet the tables' minimum (darker is better).

Summary		Pctl
GP	81	81st
TOI/GP	11:15	9th
G	7	22nd
A	7	13th
P	14	15th
P/60	0.92	8th
ixG	7.7	20th
G−ixG	−0.7	50th
xGF%	45.8	20th
Rel xGF%	−6.0	11th
GS/GP	+0.18	14th
Pen ±	+9	89th

Scoring		Pctl
G	7	22nd
A1	5	20th
A2	2	9th
P	14	15th
P1	12	20th
P/60	0.92	8th
5v5 P/60	0.88	8th
PPP	0	13th
SHP	1	73rd
ENG	0	24th

Shooting		Pctl
SOG	72	27th
iCF	138	23rd
iFF	109	25th
ixG	7.7	20th
ixG/60	0.51	8th
G	7	22nd
G−ixG	−0.7	50th
Sh%	9.7	27th
xSh%	7.1	13th
Blk'd	29	24th
5v5 iCF/60	10.3	29th

On ice (5v5)		Pctl
5v5 TOI	751	33rd
CF%	45.7	16th
FF%	47.0	23rd
xGF%	45.8	20th
GF%	47.9	40th
xGF/60	1.83	4th
xGA/60	2.17	89th
oiSh%	7.3	16th
oiSv%	91.7	75th
PDO	99.1	38th
Rel CF%	−4.3	12th
Rel xGF%	−6.0	11th
OZS%	22.5	5th

Usage		Pctl
TOI/GP	11:15	9th
EV/GP	9:26	5th
5v5/GP	9:16	4th
PP/GP	0:01	2nd
SH/GP	1:48	83rd
Shifts/GP	16.5	17th
Shift	0:41	5th
OZ	66	10th
NZ	273	83rd
DZ	227	79th
OZS%	22.5	5th

Game Score		Pctl
GS	+14.7	22nd
GS/GP	+0.18	14th
GS/60	+0.97	17th
Scoring	+9.9	15th
Shooting	+5.0	20th
On ice	−4.9	26th
Penalties	+1.5	91st
Faceoffs	−0.1	50th
Other	+3.3	98th

Other		Pctl
Hits	282	99th
Blk	75	98th
Tk	12	32nd
Gv	35	74th
PenD	21	84th
PenT	12	46th
Pen ±	+9	89th
PP min ±	+20.0	91st
FOW	10	32nd
FOL	15	71st
FO%	40.0	34th

By season

Season		GP	G	A	P	ixG	xGF%	GS/GP	TOI/GP
2026-27	Regular season	9	0	2	2	0.4	38.0	+0.03	9:56
2025-26	Regular season	81	7	7	14	7.7	45.8	+0.18	11:15
2025-26	Playoffs	13	1	2	3	0.6	45.4	+0.19	10:30

Rolling 10-game averages

5v5 xGF% (scale at right)Game Score per game (±0.8), centred on 0 · each point the 10 games to that one, 81 games in all

Linemates

Teammate	Pos	Together	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%
Mattias Samuelsson	D	362:27	47.0	51.4
Owen Power	D	335:01	45.5	40.3
Peyton Krebs	C	304:48	44.7	44.3
Bowen Byram	D	298:03	42.7	42.2
Jordan Greenway	L	289:04	45.2	45.6
Rasmus Dahlin	D	273:01	48.8	51.5
Josh Dunne	C	269:41	49.0	47.0
Tyson Kozak	C	247:53	37.0	33.9

