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Evgeni Malkin

Evgeni Malkin

PIT·FJersey number #71
Latest captured market
Apr 9 · 7:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 342 game sample
PTS
75.0
SOG
194.0
G
25.5
A
49.5
PPP
26.6
HIT
38.3
BLK
36.9
PIM
74.1

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 342 real games × their team's 82 scheduled games. Availability is not projected — injuries, scratches and trades are not modelled anywhere in this project, so the team's schedule is the multiplier, not a forecast of how many games this player will dress for. League board.

What carries into 2026-27

a forecast, not a result

Most of this finishing edge probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
+0.38
per 100 attempts, vs position
= −0.7 goals over 198
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
+0.07
per 100 attempts, projected
+0.1 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among forwards · 973 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 973 forwards, 2025-26. Shrunk rate is the per-game rate the rank was computed from, pulled toward the league mean by sample size so a short career does not read as an elite one — so it sits closer to average than the rate actually recorded. This skater’s sample is 342 games. Further right means more, not better: hits, blocks and penalty minutes describe a role, not quality.

Observed rates

per game · recency-weighted, not shrunk · 342 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.92
G
0.31
A
0.61
SOG
2.37
PPP
0.33
HIT
0.46
BLK
0.45
PIM
0.91

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26561942611.0914817:35
2024-25681634500.7412517:47
2023-24822740670.8219918:35
2022-23822756831.0124018:35
2021-22412022421.0212918:20

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2662130.50817:56
2021-2273360.862220:39

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 9 lineSOG 2/10G 4/10A 4/10PPP 4/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
Apr 29@ PHIPO300000019:39
Apr 27vs PHIPO000000214:25
Apr 25@ PHIPO000011015:39
Apr 22@ PHIPO210100220:06
Apr 20vs PHIPO200010217:20
Apr 18vs PHIPO111120020:27
Apr 12@ WSH200000018:22
Apr 9@ NJD211000017:13
Apr 5vs FLA202100017:14
Apr 4vs FLA631200018:52

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 9 posted line. It is not a record against 10 separate lines — this player was priced once, and games after that date are measured against the same number.

Finishing — goals above expected

open play, regular season
SeasonxGGGAxGPAtt
2025-2619.719minus 0.7 goals above expected53198
2024-2516.016minus 0.0 goals above expected64176
2023-2424.127plus 2.9 goals above expected77280
2022-2327.227minus 0.2 goals above expected80313
2021-2214.620plus 5.4 goals above expected38158

How the 2026-27 projection is made

a forecast, not a result

Finishing persists year over year, but only partly. That share is measured over five seasons of skaters clearing the same 100-attempt floor, and what does not carry regresses toward the rate for the player's position.

Shot volume is not projected, so the goal figure assumes the same number of attempts. A persistent gap means the skater reliably scores above what this model expects — which may be finishing skill or may be shots the model under-rates, and the measurement cannot separate the two. Running hot is a statement about the season just played, not about talent.

This projection is written to a prediction log on the night it is produced, so it can be scored against what actually happens rather than restated later.

Production by strength

G-A-P, regular season
SeasonEven strengthPower playShorthanded
2025-2615 goals, 24 assists, 39 points4 goals, 18 assists, 22 points0-0-0
2024-2512 goals, 22 assists, 34 points4 goals, 12 assists, 16 points0-0-0
2023-2421 goals, 28 assists, 49 points6 goals, 12 assists, 18 points0-0-0
2022-2316 goals, 31 assists, 47 points11 goals, 25 assists, 36 points0-0-0
2021-2211 goals, 11 assists, 22 points9 goals, 11 assists, 20 points0-0-0

Shot locations

198 attempts · 19 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (50)Shot on goal (129)Goal (19)

Markets · Apr 9

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.3
P(over)
25%
A
Assists
Line
0.5
Proj
0.4
P(over)
34%
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.3
P(over)
25%
SOG
Shots on goal
Line
2.5
Proj
1.9
P(over)
31%
HITS
Hits
No line posted.
BLK
Blocked shots
No line posted.
PIM
Penalty minutes
No line posted.

Per-game rates are recency-weighted over this player's game log. Expected goals come from the xG model over open-play unblocked attempts; totals are not directly comparable across seasons. Every market — anytime goals, assists, power-play points, SOG, hits, blocks and PIMs — is a modeled projection. Every number on this page was worked out overnight and is only read here, never recalculated while you wait.