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Denis Malgin

#81 · Centre · Colorado Avalanche

Born Jan 18, 1997 in Olten, CHE · 5'9", 182 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 102nd overall in 2015 by FLA (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Michael Grabner ARI · 16 P in 41 GP Austin Watson NSH · 16 P in 37 GP Tyler Motte VAN · 16 P in 74 GP Melker Karlsson SJS · 16 P in 79 GP Luke Kunin MIN · 17 P in 49 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

051015202016-17: 10 points1016-172017-18: 22 points2217-182018-19: 16 points1618-192019-20: 12 points1219-202022-23: 21 points2122-23

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2016-17 FLA 47 6 4 10 -5 8 67 34 0.21 $690K
2017-18 FLA 51 11 11 22 4 6 79 48 0.43 $690K
2018-19 FLA 50 7 9 16 -10 14 66 40 0.32 $690K
2019-20 FLA 36 4 8 12 -6 12 47 26 0.33 $750K
2019-20 TOR 8 0 0 0 -3 2 3 9 0.00
2022-23 TOR 23 2 2 4 -1 4 46 28 0.17 $750K
2022-23 COL 42 11 6 17 5 4 66 40 0.40
5 seasons Career 257 41 40 81 -16 50 374 225 0.32

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2022-23 COL 7 0 0 0 -3 2 7 12 0.00
1 season Playoffs 7 0 0 0 -3 2 7 12 0.00

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
50 7 9 16 -10 14 66 40 0.32 10.6 12:53

Contract

$690KCap hit2018-19
$43KCap dollars per point16 points in 50 games
$249KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.8 goals above replacement
$2.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.8MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 696 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2022-23 to 2022-23 $750K
2019-20 to 2019-20 $750K
2016-17 to 2018-19 $690K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2018-19 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2018-19 analytics

Rating

+2.8Goals above replacement326th of 699 skaters, 233rd of 455 forwards
+0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 455 ranked forwards: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence-1.2 33rd percentileEven-strength defence+1.7 77th percentilePower play-0.1 42nd percentilePenalty kill+0.1 72nd percentilePenalties+0.5 58th percentile

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

0123452016-172017-182018-192019-202022-23Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

51.4Corsi for %533 attempts for, 503 against
+2.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.1Expected goals for %19.8 expected for, 21.3 against
+0.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
41.5Goals for %22 for, 31 against
97.4PDO7.9% shooting + 89.5% saves
104Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 591 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Troy Brouwer · Jared McCann · Denis Malgin964:0844.643.34-6
Jared McCann · Frank Vatrano · Denis Malgin1360:1353.142.02-3
Mike Hoffman · Denis Malgin · Henrik Borgstrom1043:0751.543.61-1
Nick Bjugstad · Jared McCann · Denis Malgin642:5348.746.83-0

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

7Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.5Expected goalsfrom 92 unblocked attempts
+0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.60 expected goals per 60 minutes23rd
Shot quality 7.0% chance per attempt22nd
Finishing +0.5 goals above expected62ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 426 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Goals 7Expected 6.5

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 6, 2019 vs NJD L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 11:54
Mar 28, 2019 @ OTT W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 12:02
Mar 26, 2019 @ MTL L 1-6 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 16:12
Mar 25, 2019 @ TOR L 5-7 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 12:15
Feb 23, 2019 vs LAK W 6-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:07
Feb 21, 2019 vs CAR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 09:37
Feb 19, 2019 vs BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:32
Feb 17, 2019 vs MTL W 6-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 14:10
Feb 14, 2019 vs CGY W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:18
Feb 12, 2019 vs DAL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:40
Feb 10, 2019 vs TBL L 2-5 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 10:20
Feb 9, 2019 @ WSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 11:39
Feb 7, 2019 vs PIT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:38
Feb 5, 2019 vs STL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 07:42
Feb 2, 2019 vs VGK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 09:50
Feb 1, 2019 vs NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:08
Jan 21, 2019 vs SJS W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:02
Jan 19, 2019 @ NSH W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:30
Jan 18, 2019 vs TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:00
Jan 15, 2019 @ MTL L 1-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 14:06
Jan 13, 2019 @ VAN L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:23
Jan 11, 2019 @ CGY L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 18:13
Jan 10, 2019 @ EDM L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 18:08
Jan 8, 2019 @ PIT L 1-5 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 16:48
Jan 3, 2019 @ BUF L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 11:50
Dec 31, 2018 @ DET W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 3 13:38
Dec 29, 2018 vs PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 14:11
Dec 28, 2018 vs MTL L 3-5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 13:22
Dec 23, 2018 @ CHI W 6-3 1 0 1 2 0 1 3 14:58
Dec 22, 2018 @ DET W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 14:06
Dec 18, 2018 @ BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:06
Dec 15, 2018 vs TOR W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 11:47
Dec 13, 2018 @ MIN L 1-5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 17:15
Dec 11, 2018 @ STL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:51
Dec 8, 2018 vs NYR L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 12:42
Nov 23, 2018 @ CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:35
Nov 15, 2018 @ CBJ L 3-7 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 12:48
Nov 13, 2018 @ PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:20
Nov 11, 2018 vs OTT W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 12:12
Nov 10, 2018 vs NYI W 4-2 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 07:46
Nov 8, 2018 vs EDM W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 08:56
Nov 2, 2018 @ WPG W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:43
Nov 1, 2018 vs WPG L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:07
Oct 23, 2018 @ NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 10:50
Oct 20, 2018 vs DET L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:01
Oct 19, 2018 @ WSH W 6-5 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 14:03
Oct 16, 2018 @ PHI L 5-6 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 0 2 15:18
Oct 13, 2018 vs VAN L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 14:37
Oct 11, 2018 vs CBJ L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 14:01
Oct 6, 2018 @ TBL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:11