LW · BUF · NHL id 8479359
Beck Malenstyn has played 1 game for the Buffalo Sabres in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 1 shots while averaging 8:11 a night (7:39 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 0:32 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 91% of his 5v5 minutes with Sam Carrick and 84% with Jiri Kulich in his only game so far, and the Sabres have controlled 43% of shot attempts with Malenstyn on the ice (0-2 in goals, 29% offensive-zone starts). In the Sabres' most recent game against CBJ he was on L4 with Sam Carrick and Jiri Kulich and off the power play.
Right now
From the Oct 1 game vs CBJ, detected from shift data
- −3:10 TOI a game
- 0% of 5v5 TOI with top players (was 61%)
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 1 games, 8:11 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 1 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.
Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.
Shot map
2026-27 · 1 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at BUF: 1 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals, 0.00 expected goals; best chance Beck Malenstyn at 0.00 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 81 GP · 14 points vs 14.9 expected
Last 20 games: +6. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 9.7%
- 99.1
- 51.9%
- G vs xG
- 7 / 6.5
- • Role rose over the last 10 games (2 promotion events): some of the heat may be real.
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.
- 2026-27 so far: 1 GP, 0 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 1 SOG.
Fantasy box score
- Games played81
- Goals7376th of 715
- Assists7544th of 715
- Points14501st of 715
- Power-play points0437th of 715
- Shorthanded points1111th of 715
- Shots on goal72430th of 715
- Hits2825th of 715
- Blocked shots75157th of 715
- Plus/minus0307th of 715
- Penalty minutes38205th of 715
- Faceoffs won10309th of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)45.7%596th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)47.0%530th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)46.1%548th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)45.6%565th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)49.2%393rd of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)46.6%537th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.80389th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.032296th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.33208th of 719
- Faceoff win %40.0%
- Draw Equity /100−0.121
Usage
- Ice time per game11:15635th of 715
- Power-play time per game0:01666th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %26.3%696th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60+0.33104th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO991440th of 719
- Goals above expected+0.5263rd of 715
- Luck Meter−17509th of 828
- Ascension score41330th of 428
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed24.91st of 715
- 20+ mph bursts19733rd of 715
- Hardest shot86.5443rd of 715
- Offensive-zone time39.2%608th of 715
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2025-26 regular season · 72 of 81 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.035
- Season net
- −0.44xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.80
- Attempts
- 10
- 0.054
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Moved up to L3 from L4Dec 23, 2025 alerts →
- Moved up to L3 from L4Mar 15, 2025 alerts →
- Moved up to L1 from L3Dec 21, 2023 alerts →
- Moved up to L1 from L2Nov 18, 2023 alerts →
- Played 5:59 more than his 5-game averageNov 18, 2023 alerts →
- Moved up to L2 from L4Nov 11, 2023 alerts →
How his goals happened
18 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2026 @ BOS | Deflection | — | 2 | 23.5 | — | |
| Apr 4, 2026 @ WSH | Forecheck turnover | loose | 0 | 35.4 | — | |
| Mar 10, 2026 vs SJS | Rush | carry | 0 | 46.0 | — | |
| Feb 27, 2026 @ FLA | Odd-man rush | carry | 3* | 71.6 | 2-on-1 | |
| Jan 22, 2026 @ MTL | Rush | carry | 0 | 27.7 | — | |
