What line and power-play unit is Sam Malinski on?

By ice time over COL's last 5 games: pair 1, no regular power-play unit, 16:46 a night with 0:03 on the power play. Derived from the NHL's ice-time reports, not an official line chart.

What does Sam Malinski help with in categories leagues?

Above the pool in plus-minus and blocked shots. Below it in power-play points and goals.

Sam Malinski fantasy outlook 2026-27

Sam Malinski ranks 338th of 520 in points leagues at 1.15 fantasy points per game, 176th in categories leagues and 69th among defensemen. In 2026-27 so far he has 0 goals and 0 assists in 4 games, playing 16:46 a night with 0:03 on the power play. In categories he helps most in plus-minus and blocked shots and costs you in power-play points and goals.

DColorado Avalancheage 28D1

Points leagues

#338

1.15 FP/G

How Sam Malinski is being used

Over COL's last 5 games Sam Malinski played 4 games, 16:46 a night with 0:03 on the power play: pair 1 by even-strength ice time and no regular power-play unit.

Lines and units are derived from the NHL's per-game ice time over COL's last 5 games, not an official line chart. He was on the ice for 1% of the team's power-play time.

Per-game stats

Season	GP	TOI	PP TOI	G	A	PTS	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-
2026-27	4	16:46	0:03	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.0	0.3	1.3	1.25
2025-26	82	17:37	0:14	0.10	0.39	0.49	0.01	2.0	0.6	1.2	0.52

Category profile

Each bar is his per-game output against the 180 skaters a 12-team league rosters, in standard deviations. Right helps your team, left hurts it.

G-1.6
A-0.9
+/-+2.4
PPP-1.7
SOG-0.8
HIT-0.7
BLK+0.7

Last 4 games, 2026-27

Game	TOI	SOG	+/-
10-10 vs TOR	18:24	0	0
10-07 at WPG	18:37	1	0
10-03 vs STL	15:37	1	4
09-30 vs LAK	14:27	2	1

Sam Malinski in Week 3 (Oct 12-18)

Colorado Avalanche play 3 games in Week 3: Tue @DAL, Wed DAL, Fri PIT. One is the second night of a back-to-back. At 1.15 fantasy points a game, that projects to 3.4 for the week in points leagues. Week 4 (Oct 19-25): 4 games.

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Defensemans ranked around him

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DTBL
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D67
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1.16 FP/G
D68
Noah Hanifin
DVGK
1.16 FP/G
D69
Sam Malinski
DCOL
1.15 FP/G
D70
Sean Durzi
DNYR
1.14 FP/G
D71
Owen Power
DBUF
1.13 FP/G
D72
Mario Ferraro
DWPG
1.12 FP/G

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Common questions

Where does Sam Malinski rank in fantasy hockey for 2026-27?
338th of 520 in points leagues at 1.15 fantasy points per game, 176th in categories leagues, and 69th among defensemen.
What line and power-play unit is Sam Malinski on?
By ice time over COL's last 5 games: pair 1, no regular power-play unit, 16:46 a night with 0:03 on the power play. Derived from the NHL's ice-time reports, not an official line chart.
What does Sam Malinski help with in categories leagues?
Above the pool in plus-minus and blocked shots. Below it in power-play points and goals.

By the Parlae deskPlayer data updated Oct 13, 2026 at 10:41 PM ETHow this is built Report a wrong number