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%	GS
Apr 15	vs DAL	L 3–4 OT	14:59	0	0	0	0.08	65	69	+0.19
Apr 13	@ CHI	W 5–1	11:32	0	0	2	0.05	43	59	+0.04
Apr 9	vs CBJ	W 5–0	11:30	0	0	0	0.00	43	41	−0.06
Apr 8	@ NYR	W 5–3	10:15	0	0	0	0.02	33	12	−0.05
Apr 6	vs TBL	W 4–2	12:53	0	0	1	0.03	47	42	+0.20
Apr 4	@ WSH	L 2–6	12:27	1	0	1	0.54	42	65	+1.59
Apr 2	@ OTT	L 1–4	9:33	0	0	0	0.00	25	6	−0.19
Mar 31	vs NYI	W 4–3	11:20	0	0	2	0.16	53	66	+0.31
Mar 28	vs SEA	W 3–2 OT	10:44	0	0	2	0.46	56	43	+0.27
Mar 27	vs DET	L 2–5	9:28	0	0	1	0.04	60	44	+0.11
Mar 25	vs BOS	L 3–4 OT	12:01	0	0	0	0.19	47	58	+0.30
Mar 22	@ ANA	L 5–6 OT	10:33	0	1	3	0.16	70	77	+1.74
Mar 21	@ LAK	W 4–1	14:47	0	1	3	0.10	77	74	+1.24
Mar 19	@ SJS	W 5–0	13:54	0	0	0	0.08	69	71	+0.77
Mar 17	@ VGK	W 2–0	12:30	0	0	0	0.06	58	30	−0.16
Mar 14	vs TOR	W 3–2 OT	11:27	0	0	0	0.14	57	54	+0.49
Mar 12	vs WSH	L 1–2	10:25	0	1	1	0.07	76	97	+1.56
Mar 10	vs SJS	W 6–3	11:31	1	0	2	0.29	60	78	+1.76
Mar 8	vs TBL	W 8–7	6:03	0	0	0	0.00	40	28	−0.50
Mar 7	vs NSH	W 3–2	9:12	0	0	0	0.00	42	45	+0.18
Mar 5	@ PIT	W 5–1	14:25	0	0	0	0.00	39	53	−0.02
Mar 3	vs VGK	W 3–2	8:57	0	0	1	0.06	40	34	−0.18
Feb 28	@ TBL	W 6–2	12:26	0	0	1	0.13	28	20	−0.28
Feb 27	@ FLA	W 3–2	10:57	1	0	3	0.11	50	43	+0.74
Feb 25	@ NJD	W 2–1	11:49	0	0	0	0.00	56	63	+0.06
Feb 5	vs PIT	L 2–5	11:10	0	0	2	0.23	41	46	−0.11
Feb 3	@ TBL	L 3–4 OT	9:08	0	0	1	0.01	63	94	+0.19
Feb 2	@ FLA	W 5–3	8:04	0	0	0	0.00	22	42	−0.02
Jan 31	vs MTL	L 2–4	8:46	0	0	1	0.04	29	30	−0.06
Jan 29	vs LAK	W 4–1	12:27	0	0	0	0.00	30	24	−0.35
Jan 27	@ TOR	W 7–4	11:54	0	0	0	0.00	18	10	−0.37
Jan 24	@ NYI	W 5–0	12:26	0	0	0	0.00	56	63	+0.14
Jan 22	@ MTL	W 4–2	11:41	1	0	1	0.34	13	0	+0.56
Jan 20	@ NSH	W 5–3	11:25	0	0	1	0.09	29	49	+0.14
Jan 19	@ CAR	L 1–2	10:23	0	0	0	0.00	18	2	−0.41
Jan 17	vs MIN	L 4–5 OT	9:56	0	0	0	0.00	14	3	−1.37
Jan 15	vs MTL	W 5–3	8:45	0	0	2	0.15	70	93	+0.46
Jan 14	vs PHI	W 5–2	8:54	0	0	1	0.14	25	45	+0.13
Jan 12	vs FLA	L 3–4	6:41	0	0	0	0.00	29	20	−0.10
Jan 10	vs ANA	W 5–3	10:00	0	0	0	0.00	50	29	−0.02
