LW · CBJ · NHL id 8482744
James Malatesta has played 2 games for the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2024-25, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 0 shots while averaging 10:34 a night (10:31 at even strength, 0:04 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Blue Jackets have controlled 27% of shot attempts with Malatesta on the ice (1-2 in goals, 33% offensive-zone starts). In the Blue Jackets' most recent game against PHI he was on L3 with Sean Kuraly and Mikael Pyyhtia and off the power play.
Right now
From the Dec 21 game vs PHI, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2024-25 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 2 games, 10:34 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
2024-25 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 2 GP in 2024-25: NHL EDGE percentiles are noisy before about 15-20 games.
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
2024-25 · 1 attempts, 0 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at CBJ: 1 attempts, 0 on goal, 0 goals, 0.06 expected goals; best chance James Malatesta at 0.06 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2024-25 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2023-24 regular season · 10 of 11 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.007
- Season net
- −0.01xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 2.23
- Attempts
- 4
- 0.074
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
How his goals happened
2 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2024 vs CAR | Off the faceoff | — | 0 | 19.4 | — | |
| Apr 13, 2024 @ NSH | Off the faceoff | — | 0 | 62.5 | — |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2024-25 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Malatesta
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
2 games in 2024-25, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21 | @ PHI | OTL 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 100% | 10:12 | 10:05 | 0:07 | — |
| Dec 19 | vs NJD | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 10:56 | 10:56 | — | — |
Season splits by strength
2024-25 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 2 | 21:08 | 10:34 | 12 | 32 | 27.3% | 21.9% | 6 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 33% | 0.2 | 1.7 | 33% |
| Even strength | 2 | 21:01 | 10:31 | 12 | 32 | 27.3% | 21.9% | 6 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 33% | 0.2 | 1.7 | 33% |
| 5v5 | 2 | 21:01 | 10:31 | 12 | 32 | 27.3% | 21.9% | 6 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 33% | 0.2 | 1.7 | 33% |
| Power play | 1 | 0:07 | 0:07 | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | CBJ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | 10:34 |
| 2023-24 | CBJ | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 5 | 12 | 16.7% | 41 | 2 | 10:13 |
James Malatesta news
- Blue Jackets' James Malatesta: Put on waiversCBS Sports
- James Malatesta Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- Blue Jackets’ Recent Cuts Set Monsters up for SuccessThe Hockey Writers
- James MalatestaDobberProspects
- Justin Danforth Placed On IR; James Malatesta Assigned To ClevelandYahoo Sports
- Blue Jackets bring up James Malatesta, Dean Evason is going to love having him in the lineupUnion and Blue
- James Malatesta Set To Make Season Debut | Rink ReportNHL.com
- James Malatesta Recalled By ColumbusThe Hockey News
Headlines via LineupExperts. Links open the original publisher.
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.