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Left wing · #57

Mikhail Maltsev

New Jersey Devils Colorado Avalanche(traded during the season)
Age
28
Shoots
Left
Height
191 cm
Weight
90 kg
Born
St. Petersburg, RUS
Draft
2016, round 4, #102 (NJD)

Career · 2020–21 to 2022–23

Games
56
Goals
6
Points
9
TOI per game
9:56
xGF% (5v5)
49.7%
Goals above expected
−2.2
ShowAll teamsNew Jersey DevilsColorado Avalanche

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2020–21NJD33639−411:275510.9%06.248.2%
2021–22COL18000−58:04230.0%01.854.5%
2022–23COL500006:3640.0%00.244.9%
Total2 teams56639−99:56827.3%08.249.7%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.10.20.30.40.51020304050
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Player card

Model-based

How 2020–21 to 2022–23 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd line

46th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

4th line
  • Goals /600.6541st pct
  • Assists /600.324th pct
  • ixG /600.8867th pct
  • Goals above expected−2.238th pct

Play-driving

2nd line
  • xGF% (5v5)49.7%56th pct
  • CF% (5v5)52.8%82nd pct
  • Relative xGF%−1.343rd pct
  • Penalty diff /600.6596th pct

Usage

4th line
  • TOI per game9:566th pct
  • PP time share4.0%22nd pct
  • Offensive zone starts46.9%30th pct
  • Quality of competition23.6%35th pct

Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Most similar players this season

  1. Justin Danforth0.80
  2. Rocco GrimaldiNSH0.72
  3. Ryan PoehlingMTL0.72
  4. Zemgus Girgensons0.71
  5. Fredrik Olofsson0.71
  6. Denis Malgin0.70

Faceoffs

How often Maltsev wins the draw over 2020–21 to 2022–23, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 546+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

50.2%

132–131 · below the 546 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

49.3%

Opponents won 49.1% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.9% against them.

Wins above average

−2

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

5.2

263 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

39%38 · +4.047%62 · +1.644%36 · +5.867%9 · +3.163%8 · +2.150%8 · +0.538%8 · 0.059%56 · +1.655%38 · +1.9Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone45.9% 45–53
  • Neutral zone46.5% 33–38
  • Defensive zone57.4% 54–40

By strength

  • Even strength50.6% 131–128
  • Power play33.3% 1–2
  • Shorthanded0.0% 0–1

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +26 after a win, −16 after a loss. Each win was worth 2.4 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2020–2116046.3%45.8%
2021–227657.9%56.6%
2022–232751.9%49.5%

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

−2.2 goals above expected

024681020304050Game

Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−40−200+20+40

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed34.5 km/h22nd pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph12nd pct
  • Hardest shot0.0 km/h0th pct
  • Distance skated5 km5th pct
  • Offensive-zone time36.6%3rd pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other forwards that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian forwardMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

34.5 km/h8th pct

▲ +0.6 km/h since 2021–22

333435363721–2222–232021–22: 33.9 km/h, 4th percentile (18 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 34.5 km/h, 8th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.810th pct

▼ −6.4 since 2021–22

024681021–2222–232021–22: 8.3, 76th percentile (18 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 1.8, 10th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

8.3 km0th pct

▼ −6.8 km since 2021–22

68101214161821–2222–232021–22: 15.1 km, 25th percentile (18 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 8.3 km, 0th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

0.0 km/h0th pct

▼ −136.2 km/h since 2021–22

05010015020021–2222–232021–22: 136.2 km/h, 20th percentile (18 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 0.0 km/h, 0th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

36.6%3rd pct

▼ −6.8 points since 2021–22

34%36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–232021–22: 43.4%, 72nd percentile (18 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 36.6%, 3rd percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)