Sam Malinski

D · 28.2 years old · AHL 23-24

He does not play in the NHL yet, so this page carries what he has actually done rather than what we project. No forecast, no category value and no draft ranking: we model NHL seasons, and putting a number on a AHL season we do not model would look like analysis and be a guess.

This season · 26-27

NHL

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P/GP

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NHL-equiv. P/GP

28.1

Age

Trajectory · NHL-equivalent points per game

Each season's points per game times its league's translation factor (for example SHL 0.59, Liiga 0.54, AHL 0.44, Allsvenskan 0.38, CHL 0.28, J20 0.18): what a league's scoring has historically been worth in the NHL. A scoring translation, not a rating. A short current season is drawn lighter.

Players with a similar profile

Drafted players from 2005 to 2019 (3,192 of them, including the ones who never made it) whose season at his age looked most like his 25-26: NHL, 82 GP, 0.49 NHL-equivalent at 27.1, after 0.20 the year before. Also matched on draft slot, height, playing against adults. Then their NHL careers.

Player	Drafted	Ht	At his age	GP	P	NHLe	NHL GP	NHL P	P/GP	Best NHL season
Shayne Gostisbehere D	#78, 2012	5'11"	20-21 NHL	41	20	0.49	745	462	0.62	65 P in 78 GP, 17-18
Mike Reilly D	#98, 2011	5'11"	20-21 NHL	55	27	0.49	460	133	0.29	24 P in 59 GP, 23-24
Brady Skjei D	#28, 2012	6'2"	21-22 NHL	82	39	0.48	774	306	0.40	47 P in 80 GP, 23-24
Niklas Hansson D	#68, 2013	6'0"	21-22 Swiss NL	48	42	0.48	0	0	–	never played in the NHL
Mathew Dumba D	#7, 2012	5'11"	21-22 NHL	57	27	0.47	748	261	0.35	50 P in 82 GP, 17-18

4 of 5 played 200 or more NHL games; 1 never played in the NHL. How players like this turned out, not a forecast for him.

Season by season

Season	League	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	PIM
23-24	AHL	46	5	22	27	0.59	20
22-23	NCAA	34	8	18	26	0.76	29
22-23	AHL	7	3	2	5	0.71	0
21-22	NCAA	32	5	18	23	0.72	26
19-20	NCAA	25	4	12	16	0.64	12
17-18	USHL	19	2	1	3	0.16	4

No games recorded since we started tracking him. The log is built by comparing his season totals from one morning to the next, so it begins the first time they move.