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Sam Malinski

Position	Right Defense	Current Team	Colorado Avalanche
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	1 years
Height	5'11"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	190	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	27
Age	26 (July 27, 1998)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	Undrafted

News and Opinions

Colorado Avalanche barely pass offseason grades at Mile High Sticking (Sun Jul 13, 2025)
MHH Roundtable: Summer Checklist at Mile High Hockey (Sat Jul 12, 2025)
Colorado Avalanche third-round pick Francesco Dell’Elce has a chip on his shoulder at Mile High Sticking (Thu Jul 10, 2025)
Colorado Avalanche’s addition of Brent Burns is the best thing for Sam Malinski in 2025-26 at Mile High Sticking (Mon Jul 7, 2025)
Brent Burns signing shakes up Colorado Avalanche depth chart at Mile High Sticking (Sat Jul 5, 2025)
Colorado Avalanche find diamond in rough with Nolan Roed in 7th round at Mile High Sticking (Sat Jul 5, 2025)
Avalanche new deal with rising defenseman is an opportunity to cash in later at Mile High Sticking (Tue Jul 1, 2025)
Cale Makar extension a factor in Avalanche offseason strategy at Mile High Sticking (Mon Jun 30, 2025)
A deeper dive into the Avalanche's most recent third round pick: Francesco Dell'Elce at Mile High Sticking (Sat Jun 28, 2025)
Avalanche may have just gotten a steal in the 4th round of the 2025 NHL Draft at Mile High Sticking (Sat Jun 28, 2025)
As the draft unfolds, Avalanche quietly check off a key RFA box at Mile High Sticking (Sat Jun 28, 2025)
Colorado Avalanche standing pat on Charlie Coyle trade offers for this reason at Mile High Sticking (Wed Jun 25, 2025)
Colorado Avalanche fans hate the idea of trading Sam Girard at Mile High Sticking (Sat Jun 14, 2025)
Full list of Colorado Avalanche 2025 free agents at Mile High Sticking (Sat Jun 7, 2025)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jun 30, 2025	Colorado Avalanche	Signed 1 year @ $1.400M AAV starting in 2025-26
Mar 30, 2023	Colorado Avalanche	Signed 2 years @ $850K AAV starting in 2023-24

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
2014-15	USHS-MN	Lakeville South High	24	0	0	0		14				2		2	2
2015-16	USHS-MN	Lakeville South High	25	4	18	22		8				2					2
2016-17	UMHSEHL	Team MAP South Hockey	20	0	3	3		10				2
2016-17	USHS-MN	Lakeville South High	24	5	22	27		16				3	1	2	3
2017-18	USHL	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	19	2	1	3	-1	4
2017-18	NAHL	Bismarck Bobcats	28	1	9	10	-5	8
2018-19	NAHL	Bismarck Bobcats	59	14	31	45	+20	24				3					2
2019-20	NCAA	Cornell Univ.	25	4	12	16	+14	12
2021-22	NCAA	Cornell Univ.	32	5	18	23	+20	26
2022-23	AHL	Colorado Eagles	7	3	2	5	+4					7		5	5		2
2022-23	NCAA	Cornell Univ.	34	8	18	26	+10	29
2023-24	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	23	3	7	10	+3	6	31	9.7	14:14
2023-24	AHL	Colorado Eagles	46	5	22	27	+5	20				3		2	2	-3
2024-25	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	76	5	10	15	+8	16	115	4.3	15:57	5		1	1	+3	4	9	0.0	14:00
NHL Career			99	8	17	25	+11	22	146	5.5	15:33	5		1	1	+3	4	9	0.0	14:00

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.
2023-24	COL	23	305:13	0.39	1.18	1.57	0.22	0.17	6.90	3.91	2.98	2.33	2.33
2024-25	COL	76	1120:41	0.21	0.48	0.70	0.24	-0.02	3.67	4.05	-0.38	0.66	1.99

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
2023-24	COL	23	305:13	40.30	3.15	2.16	42.46	2.56	2.47	55.17	46.72	-0.55	0.01	-5.71
2024-25	COL	76	1120:41	41.65	2.30	2.33	37.74	1.87	2.19	55.13	51.52	-0.29	-0.03	-2.58

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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022-23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023-24	23	23.1	0.5	8.9	8.9	89.5	64.0	87.5	12.5	0.0	42.3	17.6	40.1
2024-25	76	22.3	0.5	8.8	8.8	96.8	70.4	75.3	20.6	4.1	38.3	18.2	43.6

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 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2024-25	Girard, S	COL	300:00	3.20	1.40	69.57	2.55	2.37	51.87	0.05	0.17	-1.40
2024-25	de Haan, C	COL	227:02	1.59	2.64	37.50	2.34	1.66	58.46	-0.13	-0.63	6.59
2024-25	Middleton, K	COL	142:18	1.69	1.26	57.14	1.55	2.39	39.39	-1.04	0.25	-15.47
2024-25	Lindgren, R	COL	127:13	1.89	1.89	50.00	1.89	2.28	45.42	-1.01	0.08	-11.54
2024-25	Toews, D	COL	116:55	2.05	3.08	40.00	2.72	2.55	51.54	0.22	0.34	-1.40
2024-25	Makar, C	COL	52:50	3.41	1.14	75.00	3.20	2.59	55.26	0.69	0.40	1.96
2024-25	Kylington, O	COL	46:49	2.56	0.00	100.00	2.65	1.68	61.14	0.03	-0.49	6.50
2024-25	Ludvig, J	COL	36:32	1.64	1.64	50.00	2.30	2.46	48.27	-0.44	-0.19	-2.50
2024-25	Manson, J	COL	33:32	3.58	3.58	50.00	1.63	2.67	37.95	-0.86	0.48	-15.22
2024-25	Girard, S	COL	31:32	3.81	0.00	100.00	3.68	1.62	69.47	0.25	-0.23	4.43
2024-25	Lindgren, R	COL	22:24	0.00	0.00	-	3.17	1.44	68.84	-0.32	-0.42	3.51
2023-24	Johnson, J	COL	125:42	3.82	2.39	61.54	2.10	2.84	42.49	-0.48	0.46	-9.50
2023-24	Byram, B	COL	83:45	0.00	2.87	0.00	1.51	2.80	35.07	-1.15	0.35	-17.03
2023-24	Jones, C	COL	36:33	3.28	1.64	66.67	2.92	1.49	66.21	0.36	-0.74	12.69
2023-24	Toews, D	COL	22:49	2.63	0.00	100.00	2.79	0.73	79.16	0.29	-1.76	29.12

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*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	27		$1,400,000	$1,400,000	-	-	$1,400,000	$1,400,000	$1,400,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$1,400,000	$1,400,000	$1,400,000

Signed: June 30, 2025

Team: Colorado Avalanche

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.47

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	25	$850,000	$850,000	-	$75,000	$775,000	$850,000	$150,000	RFA
2024-25	26	$850,000	$850,000	-	$75,000	$775,000	$850,000	$150,000	RFA
Total				-	$150,000	$1,550,000	$1,700,000	$300,000

Signed: Mar 30, 2023

Team: Colorado Avalanche

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 1.02

Note: Guaranteed minimum salary is $200,000 in 2023-24 and 2024-25.

*Age is as of September 15