| Nov 29, 2025 @ MIN | Deflection | carry | 0 | 9.2 | rebound | |
| Nov 23, 2025 vs CAR | Odd-man rush | carry | 3 | 26.3 | 2-on-1 | |
| Nov 17, 2025 vs EDM | Deflection | — | 3* | 41.3 | deflection | |
| Dec 31, 2024 @ DAL | Deflection | carry | 0 | 10.2 | rebound | |
| Dec 23, 2024 @ NYI | Deflection | — | 5* | 51.8 | deflection | |
| Dec 3, 2024 vs COL | Rush | carry | 0 | 14.4 | — | |
| Oct 19, 2024 @ CHI | Deflection | carry | 0 | 10.2 | 3-on-2 | |
| Feb 26, 2024 vs OTT | Odd-man rush | loose | 0 | 23.0 | 1-on-0 | |
| Feb 13, 2024 vs COL | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 37.0 | — | |
| Jan 2, 2024 @ PIT | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 8.8 | 2-on-1 | |
| Dec 30, 2023 vs NSH | Rebound | loose | 0 | 34.4 | 2-on-1, rebound | |
| Nov 14, 2023 vs VGK | Odd-man rush | loose | 0 | 26.2 | 1-on-0 | |
| Nov 10, 2023 @ NJD | Rush | pass | 1 | 70.6 | — |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2026-27 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Malenstyn
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Malenstyn apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Carrick | C | 1 | 6:58 | 91% | 42.9% | 0% (0-2) | — 0:41 | 0.0% 0:23 |
| Jiri Kulich | C | 1 | 6:27 | 84% | 42.9% | 0% (0-2) | — 1:12 | 100.0% 1:34 |
| Louis Crevier | D | 1 | 4:51 | 63% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 33.3% 2:48 | 63.2% 9:00 |
| Owen Power | D | 1 | 3:51 | 50% | 66.7% | — (0-0) | 25.0% 3:48 | 58.6% 16:54 |
| Matt Grzelcyk | D | 1 | 3:02 | 40% | 33.3% | 0% (0-1) | 50.0% 4:37 | 50.0% 10:19 |
| Zach Metsa | D | 1 | 1:51 | 24% | 100.0% | — (0-0) | 33.3% 5:48 | 58.3% 8:56 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 1 | 1:22 | 18% | 0.0% | 0% (0-2) | 60.0% 6:17 | 58.3% 15:23 |
Game log
1 game in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | @ CBJ | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 8:11 | 7:39 | — | 0:32 |
Season splits by strength
2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 1 | 8:11 | 8:11 | 3 | 4 | 42.9% | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 0.1 | 0.2 | 29% |
| Even strength | 1 | 7:39 | 7:39 | 3 | 4 | 42.9% | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 0.1 | 0.2 | 29% |
| 5v5 | 1 | 7:39 | 7:39 | 3 | 4 | 42.9% | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 0.1 | 0.2 | 29% |
| Penalty kill | 1 | 0:32 | 0:32 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | BUF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 4 | 1 | 8:11 |
| 2025-26Playoffs | BUF | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 12.5% | 42 | 10 | 10:30 |
| 2025-26 | BUF | 81 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 38 | 72 | 9.7% | 282 | 75 | 11:15 |
| 2024-25 | BUF | 76 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -16 | 29 | 67 | 6.0% | 191 | 63 | 10:32 |
| 2023-24Playoffs | WSH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 4 | 0.0% | 13 | 9 | 11:58 |
| 2023-24 | WSH | 81 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -1 | 25 | 98 | 6.1% | 241 | 93 | 14:15 |
| 2022-23 | WSH | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 14.3% | 34 | 5 | 9:55 |
| 2021-22 | WSH | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 9 | 10 | 10.0% | 34 | 7 | 9:03 |
| 2019-20 | WSH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0.0% | 5 | 1 | 9:16 |
Beck Malenstyn news
- Beck Malenstyn Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- 'Obviously, I'm ecstatic': Beck Malenstyn on the Buffalo Sabres future & young core to build aroundWKBW
- Beck Malenstyn explains 'huge motivator' in re-signing with the Buffalo SabresSabre Noise
- Beck Malenstyn | Sabres LiveNHL.com
- Beck Malenstyn Eyes $18M Deal to Remain With Buffalo SabresNHL Fan Central
- Sabres sign Malenstyn to 6-year deal, extend qual­i­fying offers to Krebs, ZellwegerSpectrum News
- Buffalo Sabres sign Beck Malenstyn to 6-year contractWGRZ
- Beck Malenstyn Signs Long-Term Extension With SabresLast Word On Sports
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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.