Compare players, 2025-26 season

At a glance

Mattias Samuelsson Sam Malinski

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Where they shot from

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The numbers

Mattias Samuelsson D, BUF		2025-26	Sam Malinski D, COL
	78	Games played	82
	13	Goals	8
	28	Assists	32
	41	Points	40
	0.53	Points per game	0.49
	41	Plus/minus	43
	109	Shots	164
	11.9	Shooting %	4.9
	132	Hits	46
	28	Penalty minutes	22
	22:50	Average ice time	17:37
Five-on-five, while he was on the ice
	47.4	Corsi for %	58.7
	-3.4	CF% relative to team	+3.4
	48.0	Fenwick for %	58.7
	50.6	Expected goals for %	61.7
	-0.9	xGF% relative to team	+6.1
	59.7	Goals for %	70.2
	103.8	PDO	103.5
	214	Shot attempts taken	383
Expected goals, all situations
	6.1	Expected goals	6.9
	0.21	Expected goals per 60	0.28
	3.8%	Chance per attempt	2.7%
	+6.9	Goals above expected	+1.1
Rating, in goals
	+5.2	Goals above replacement	+14.8
	+0.9	Wins above replacement	+2.5
	+1.0	Even-strength offence	+5.6
	-0.5	Even-strength defence	+5.6
	-0.1	Power play	-0.1
	-0.7	Penalty kill	+0.1
	-0.4	Penalties	-1.2
Contract
	$4.286M	Cap hit	$1.4M
	$105K	Cap dollars per point	$35K
	$5.2M	Worth at the going rate	$13.3M
	+$917K	Value: worth minus cap hit	+$11.9M

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