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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 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Devin Shore CBJ · 12 P in 45 GP Cody Glass VGK · 12 P in 39 GP Eric Robinson CBJ · 12 P in 50 GP Sam Bennett CGY · 12 P in 52 GP Trevor Lewis LAK · 12 P in 56 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

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
44 4 8 12 -9 14 50 35 0.27 8.0 11:59

Contract

$750KCap hitends in 2020, then RFA
$63KCap dollars per point12 points in 44 games
$1.41MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.5 goals above replacement
$1.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$369KValueworth 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 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2019-20, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2019-20 $750K

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Rating

+0.5Goals above replacement455th of 670 skaters, 326th of 439 forwards
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 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-1.8 22nd percentileEven-strength defence+0.9 70th percentilePower play-0.4 23rd percentilePenalty kill+0.1 75th percentilePenalties+0.2 46th 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

53.6Corsi for %456 attempts for, 394 against
+3.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.4Expected goals for %18.7 expected for, 18.4 against
-0.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
34.1Goals for %14 for, 27 against
93.5PDO5.6% shooting + 87.9% saves
81Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 583 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 lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Hoffman · Frank Vatrano · Denis MalginFLA1366:3456.648.70-2
John Tavares · William Nylander · Denis MalginTOR540:5553.160.31-3
Brett Connolly · Vincent Trocheck · Denis MalginFLA328:0660.068.31-2
Jayce Hawryluk · Frank Vatrano · Denis MalginFLA422:1861.841.80-1

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
5.7Expected goalsfrom 72 unblocked attempts
-2.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.64 expected goals per 60 minutes32nd
Shot quality 7.9% chance per attempt48th
Finishing -2.7 goals above expected20thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

024Game 20Game 40Expected 5.7Goals 3

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
Mar 10, 2020 vs TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:40
Mar 6, 2020 @ ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:07
Mar 5, 2020 @ LAK L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:20
Mar 3, 2020 @ SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:35
Feb 29, 2020 vs VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:12
Feb 25, 2020 @ TBL W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 07:03
Feb 22, 2020 vs CAR L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 10:28
Feb 20, 2020 vs PIT W 4-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 15:20
Feb 17, 2020 @ SJS W 5-3 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 08:23
Feb 6, 2020 vs VGK L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 08:16
Feb 4, 2020 @ CBJ L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:28
Feb 3, 2020 @ TOR W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 11:11
Jan 18, 2020 @ DET W 4-1 1 0 1 2 4 2 0 08:27
Jan 7, 2020 vs ARI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:34
Jan 5, 2020 @ PIT W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:17
Dec 28, 2019 vs DET W 5-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 07:15
Dec 16, 2019 vs OTT W 6-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:53
Dec 14, 2019 vs BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:34
Dec 12, 2019 vs NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:36
Dec 3, 2019 vs MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:24
Nov 30, 2019 vs NSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:39
Nov 27, 2019 @ WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:58
Nov 24, 2019 vs BUF L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 13:42
Nov 23, 2019 @ CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 06:42
Nov 21, 2019 vs ANA W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 13:51
Nov 19, 2019 vs PHI W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 11:50
Nov 16, 2019 vs NYR W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:04
Nov 14, 2019 vs WPG L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 13:57
Nov 12, 2019 @ BOS W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:41
Nov 10, 2019 @ NYR W 6-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:08
Nov 9, 2019 @ NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 11:31
Nov 7, 2019 vs WSH L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 14:49
Nov 2, 2019 vs DET W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 13:40
Oct 30, 2019 @ COL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:53
Oct 28, 2019 @ VAN L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 2 2 1 13:33
Oct 27, 2019 @ EDM W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 13:37
Oct 24, 2019 @ CGY L 5-6 (SO) 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 14:41
Oct 22, 2019 vs PIT W 4-2 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 15:12
Oct 19, 2019 @ NSH W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 16:18
Oct 18, 2019 vs COL L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 11:50
Oct 14, 2019 @ NJD W 6-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 13:19
Oct 12, 2019 @ NYI L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 13:21
Oct 11, 2019 @ BUF L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 13:17
Oct 3, 2019 @ TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:59