Sam Malinski Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Devon Toews is the partner who brings the best out of him

Malinski is at his best beside Toews: 69.2% of the expected goals together against 58.7% apart.

244 minutes together, 1,078 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Kulak is a different player beside him: 56.6% of the expected goals with Malinski, 37.7% without him.

169 minutes together, 324 minutes apart for Kulak

It stops working when he is paired with Artturi Lehkonen

The pairing with Lehkonen is the one that costs him: 53.9% of the expected goals together, 62.7% apart.

299 minutes together, 1,023 minutes apart

His linemates play better with him than without him, every time

13 of his 17 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Malinski than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Ross Colton are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Malinski and Colton: 7.43 expected goals an hour.

305 minutes together at 5v5

Nathan MacKinnon is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with MacKinnon than anyone: 411 minutes, worth 59.4% of the expected goals.

33 goals for, 10 against together

His team tends to be ahead when he is on the ice

With Kiviranta on the ice too, the Avalanche have outscored opponents 10 to 3 at 5v5.

76.9% goal share over 166 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Devon Toews are out together

He gives up least beside Toews: 2.82 expected goals against an hour.

244 minutes together at 5v5

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Malinski with Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Makar and Necas, 56 minutes at 5v5.

53.3% of the expected goals, 5 goals for and 3 against

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Necas and Toews: 89.3% of the expected goals over 42 minutes.

5 goals for, 2 against, 80.5% of the attempts

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Malinski has played 54 different five-man units at 5v5, 4 of them for real minutes.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled

The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

18 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Malinski this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split

Martin Necas is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Martin Necas has assisted on 2 of his 8 goals, 25.0% of them.

1 primary, 1 secondary

Valeri Nichushkin is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 5 of Valeri Nichushkin's goals, 15.6% of his own assists.

4 primary, 1 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

59.4% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

19 primary of 32 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

7 different teammates have assisted on his 8 goals.

Necas (2), Roy (1), Toews (1), Kelly (1)

His team wins the goal battle while he is on the ice

The Avalanche score 70.2% of the 5v5 goals with Malinski out there.

73 for, 31 against, 2nd of 246 defencemen

His line spends the night in the other team's end

At 5v5 the Avalanche generate 60.6% of the expected goals with Malinski on the ice.

125.0 xGF to 81.2 xGA over 1,321 minutes, 3rd of 246 defencemen

His line puts far more rubber on the net than it allows

59.9% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Malinski is on.

763 for, 510 against, 2nd of 246 defencemen

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Avalanche create 5.67 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Malinski on.

3rd of 246 defencemen

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Malinski's line owns 59.1% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,625 for, 1,125 against, 7th of 246 defencemen

Good things happen for his team when he is on the ice

The Avalanche are up 41 goals with Malinski on the ice.

76 for, 35 against, 7th of 245 defencemen

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 3.69 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

11th of 246 defencemen

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 103.5, running hot and likely to cool.

9.6% shooting and 93.9% goaltending behind him, 19th of 246 defencemen

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 70.2% of the goals off 60.6% of the expected goals.

9.6 points of goal share above expectation

Teams struggle to score on him when he is killing penalties

Short-handed he concedes 7.96 expected goals an hour.

3 goals against in 60 minutes, 16th of 156 defencemen

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 51.08 shot attempts an hour with Malinski on the ice at 5v5.

26th of 246 defencemen

The kill leaks goals when he is the one out there

He draws 0:55 of penalty kill time a game, 156th among defencemen.

4.2% of his total ice time

He gets a normal share of the minutes

Malinski plays 17:36 a night, 157th among defencemen.

1,445 minutes across 82 games

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +43 on the season.

3rd in the league

How he gets his points says what kind of player he is

Only 2.5% of his points come on the power play: this is even-strength production.

1 of 40 points with the man advantage

He is the one who makes the play, not the one who finishes it

He sets up 1.33 assists an hour of ice time.

182nd in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

23 takeaways against 76 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.3 takeaways per giveaway

His line puts far more rubber on the net than it allows

He puts 6.78 shots on goal an hour.

217th in the league

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 3.99 shots an hour of ice time.

227th in the league

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 1.91 checks an hour.

697th in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Malinski produces 1.66 points an hour of ice time.

332nd in the league

He stays out of the box, which his coach can rely on

He takes 0.92 penalty minutes an hour.

665th most penalty minutes an hour

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 0.96 times an hour.

364th in the league

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 3.16 times an hour.

365th most giveaways an hour

His power play production is about league average

On the power play he produces 0.04 points an hour.

442nd in the league

He scores at about the rate you would expect

He scores 0.33 goals an hour of ice time.

527th in the league

He shoots the puck far more than most players at his position

He fires 17.2 attempts an hour of ice time.

414 attempts in 1,445 minutes, 8th of 245 defencemen

He is on the ice for a huge share of the work

Malinski has taken 414 shot attempts this season.

156 on goal, 88 missed, 162 blocked, 12th of 241 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

37.4% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

155 attempts, 6 goals

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

19.8% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

82 of 414 attempts, 183rd of 241 defencemen

He works the outside and rarely gets to the front of the net

19.6% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

81 attempts from inside the home plate, 180th of 241 defencemen

He gets almost nothing from long range

51.7% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

214 long-range attempts, 174th of 241 defencemen

He works one side of the ice far more than the other

51.2% of his attempts come from the right side.

94 left, 108 middle, 212 right

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 43.0 feet.

414 located attempts, 170th of 241 defencemen

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

39.1% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

162 of 414 attempts, 156th of 241 defencemen

He hits the net about as often as anyone

65.1% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

164 of 252 unblocked, 100th of 241 defencemen

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Malinski has scored 2 times on Kevin Lankinen this season, more than on any other goaltender.

2 goals on 9 attempts, 22.2%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Lukas Dostal has turned him away every time: 12 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Kevin Lankinen: 22.2% of his attempts against him go in.

2 goals on 9 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 2 goals against the Canucks this season.

17 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Lukas Dostal: 12 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Wild have held him without a goal on 24 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

One opponent goes out of his way to run him

Yakov Trenin has hit him 5 times, more than any other opponent.

hits absorbed, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Luke Evangelista has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

He is not converting the chances he gets

Malinski has 8 goals off 12.6 expected: 4.6 short of what the chances say.

215th of 241 defencemen

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 41.5 feet out, and the longest went in from 63.

8 goals located by coordinate

He shoots at about the league's usual rate

He converts 4.9% of the shots he puts on goal.

8 goals on 164 shots, 137th of 241 defencemen

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 2.4% of his attempts.

2 goals on 82 close attempts, 101st of 221 defencemen

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