Sam Malinski #70

D · Colorado Avalanche · Age 27 · Shoots R · 5′11″, 190 lb · Draft: Undrafted

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

Summary		Pctl
GP	82	92nd
TOI/GP	17:37	35th
G	8	78th
A	32	87th
P	40	86th
P/60	1.66	90th
ixG	7.0	76th
G−ixG	+1.0	69th
xGF%	61.7	99th
Rel xGF%	+5.7	94th
GS/GP	+0.85	94th
Pen ±	−7	37th

Scoring		Pctl
G	8	78th
A1	19	91st
A2	13	75th
P	40	86th
P1	27	88th
P/60	1.66	90th
5v5 P/60	1.73	97th
PPP	1	57th
SHP	0	35th
ENG	0	43rd

Shooting		Pctl
SOG	164	91st
iCF	414	95th
iFF	252	93rd
ixG	7.0	76th
ixG/60	0.29	81st
G	8	78th
G−ixG	+1.0	69th
Sh%	4.9	42nd
xSh%	2.8	23rd
Blk'd	162	96th
5v5 iCF/60	18.2	99th

On ice (5v5)		Pctl
5v5 TOI	1321	70th
CF%	59.0	97th
FF%	58.7	98th
xGF%	61.7	99th
GF%	70.2	99th
xGF/60	3.28	98th
xGA/60	2.03	99th
oiSh%	9.6	50th
oiSv%	93.9	99th
PDO	103.5	93rd
Rel CF%	+3.5	85th
Rel xGF%	+5.7	94th
OZS%	48.5	67th

Usage		Pctl
TOI/GP	17:37	35th
EV/GP	16:38	48th
5v5/GP	16:07	47th
PP/GP	0:14	52nd
SH/GP	0:45	22nd
Shifts/GP	21.8	33rd
Shift	0:48	47th
OZ	179	67th
NZ	257	55th
DZ	190	46th
OZS%	48.5	67th

Game Score		Pctl
GS	+69.9	97th
GS/GP	+0.85	94th
GS/60	+2.90	98th
Scoring	+26.4	86th
Shooting	+4.5	76th
On ice	+36.4	99th
Penalties	−1.2	30th
Faceoffs	0.0	51st
Other	+3.7	58th

Other		Pctl
Hits	46	44th
Blk	95	58th
Tk	23	68th
Gv	76	41st
PenD	4	15th
PenT	11	64th
Pen ±	−7	37th
PP min ±	−16.0	29th
FOW	0	50th
FOL	0	52nd
FO%	–

By season

Season		GP	G	A	P	ixG	xGF%	GS/GP	TOI/GP
2026-27	Regular season	7	0	1	1	0.6	61.3	+0.76	16:41
2025-26	Regular season	82	8	32	40	7.0	61.7	+0.85	17:37
2025-26	Playoffs	11	1	2	3	0.8	50.0	+0.32	18:56

Rolling 10-game averages

5v5 xGF% (scale at right)Game Score per game (±1.7), centred on 0 · each point the 10 games to that one, 82 games in all

Linemates

Teammate	Pos	Together	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%
Nathan MacKinnon	C	439:37	60.6	60.7
Martin Necas	C	428:23	60.6	60.5
Jack Drury	C	409:04	61.0	68.5
Brock Nelson	C	377:00	59.1	61.9
Samuel Girard	D	363:58	56.4	57.4
Parker Kelly	C	337:09	55.9	62.9
Valeri Nichushkin	R	335:56	58.0	63.6
Artturi Lehkonen	L	325:58	57.1	59.7

