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Position D
Age 28
Height 5'11"
Weight 190LBS
Shoots R
Birth Place Lakeville, MN, USA
Born Jul 26, 1998

Key Insights

2025-26
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
Devon Toews is the partner who brings the best out of him
Devon Toews

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
Brett Kulak

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

Lineup and with-you/without-you numbers are built from shift charts, which are loaded per season. Seasons without shift data show no lineups. With-you/without-you totals exclude empty-net play, so a 6-on-5 push does not land in a with-or-without-you number. xG is Digest’s estimated model.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jul 26, 1998
Birth Place Lakeville, MN, USA
Height 5'11"
Weight 190 LBS
Shoots/Catches R