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Beck Malenstyn

Position	Center / Left Wing	Current Team	Buffalo Sabres
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	2 years
Height	6'3"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	209	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	28
Age	27 (Feb 4, 1998)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2016, Round 5, Overall 145 (WSH)

News and Opinions

Buffalo Sabres wingers rate among NHL's worst in new 2025 talent rankings at Sabres Noise (Mon Aug 18, 2025)
3 key roster battles to follow at Buffalo Sabres training camp at Sabres Noise (Mon Aug 18, 2025)
Buffalo Sabres 2026 free agents: trade, re-sign or let them walk? at Sabres Noise (Thu Aug 7, 2025)
Buffalo Sabres' best and worst players ranked in new season preview at Sabres Noise (Mon Aug 4, 2025)
7 worst moves by Kevyn Adams as Buffalo Sabres general manager at Sabres Noise (Wed Jul 23, 2025)
Andrew Cristall has begun his summer training with Connor Bedard, Kent Johnson, Beck Malenstyn, and other NHL players at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sat Jul 19, 2025)
Justin Sourdif and Declan Chisholm receive their jersey numbers with Capitals at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Thu Jul 17, 2025)
Can Beck Malenstyn have a bounce back season for the Sabres? at Sabres Noise (Mon Jun 16, 2025)

Date	Team	Transaction
Aug 23, 2024	Buffalo Sabres	Signed 2 years @ $1.350M AAV starting in 2024-25
Jun 20, 2022	Washington Capitals	Signed 2 years @ $762K AAV starting in 2022-23
Jul 8, 2021	Washington Capitals	Signed 1 year @ $750K AAV starting in 2021-22
Apr 10, 2017	Washington Capitals	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2011-12	OMAHA	Okanagan Hockey Academy Btm Prep	54	35	24	59		44
2012-13	CSSHL U17	Okanagan HA Red U17 Prep	9	3	3	6
2012-13	OMAHA	Okanagan HA U15 Prep	57	62	57	119		108
2012-13	U16 Cup	BCMML Sabres 1										4	1	2	3		2
2013-14	Minor-BC	Okan. HA Midget	45	33	26	59		44
2013-14	CSSHL	Okanagan H.A.	21	15	11	26		18				3	3	1	4		4
2013-14	VIJHL	Campbell River	2	0	2	2
2013-14	WHL	Calgary	5	0	3	3	+4	4
2014-15	WHL	Calgary	51	8	4	12	+1	25	34	2,350.0		11	1	1	2	-3	4
2015-16	WHL	Calgary	70	8	17	25		47				5	2	1	3	-1	2
2015-16	WJC-18	Canada U18	7	1	2	3	+2	4
2015-16	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Canada U18	4	1	1	2	+3	4
2015-16	U18-Dev	Team Red	3	0	1	1
2016-17	WHL	Calgary Hitmen	70	32	24	56	-13	60				4				-7	2
2017-18	WHL	Calgary Hitmen	4	0	3	3	+2
2017-18	M-Cup	Swift Current Broncos	3	1	1	2
2017-18	WHL	Swift Current Broncos	38	17	12	29	+10	28				26	4	7	11	-2	18
2018-19	AHL	Hershey Bears	74	7	9	16		66				9		2	2		6
2019-20	NHL	Washington Capitals	3	0	0	0	-1		4	0.0	9:16
2019-20	AHL	Hershey Bears	46	7	8	15	+5	20
2021-22	NHL	Washington Capitals	12	1	0	1	+2	9	10	10.0	9:03
2021-22	AHL	Hershey Bears	65	10	6	16	-8	20				3	1		1	-1
2022-23	NHL	Washington Capitals	9	1	1	2		2	7	14.3	9:55
2022-23	AHL	Hershey Bears	40	6	4	10	+1	23				20	4	4	8	+2	12
2023-24	NHL	Washington Capitals	81	6	15	21	-1	25	98	6.1	14:15	4				-1	2	4	0.0	11:58
2024-25	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	76	4	6	10	-16	29	67	6.0	10:32
NHL Career			181	12	22	34	-16	65	186	6.4	12:03	4				-1	2	4	0.0	11:58

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2019-20	WSH	3	23:02	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.06	-1.06	0.00	10.21	-10.21	0.00	0.00
2021-22	WSH	12	99:08	0.61	0.00	0.61	0.63	-0.02	11.11	11.48	-0.37	0.00	0.00
2022-23	WSH	9	80:27	0.75	0.75	1.49	0.30	0.44	14.29	5.84	8.45	0.00	0.00
2023-24	WSH	81	906:28	0.40	0.73	1.13	0.61	-0.21	6.74	10.28	-3.54	2.40	7.20
2024-25	BUF	76	675:15	0.36	0.53	0.89	0.53	-0.18	6.25	9.33	-3.08	1.98	4.95

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2019-20	WSH	3	23:02	41.68	0.00	2.23	52.10	2.60	3.26	0.00	40.65	-0.41	0.37	-7.14
2021-22	WSH	12	99:08	39.34	3.03	2.37	33.29	1.82	1.89	62.50	55.55	-0.50	-0.78	3.79
2022-23	WSH	9	80:27	29.09	2.24	1.17	40.27	1.49	2.18	60.00	35.02	-1.10	-1.11	-5.90
2023-24	WSH	81	906:28	31.31	2.12	1.83	46.53	2.25	2.69	48.48	40.56	-0.59	0.23	-9.10
2024-25	BUF	76	675:15	33.77	1.51	1.80	39.01	2.58	2.26	36.96	44.36	-0.66	-0.36	-4.13