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%	GS
Apr 16	vs SEA	W 2–0	19:57	0	0	4	0.19	61	90	+0.60
Apr 14	@ CGY	W 3–1	20:36	0	1	2	0.03	69	61	+1.11
Apr 13	@ EDM	W 2–1 OT	23:55	1	0	4	0.36	59	75	+2.32
Apr 11	vs VGK	L 2–3 OT	21:46	0	0	0	0.02	54	63	+0.35
Apr 9	vs CGY	W 3–1	20:32	0	0	2	0.11	60	78	+1.32
Apr 7	@ STL	W 3–1	19:34	0	1	5	0.11	70	73	+1.63
Apr 5	vs STL	L 2–3	20:07	0	0	2	0.09	71	58	+0.05
Apr 4	@ DAL	W 2–0	22:52	0	0	3	0.28	67	73	+1.02
Apr 1	vs VAN	L 6–8	20:52	2	1	2	0.10	75	82	+3.87
Mar 30	vs CGY	W 9–2	21:55	1	1	4	0.28	67	78	+3.70
Mar 28	vs WPG	L 2–4	19:26	0	0	1	0.05	69	75	+0.60
Mar 26	@ WPG	W 3–2	18:56	0	1	1	0.03	58	74	+1.95
Mar 24	@ PIT	W 6–2	17:29	1	1	3	0.09	60	37	+1.42
Mar 22	@ WSH	W 3–2 OT	19:24	0	0	1	0.02	63	46	+0.11
Mar 20	@ CHI	W 4–1	19:51	0	0	4	0.26	74	76	+1.15
Mar 18	vs DAL	L 1–2 OT	20:53	0	0	1	0.01	79	78	+0.67
Mar 16	vs PIT	L 2–7	15:00	0	0	2	0.07	54	43	−0.17
Mar 14	@ WPG	L 1–3	16:15	0	0	0	0.00	60	75	+0.86
Mar 12	@ SEA	W 5–1	19:09	0	1	2	0.17	40	45	+1.04
Mar 10	vs EDM	L 3–4	16:04	0	1	4	0.10	53	18	+0.25
Mar 8	vs MIN	W 3–2 OT	17:44	0	0	2	0.08	55	68	+0.63
Mar 6	@ DAL	W 5–4 OT	17:12	0	0	0	0.00	38	30	−0.23
Mar 3	@ ANA	W 5–1	18:03	0	0	1	0.17	53	64	+0.57
Mar 2	@ LAK	W 4–2	19:07	0	0	0	0.03	65	73	+0.61
Feb 28	vs CHI	W 3–1	18:18	0	1	2	0.12	61	59	+1.29
Feb 26	vs MIN	L 2–5	14:31	0	0	3	0.04	72	45	−0.33
Feb 25	@ UTA	W 4–2	16:11	0	1	0	0.02	52	55	+1.08
Feb 4	vs SJS	W 4–2	14:42	0	0	2	0.07	64	67	+0.49
Feb 2	vs DET	L 0–2	15:58	0	0	1	0.05	42	50	−0.04
Jan 31	@ DET	W 5–0	20:44	0	0	2	0.07	48	59	+1.25
Jan 29	@ MTL	L 3–7	21:00	0	1	4	0.17	56	73	+1.88
Jan 28	@ OTT	L 2–5	20:52	0	0	2	0.13	53	48	−0.11
Jan 25	@ TOR	W 4–1	21:09	0	0	5	0.26	60	58	+0.60
Jan 23	vs PHI	L 3–7	17:47	0	0	2	0.03	72	31	−0.34
Jan 21	vs ANA	L 1–2 OT	21:11	0	0	4	0.05	71	75	+0.65
Jan 19	vs WSH	W 5–2	22:13	0	0	5	0.13	65	68	+0.90
Jan 16	vs NSH	L 3–7	22:33	0	1	6	0.18	65	64	+1.56
Jan 12	vs TOR	L 3–4 OT	22:09	0	0	2	0.09	51	54	+0.17
Jan 10	vs CBJ	W 4–0	20:22	0	0	3	0.13	41	36	−0.34
Jan 8	vs OTT	W 8–2	16:19	0	1	1	0.05	33	35	+0.19
