Buffalo Sabres · #29 · Left wing

Beck Malenstyn

Age 28 · Shoots left · 6′3″ · 209 lb · Born Delta, British Columbia, CAN

Drafted 2016, #145 overall by Washington

Next game · Thu 8 Octvs Dallas · 7:00 PM ET0 P in the last 2 vs DALGame preview →

Games32026-27 Small sample

Goals0T-9th on BUF

Assists0T-13th on BUF

Points0T-15th on BUF

P / GP0.00T-390th in the NHL

Shots10.0% shooting

TOI / GP8:2318th on BUF

2025-262025-26: 81 games, 7-7-14, 0.17 points per game Season detail →

Beck Malenstyn has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 14 points in 81 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample

2026-27 · The season

0 points in 3 games for the 14th-placed Buffalo

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Hits1293rd

Takeaways169th

Penalty differential048th

Blocked shots141st

PP points036th

Goals / 600.0026th

Shooting %0.0%25th

Assists / 600.0021st

Points / GP0.0013th

Shots / GP0.336th

Ice time8:233rd

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Where he ranks

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Points0T-15th on BUF

Points per game0.00T-390th in NHL

Goals0T-232nd in NHL

Assists0T-13th on BUF

Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)

Ice time8:2318th on BUF

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Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who plays mostly at even strength

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Buffalo's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength7:02

Power play0:00

Shorthanded1:22

Total8:23

15.0 shifts a game, averaging 34 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-1st on BUF

PP assists0T-1st on BUF

PP points0T-1st on BUF · T-142nd NHL

SH goals0

PP points / 600.00

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Distance per 60 in the 78th percentile of forwards: 10.04 miles

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

Average shot, mph72.497th

20+ mph bursts778th

Distance / 60, mi10.0478th

Top speed, mph21.7975th

Hardest shot, mph80.8966th

90+ mph shots048th

22+ mph bursts041st

Defensive-zone time43.7%20th

Offensive-zone time37.6%18th

Distance skated, mi4.28th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph21.79Forward average 21.23

Hardest shot, mph80.89Forward average 74.7

Distance skated4.2 mi1.48 mi in his longest game

Offensive-zone starts6.9%51.7% defensive · 41.4% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

38.8%All situations41.0%

38.4%Even strength40.6%

41.9%Shorthanded43.9%

OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

21.79vsCHI3 Oct · 2nd 05:30
21.27vsCHI3 Oct · 1st 08:12
20.85@CBJ1 Oct · 1st 00:37
20.17@CBJ1 Oct · 1st 10:13
20.02@CBJ1 Oct · 2nd 02:07
19.91vsCHI3 Oct · 2nd 11:55
19.90vsCHI3 Oct · 1st 04:48
19.75vsCHI3 Oct · 3rd 07:30

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3

20-22 mph7 · avg 4.6

18-20 mph20 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

63.81@CBJ1 Oct · 3rd 08:40

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0

90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0

80-89 mph1 · avg 0.6

70-79 mph0 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

1.30vsMIN6 Oct · 8:28 TOI
1.48vsCHI3 Oct · 8:31 TOI
1.44@CBJ1 Oct · 8:11 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.40 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways1T-2nd on BUF

Giveaways1

TK / GV ratio1.00

Hits121st on BUF

Blocked shots1T-8th on BUF

Discipline

Penalty minutes0

Minors0

Majors0

Penalties drawn0

Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Dallas, a point in zero of two

Full game log →

DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI

15 Apr 2026vs

DALOTL 3-4 SO0000−114:59

31 Dec 2025@

DALW 4-10000013:36

2025-26 · The season

14 points in 81 games on a team that finished 4th

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Hits28299th

Blocked shots7598th

Penalty differential+988th

Takeaways1230th

Shooting %9.7%26th

Goals / 600.4618th

PP points013th

Ice time11:1511th

Shots / GP0.8911th

Points / GP0.178th

Assists / 600.467th

Bars show the percentile against 411 forwards with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

Dashed line: season average (0.2). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Where he ranks

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Points1418th on BUF

Points per game0.17551st in NHL

Goals7T-376th in NHL

Assists7T-18th on BUF

Shooting %9.7%Below avg (11.1%)

Ice time11:1525th on BUF

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Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who kills penalties

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Buffalo's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength9:26

Power play0:01

Shorthanded1:48

Total11:15

16.5 shifts a game, averaging 41 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-12th on BUF

PP assists0T-15th on BUF

PP points0T-15th on BUF · T-453rd NHL

SH goals1

PP points / 600.00T-15th on BUF

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP48Buffalo total

Involved in0goals or assists

Share0.0%of every BUF PPG

PP TOI share0.3%of BUF PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.

