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New Jersey Devils Logo Jakub Malek

Position Goaltender Current Team New Jersey Devils
Catches Left Current Contract 2 years ($897.5K CapHit)
Height 6'4" Expires 2025-26
Weight (lbs) 170 Expiry Age (Jun 30) 24
Age (DOB) 24 (Apr 11, 2002) Expiry Status RFA-arb
Drafted 2021, Round 4, Overall 100 (NJD)
Date Team Transaction
Feb 20, 2026 New Jersey Devils Assigned to AHL
Feb 18, 2026 New Jersey Devils Recalled from AHL
May 6, 2024 New Jersey Devils Signed to an entry level contract.
Status History Coming Soon

About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in pink. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary
  • Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
  • Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
  • 5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
  • Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
  • Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
  • Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
  • Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
  • Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
  • Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
  • Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
  • 5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
  • Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
  • Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
  • Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
  • 4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Data Sources
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5v5 Goalie Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAA/60 SA/60 xGA/60 GA/60 GS/60 Sv% xSv% Sv%AE

4v5 Goalie Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAA/60 SA/60 xGA/60 GA/60 GS/60 Sv% xSv% Sv%AE

Legend

Percentile 0-25 Percentile 25-50 Percentile 50-75 Percentile 75-100

Glossary

Statistic Definition
SAA/60Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes.
SA/60Shots Against per 60 minutes.
xGA/60Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes.
GA/60Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
GS/60Goals Saved per 60 minutes (xGA/60 -GA/60).
Sv%Save Percentage.
xSv%Expected Save Percentage.
Sv%AESave Percentage above Expected (Sv% - xSv%).
Data from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16).

News and Opinions

Current Contract

Jakub Malek signed a $1,735,000 2-year contract with the New Jersey Devils and General Manager Tom Fitzgerald on May 6, 2024 with an AAV of $897,500. This contract will start in 2024-25 and end after the 2025-26 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.02% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2024-25 22 $897,500 $925,000 $57,500 $92,500 $775,000 $867,500 $80,000 ELC
2025-26 23 $897,500 $925,000 $57,500 $92,500 $775,000 $867,500 $80,000 ELC
Total $115,000 $185,000 $1,550,000 $1,735,000 $160,000
Signed: May 6, 2024
Team: New Jersey Devils
Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Career Statistics

Regular Season Playoffs
Season League Team GP GS W L OTL SA GA GAA Sv% GP GS W L OTL SA GA GAA Sv%
2017-18 Czechia U18 HC Vsetin U18 10 3.02 0.920
2017-18 Czechia U16 VHK Vsetin U16 35 3.24 0.910
2018-19 Czechia2 VHK Vsetin 2 2 24 6 5.63 0.750
2018-19 Czechia U19 VHK Vsetín U19 23 9 14 782 73 3.66 0.907
2019-20 Czechia3 HC Valašské Meziříčí 3 1 1 7 3.31
2019-20 Czechia U20 2 VHK Vsetín U20 31 20 8 880 64 2.27 0.927
2019-20 Czechia U20 2 VHK Vsetin U20 4 3 1 103 6 1.45 0.942
2020-21 Czechia3 HC Valašské Meziříčí 1 1 5 5.00
2020-21 Czechia2 VHK Vsetín 14 8 5 341 30 2.29 0.912
2020-21 Czechia2 VHK Vsetin 7 3 4 191 14 1.92 0.927
2020-21 Czechia U20 2 VHK Vsetín U20 2 2 46 4 2.00 0.913
2021-22 Czechia2 VHK Vsetín 31 22 9 884 60 1.95 0.932
2021-22 Czechia2 VHK Vsetin 13 7 4 327 22 1.75 0.933
2021-22 Czechia U20 2 VHK Vsetín U20 1 1 41 1 1.00 0.976
2024-25 Liiga Ilves 33 15 11 6 740 67 2.09 0.910 1 1 6 29 4 3.79 0.862
2025-26 AHL Utica Comets 31 13 14 3 762 80 2.75 0.895
2025-26 ECHL Adirondack Thunder 2 1 1 57 4 1.91 0.930