Jan 6	@ TBL	L 2–4	18:51	0	0	3	0.06	58	75	+1.06
Jan 4	@ FLA	L 1–2	14:23	0	0	0	0.02	56	42	−0.32
Jan 3	@ CAR	W 5–3	16:45	0	0	0	0.02	67	76	+1.07
Dec 31	vs STL	W 6–1	19:47	0	1	3	0.13	73	97	+1.87
Dec 29	vs LAK	W 5–2	15:17	0	0	0	0.00	48	61	+0.46
Dec 27	@ VGK	W 6–5 OT	19:11	0	3	3	0.11	86	97	+4.29
Dec 23	vs UTA	W 1–0	15:26	0	0	2	0.03	58	63	+0.41
Dec 21	@ MIN	W 5–1	15:43	0	0	1	0.04	56	36	−0.24
Dec 19	vs WPG	W 3–2	16:06	0	0	2	0.04	53	54	+0.28
Dec 16	@ SEA	W 5–3	16:16	0	0	1	0.02	44	36	−1.15
Dec 13	vs NSH	W 4–2	16:24	0	1	0	0.06	42	42	+0.10
Dec 11	vs FLA	W 6–2	17:53	1	1	3	0.17	65	82	+2.76
Dec 9	@ NSH	L 3–4 OT	15:47	0	0	2	0.01	56	38	−0.71
Dec 7	@ PHI	W 3–2	16:44	0	0	1	0.05	57	32	−0.26
Dec 6	@ NYR	W 3–2 OT	14:54	0	1	0	0.00	67	89	+2.60
Dec 4	@ NYI	L 3–6	16:53	0	1	4	0.11	55	66	+1.30
Dec 2	vs VAN	W 3–1	16:36	0	1	2	0.06	61	64	+1.11
Nov 29	vs MTL	W 7–2	20:57	0	0	1	0.10	39	71	+0.70
Nov 28	@ MIN	L 2–3 OT	18:28	0	0	2	0.14	58	59	+0.24
Nov 26	vs SJS	W 6–0	16:48	1	0	2	0.05	64	54	+1.22
Nov 23	@ CHI	W 1–0	14:26	0	0	2	0.10	61	75	+0.75
Nov 22	@ NSH	W 3–0	18:22	0	0	1	0.05	33	45	−0.11
Nov 20	vs NYR	W 6–3	14:41	0	1	1	0.00	65	28	+0.57
Nov 16	vs NYI	W 4–1	13:23	0	1	2	0.11	61	80	+1.99
Nov 13	vs BUF	W 6–3	15:32	0	1	1	0.05	54	48	+0.88
Nov 11	vs ANA	W 4–1	14:59	0	1	3	0.09	62	79	+2.18
Nov 9	@ VAN	W 5–4 OT	15:10	0	0	1	0.01	46	38	−0.47
Nov 8	@ EDM	W 9–1	16:07	0	1	1	0.01	74	87	+2.30
Nov 4	vs TBL	W 3–2	14:14	0	1	0	0.00	48	67	+1.36
Nov 1	@ SJS	L 2–3 OT	15:04	0	0	5	0.13	96	100	+1.14
Oct 31	@ VGK	W 4–2	16:10	0	0	3	0.20	48	70	+0.77
Oct 28	vs NJD	W 8–4	16:38	0	0	3	0.28	66	86	+1.45
Oct 26	@ NJD	L 3–4 OT	15:29	0	1	0	0.00	53	51	+0.75
Oct 25	@ BOS	L 2–3	12:10	0	0	0	0.16	50	21	−0.44
Oct 23	vs CAR	L 4–5 OT	13:42	0	1	1	0.02	67	61	+0.94
Oct 21	@ UTA	L 3–4 OT	14:56	0	0	3	0.03	70	44	−0.28
Oct 18	vs BOS	W 4–1	17:11	0	0	1	0.03	56	61	+0.26
Oct 16	@ CBJ	W 4–1	16:39	0	1	3	0.10	85	96	+3.15
Oct 13	@ BUF	W 3–1	15:21	0	0	2	0.05	39	62	+0.56
Oct 11	vs DAL	L 4–5 OT	15:39	0	1	2	0.08	84	58	+0.67
Oct 9	vs UTA	W 2–1	13:39	0	0	2	0.03	48	31	−0.28
Oct 7	@ LAK	W 4–1	13:13	1	0	1	0.01	42	29	+0.61