Jan 8	@ NYR	W 5–2	12:01	0	0	0	0.00	19	16	−0.61
Jan 6	vs VAN	W 5–3	11:56	0	1	0	0.06	53	64	+0.99
Jan 3	@ CBJ	L 1–5	7:53	0	0	1	0.03	27	35	−0.35
Dec 31	@ DAL	W 4–1	13:36	0	0	0	0.00	65	47	−0.04
Dec 29	@ STL	W 4–2	14:35	0	1	1	0.11	47	50	+0.87
Dec 27	vs BOS	W 4–1	13:10	0	0	0	0.00	53	47	+0.07
Dec 23	@ OTT	W 3–2 OT	16:11	0	0	0	0.09	67	87	+0.71
Dec 21	@ NJD	W 3–1	13:23	0	0	1	0.01	50	37	−0.15
Dec 20	vs NYI	W 3–2 OT	8:55	0	0	1	0.12	38	69	+0.10
Dec 18	vs PHI	W 5–3	8:56	0	0	2	0.10	30	23	−0.27
Dec 14	@ SEA	W 3–1	9:34	0	0	0	0.00	29	12	−0.39
Dec 11	@ VAN	W 3–2	12:48	0	0	0	0.00	12	0	−1.15
Dec 9	@ EDM	W 4–3 OT	11:23	0	0	0	0.16	44	51	+0.11
Dec 8	@ CGY	L 4–7	7:30	0	0	1	0.24	67	66	+0.38
Dec 5	@ WPG	L 1–4	13:11	0	0	0	0.09	64	58	+0.31
Dec 3	@ PHI	L 2–5	11:09	0	0	0	0.00	27	8	−0.63
Dec 1	vs WPG	W 5–1	13:50	0	0	0	0.00	57	62	+0.26
Nov 29	@ MIN	W 3–2 OT	12:31	1	0	3	0.44	70	82	+2.00
Nov 28	vs NJD	L 0–5	10:39	0	0	3	0.24	73	84	+0.47
Nov 26	@ PIT	L 2–4	9:44	0	0	1	0.01	67	58	−0.03
Nov 23	vs CAR	W 4–1	11:54	1	0	2	0.20	33	50	+1.26
Nov 21	vs CHI	W 9–3	13:55	0	1	1	0.13	48	48	+0.74
Nov 19	vs CGY	L 2–6	14:08	0	0	2	0.17	69	71	+0.84
Nov 17	vs EDM	W 5–1	11:10	1	0	3	0.33	40	53	+1.43
Nov 15	@ DET	W 5–4 OT	11:28	0	0	0	0.00	46	13	−0.66
Nov 13	@ COL	L 3–6	11:54	0	0	1	0.14	35	26	−0.35
Nov 12	@ UTA	L 2–5	9:11	0	0	0	0.00	27	24	−0.71
Nov 8	@ CAR	L 3–6	10:25	0	0	0	0.00	33	2	−0.30
Nov 6	vs STL	L 0–3	10:17	0	0	2	0.07	58	50	−0.05
Nov 4	vs UTA	L 1–2 OT	9:06	0	0	0	0.04	40	21	−0.38
Nov 1	vs WSH	W 4–3 OT	12:42	0	0	1	0.03	50	42	−0.15
Oct 30	@ BOS	L 3–4 OT	11:31	0	0	1	0.08	42	49	+0.06
Oct 28	vs CBJ	L 3–4 OT	13:48	0	1	2	0.16	41	50	+1.06
Oct 25	@ TOR	L 3–4 OT	14:19	0	0	2	0.10	55	71	+0.26
Oct 24	vs TOR	W 5–3	12:14	0	0	3	0.53	35	46	+0.14
Oct 22	vs DET	W 4–2	13:08	0	0	3	0.13	46	55	+0.47
Oct 18	vs FLA	W 3–0	9:23	0	0	0	0.00	20	64	+0.16
Oct 15	vs OTT	W 8–4	12:10	0	0	0	0.00	15	13	−0.21
Oct 13	vs COL	L 1–3	11:34	0	0	2	0.12	58	71	+0.34
Oct 11	@ BOS	L 1–3	7:50	0	0	0	0.00	20	8	−0.16
Oct 9	vs NYR	L 0–4	8:24	0	0	1	0.00	44	2	−0.69