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
2021-22	12	22.1	1.5	2.9	3.2	79.0	33.1	0.0	42.9	57.1	38.5	18.1	43.4
2022-23	9	22.7	1.3	10.1	10.1	76.2	54.6	50.0	50.0	0.0	44.5	20.3	35.2
2023-24	81	23.6	1.3	9.8	10.0	84.7	40.2	13.6	28.8	57.6	46.2	17.8	36.0
2024-25	76	22.8	0.9	9.8	9.9	85.5	52.1	23.1	20.5	56.4	42.0	18.0	40.0

Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Lines

Season

Season	Teammate	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2024-25	Lafferty, S	Krebs, P	BUF	131:40	1.37	1.82	42.86	1.43	2.35	37.88	-0.93	-0.23	-9.97
2024-25	Lafferty, S	McLeod, R	BUF	77:19	2.33	3.88	37.50	2.50	2.62	48.79	0.30	0.13	1.92
2024-25	Lafferty, S	Kozak, T	BUF	59:57	1.00	0.00	100.00	1.54	1.66	48.05	-0.85	-0.96	0.42
2024-25	Aube-Kubel, N	Krebs, P	BUF	53:07	1.13	2.26	33.33	2.10	3.28	39.02	-0.36	0.59	-8.78
2024-25	Lafferty, S	Ostlund, N	BUF	46:24	0.00	2.59	0.00	1.90	2.22	46.11	-0.72	-0.26	-5.21
2024-25	Aube-Kubel, N	Lafferty, S	BUF	32:52	0.00	1.83	0.00	2.02	1.34	60.13	-0.49	-1.10	9.36
2024-25	McLeod, R	Krebs, P	BUF	26:09	0.00	2.29	0.00	0.96	2.06	31.85	-1.49	-0.62	-15.95
2024-25	Aube-Kubel, N	Kozak, T	BUF	25:30	4.71	2.35	66.67	2.36	1.64	59.00	-0.43	-1.01	7.75
2023-24	Dowd, N	Aube-Kubel, N	WSH	420:20	2.28	1.71	57.14	1.60	2.38	40.26	-0.77	-0.21	-7.63
2023-24	Dowd, N	Protas, A	WSH	61:41	0.97	2.92	25.00	2.22	2.96	42.79	-0.06	0.32	-3.40
2023-24	Sgarbossa, M	Aube-Kubel, N	WSH	47:11	2.54	1.27	66.67	1.73	2.98	36.78	-0.55	0.70	-13.18
2023-24	Dowd, N	Wilson, T	WSH	45:03	2.66	4.00	40.00	2.13	2.78	43.31	-0.22	0.30	-5.33
2023-24	Dowd, N	Sgarbossa, M	WSH	24:41	2.43	7.29	25.00	2.08	2.53	45.14	-0.28	0.17	-4.87
2023-24	Dowd, N	Aube-Kubel, N	WSH	23:07	0.00	2.60	0.00	0.71	1.84	28.00	-1.72	-0.29	-25.39
2023-24	Dowd, N	Mantha, A	WSH	22:59	2.61	0.00	100.00	3.04	2.54	54.51	0.74	-0.06	7.55
2023-24	Mantha, A	Protas, A	WSH	21:25	2.80	0.00	100.00	1.45	1.94	42.73	-0.76	-0.69	-2.91
2023-24	Aube-Kubel, N	Lapierre, H	WSH	20:12	2.97	2.97	50.00	1.22	1.52	44.57	-1.12	-0.99	-3.63
2022-23	Dowd, N	Hathaway, G	WSH	34:30	5.22	1.74	75.00	1.40	2.75	33.70	-0.88	0.12	-12.77
2021-22	Sgarbossa, M	Leason, B	WSH	26:07	4.59	4.59	50.00	3.10	2.33	57.15	0.61	-0.84	13.10

Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

Current Contract

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	26	$1,350,000	$1,350,000	-	-	$1,350,000	$1,350,000	$1,350,000	RFA-arb
2025-26	27	$1,350,000	$1,350,000	-	-	$1,350,000	$1,350,000	$1,350,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$2,700,000	$2,700,000	$2,700,000

Signed: Aug 23, 2024

Team: Buffalo Sabres

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.53

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	24	$762,500	$762,500	-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$110,000	RFA
2023-24	25	$762,500	$762,500	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$775,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,525,000	$1,525,000	$885,000

Signed: June 20, 2022

Team: Washington Capitals

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.92

Note: Guaranteed Minimum Salary in 2022-23 is $125,000

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	23		$750,000	$750,000	-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$90,000	10.2(c)
Total					-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$90,000

Signed: July 8, 2021

Team: Washington Capitals

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA

Cap %: 0.92

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2017-18	19	$763,333	$800,000	-	$80,000	-	$80,000	-	ELC
2018-19	20	$736,666	$773,333	$70,000	$80,000	$650,000	$730,000	$70,000	ELC
2019-20	21	$736,666	$773,333	$20,000	$80,000	$700,000	$780,000	$70,000	ELC
2020-21	22	$736,666	$773,333	$20,000	-	$700,000	$700,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				$110,000	$240,000	$2,050,000	$2,290,000	$210,000

Signed: Apr 10, 2017

Team: Washington Capitals

GM: -

Exp. Status: 10.2(c)

Note: This entry level contract slid one season as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

*Age is as of September 15