Sam Malinski
01/Where he scores from
Malinski scored 8 regular season goals on 249 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 1/8 · 13% of his goals came from here, on 6/249 · 2% of his attempts — 1/6 · 17% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 2/8 · 25% of his goals came from here, on 35/249 · 14% of his attempts — 2/35 · 6% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 2/8 · 25% of his goals came from here, on 77/249 · 31% of his attempts — 2/77 · 3% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 3/8 · 38% of his goals came from here, on 131/249 · 53% of his attempts — 3/131 · 2% of what he sent from there went in.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
Malinski scored 16 regular season goals on 449 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. His densest patch is right point, 50 ft out: 4/16 · 25% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 1% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 2/16 · 13% of his goals came from here, on 12/449 · 3% of his attempts — 2/12 · 17% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 3/16 · 19% of his goals came from here, on 60/449 · 13% of his attempts — 3/60 · 5% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 6/16 · 38% of his goals came from here, on 135/449 · 30% of his attempts — 6/135 · 4% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 5/16 · 31% of his goals came from here, on 242/449 · 54% of his attempts — 5/242 · 2% of what he sent from there went in.
Malinski scored 1 playoff goals on 55 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 0 of his 1 goals came from here, on 1 of his 55 attempts.
Slot. 0 of his 1 goals came from here, on 3 of his 55 attempts.
Perimeter. 1 of his 1 goals came from here, on 22 of his 55 attempts.
Point. 0 of his 1 goals came from here, on 29 of his 55 attempts.
Under 150 located attempts, so the counts are raw. A share of 55 shots moves by more than a point on one bounce, and printing it would give the sample an authority it has not earned.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
02/When his goals came
4 of his 8 goals came in the 2nd period, on 58 shots. That is a record of last season, not a description of the player: which period a skater scores in does not carry from one year to the next.
03/Game log
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | S | H | +/- | PIM | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17 | SEA | W 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19:57 |
| Apr 15 | @CGY | W 3-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:36 |
| Apr 14 | @EDM | W 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:55 |
| Apr 12 | VGK | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 21:46 |
| Apr 10 | CGY | W 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:32 |
| Apr 8 | @STL | W 3-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:34 |
| Apr 6 | STL | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 20:07 |
| Apr 4 | @DAL | W 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 22:52 |
| Apr 2 | VAN | L 6-8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:52 |
| Mar 31 | CGY | W 9-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 21:55 |
| Mar 28 | WPG | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:26 |
| Mar 27 | @WPG | W 3-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:56 |
| Mar 24 | @PIT | W 6-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 17:29 |
| Mar 22 | @WSH | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:24 |
| Mar 21 | @CHI | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:51 |
| Mar 19 | DAL | OTL 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:53 |
| Mar 17 | PIT | L 2-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:00 |
| Mar 14 | @WPG | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16:15 |
| Mar 13 | @SEA | W 5-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 19:09 |
| Mar 11 | EDM | L 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:04 |
| Mar 8 | MIN | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:44 |
| Mar 7 | @DAL | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:12 |
| Mar 4 | @ANA | W 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18:03 |
| Mar 3 | @LAK | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:07 |
| Feb 28 | CHI | W 3-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:18 |
Showing the 25 most recent of 82 regular season games. Playoff games are kept out of this table and totalled separately in the career record.
04/Splits
Home / Road
In wins / In losses
Every split prints its own denominator. Any split under eight games is greyed rather than hidden, so the edge of the sample is visible instead of guessed at.
05/Career
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | – | 23 | 3 | 7 | 10 | — | 6 | 31 | 9.7 | 14 | 22 | – |
| 2024-25 | – | 76 | 5 | 10 | 15 | — | 16 | 115 | 4.3 | 57 | 107 | – |
| 2025-26 | COL | 82 | 8 | 32 | 40 | +36 | 22 | 164 | 4.9 | 46 | 96 | 15:13 |
| Career | 181 | 16 | 49 | 65 | +36 | 44 | 310 | 5.2 | 117 | 225 | 15:13 |
Playoffs
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | – | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 9 | 0.0 | 7 | 4 | – |
| 2025-26 | COL | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 | 7 | 18 | 18:56 |
| Career | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 4 | 31 | 3.2 | 14 | 22 | 18:56 |
06/Bio
- Position
- Defense
- Jersey
- #70
- Shoots
- R
- Height
- 5'11"
- Weight
- 190 lb
- Born
- Jul 27, 1998 (age 28)
- Birthplace
- Lakeville, Minnesota, USA
- Club
- Colorado Avalanche
No draft selection on file: undrafted or not recorded.
