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Sam Malinski has 22 points (3 goals, 19 assists) in 41 games for the Colorado Avalanche this season.

As an undrafted Defenseman, he has 47 points (11 goals, 36 assists) in 140 regular-season games for the Colorado Avalanche.

He also has 1 points (0 goals, 1 assists) in 5 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagUSA
    Age: 27.4 yrs (27.07.1998)
    Height / Weight: 180 cm / 86 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: Undrafted
    Awards: -
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The 27-year-old is an elite play-driver for his team, with the Avalanche controlling 59% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Sam Malinski is off the ice, the Avalanche control 59% of expected goals, indicating the team is about the same when he plays.

He is being deployed in a defense-leaning role, starting 24% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 35% in the defensive zone.

  • 77

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 49th of 282 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 109th of 282 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    41.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.11
    -0.00
    IceTimePerGame
    15 - 25
    15.93
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.05 - 0.67
    0.28
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    1.19
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.55
    xGoals/60
    0.09 - 0.38
    0.21
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    3.26
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    3.68
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.00
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 10
    0.00
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4.5
    2.27
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2 - 4.5
    1.47
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.55
    ShotsBlocked/60
    2 - 6
    3.86
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    1.10
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1 - 4
    2.30
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.35
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    4 - 12
    0.00
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $1.400M
Player Contract Value: $5.600M
Remaining: 1 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2026 UFA
Age at the end: 28.9 yrs (27.07.1998)
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Sam Malinski
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
27.12.2025 Team Logo Golden Knights 1 0 3 3 3 19:10 3 0.0% 0
29.12.2025 Team Logo Kings 1 0 0 0 2 15:16 0 0
31.12.2025 Team Logo Blues 1 0 1 1 1 19:46 3 0.0% 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Hurricanes 1 0 0 0 2 16:45 0 0
04.01.2026 Team Logo Panthers 1 0 0 0 -1 14:22 0 0
Total 5 0 4 4 7 6 0.0% 0
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2023-24 Team Logo Avalanche 23 3 7 10 3 14:13 31 9.7% 6
2024-25 Team Logo Avalanche 76 5 10 15 8 15:56 115 4.3% 16
2025-26 Team Logo Avalanche 41 3 19 22 23 15:55 67 4.5% 12
Season Projection 82 6 38 44 46 15:55 134 4.5% 24
Total 140 11 36 47 34 213 5.2% 34
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2024-25 Team Logo Avalanche 5 0 1 1 3 14:00 9 0.0% 4
Total 5 0 1 1 3 9 0.0% 4
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Sam Malinski Team Logo D 27.4 yrs 180 cm / 86 kg 0.54 0.34 74 78 $1.400M
89% Jordan Spence Team Logo D 24.9 yrs 180 cm / 85 kg 0.44 0.35 72 77 $1.500M
86% Jamie Drysdale Team Logo D 23.8 yrs 180 cm / 83 kg 0.45 0.34 70 80 $2.300M
84% Dmitry Orlov Team Logo D 34.5 yrs 180 cm / 97 kg 0.49 0.38 70 79 $6.500M
82% Cam York Team Logo D 25 yrs 183 cm / 87 kg 0.48 0.35 74 85 $5.150M
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