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Sam Malinski

Sam Malinski

COL·DJersey number #70
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Latest captured market
Apr 9 · 9:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 197 game sample
PTS
31.6
SOG
150.5
G
7.3
A
24.3
PPP
1.2
HIT
52.5
BLK
102.2
PIM
19.9

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 197 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
+0.27
per 100 attempts, vs position
= +1.3 goals over 252
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
+0.05
per 100 attempts, projected
+0.1 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among defencemen · 508 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 508 defencemen, 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 197 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 · 197 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.38
G
0.09
A
0.30
SOG
1.84
PPP
0.01
HIT
0.64
BLK
1.25
PIM
0.24

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2682832400.4916417:37
2024-2576510150.2011515:57
2023-242337100.433114:13

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26111230.272218:56
2024-2550110.20914:00

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 9 lineSOG 1/10G 1/10PPP 0/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
May 26@ VGKPO200002014:16
May 24@ VGKPO200000012:57
May 22vs VGKPO300001020:40
May 20vs VGKPO100001020:31
May 9@ MINPO200011018:56
May 5vs MINPO100012020:57
May 3vs MINPO211030020:15
Apr 26@ LAKPO101011020:27
Apr 23@ LAKPO200001018:51
Apr 21vs LAKPO200005020:41

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
2025-266.78plus 1.3 goals above expected77252
2024-254.35plus 0.7 goals above expected72161
2023-241.33plus 1.7 goals above expected2149

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
2025-268 goals, 31 assists, 39 points0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point0-0-0
2024-255 goals, 9 assists, 14 points0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point0-0-0
2023-242 goals, 6 assists, 8 points1 goal, 1 assist, 2 points0-0-0

Shot locations

252 attempts · 8 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (88)Shot on goal (156)Goal (8)

Markets · Apr 9

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
13%
A
Assists
No line posted.
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
6%
SOG
Shots on goal
Line
2.5
Proj
2.0
P(over)
33%
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.