Scoring detail

Most of the goals come at even strength

How the 7 goals and 7 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-17th on BUF

Overtime goals0T-4th on BUF

First goal of the game0

Empty-net goals0

Even-strength goals6

Power-play goals0

Shorthanded goals1

Goals by period

1st3

2nd3

3rd1

Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied1

Leading4

Trailing2

1 of 7 goals broke a tie; 2 came with Buffalo trailing.

Assists

Primary5 · 71%

Secondary2 · 29%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 600.92

Goals / 600.46

Shots / 604.7

ES points / 601.1014 ES points

PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease17 att · 2 G

Slot59 att · 4 G

Wing44 att · 0 G

Point15 att · 1 G

Neutral zone4 att · 0 G

139 attempts across the 64 games with a stored shot map.

Expected goals

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Expected goals (ixG)0.1530th

Goals0

Goals vs expected−0.1

Unblocked attempts2

xG per attempt.032

ixG per 600.15

2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.

xG leaders

2025-26 · Skating and shot power

Top speed in the 99th percentile of forwards: 24.94 mph

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

Top speed, mph24.9499th

20+ mph bursts19792nd

22+ mph bursts1490th

Distance / 60, mi9.7362nd

Hardest shot, mph86.4544th

90+ mph shots038th

Average shot, mph50.336th

Distance skated, mi147.829th

Offensive-zone time39.2%12th

Defensive-zone time43.2%12th

Bars show the percentile against 370 forwards with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph24.94Forward average 22.51

Hardest shot, mph86.45Forward average 87.1

Distance skated147.8 mi2.63 mi in his longest game

Offensive-zone starts13.9%41.0% defensive · 45.1% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

39.2%All situations43.2%

OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

22+ mph14 · avg 5.7

20-22 mph183 · avg 102

18-20 mph502 · avg 448

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0

90-99 mph0 · avg 1.0

80-89 mph6 · avg 15

70-79 mph23 · avg 42

Shot attempts per speed band.

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Draws more penalties than he takes

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways12T-15th on BUF

Giveaways35

TK / GV ratio0.34

Hits2821st on BUF

Blocked shots758th on BUF

Discipline

Penalty minutes38

Minors9

Majors2

Penalties drawn21

Net penalties+9drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken250.3 a game

Won10

Win %40.0%

Offensive zone0 of 3

A winger: fewer than one draw a game.

Consistency

Points come in bunches, not every night (14 of 81)

How often he scores, how long the streaks run.

How often he scores

Games with a point1417% of games

Multi-point games00%

Goals in7 games9%

Pointless games6783%

Streaks

Longest point streak2 games21 Nov – 23 Nov

Longest goal streak1 game

Longest pointless run12 games

Final ten1 in 10point in 1

Game log

Against Dallas, a point in zero of two

Full game log →

DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI

15 Apr 2026vs

DALOTL 3-4 SO0000−114:59

31 Dec 2025@

DALW 4-10000013:36

Splits · 2025-26

Better on the road

Home and road

SplitGPPP/GP

Home4170.17

Road4070.18

By opponent

SplitGPPP/GP

vs Dallas200.00

vs Atlantic2520.08

vs Western Conf.3280.25

By month

SplitGPPP/GP

October1010.10

November1440.29

December1410.07

January1520.13

February610.17

March1540.27

April710.14

Contract

$2.92M a season through 2031-32

In 2025-26 he scored 4.8 points per $1M of cap hit, 334th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$2.92M2.8% of the $104M ceiling

Term6 yearsYear 1 of 6

Expires2031-32UFA at 34

Cap value$17.5MCap hit × 6 years

Cap space, every team Best-value contracts

Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.