{"id":538991,"date":"2026-03-14T01:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T01:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/538991\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T01:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T01:54:10","slug":"beck-malenstyn-breaks-nhls-all-time-skating-speed-record-in-game-against-capitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/538991\/","title":{"rendered":"Beck Malenstyn breaks NHL\u2019s all-time skating speed record in game against Capitals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beck Malenstyn<\/a> had a game to remember against his former team on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The former Capitals forward and member of the Hershey Bears\u2019 2023 Calder Cup championship team registered a primary assist on the Buffalo Sabres\u2019 only goal of the night. The highlight-reel apple saw Malenstyn send a no-look, backhanded pass to Sam Carrick<\/a> at the doorstep, who then knocked the puck past Capitals goaltender Charlie Lindgren<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The goal gave the Sabres a 1-0 lead 6:02 into the first period, and gave Malenstyn 11 points (6g, 5a) in 65 games this season.<\/p>\n

Later, with 7:55 remaining in the third period, Malenstyn set the NHL\u2019s new all-time skating speed record. Malenstyn, wearing no. 29, made history on a chip and chase play where he reloaded behind Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin<\/a> and tried to win a foot race to beat out an icing in the offensive zone. Malenstyn was unable to complete the play but hit the top speed spot in the process.<\/p>\n

Beck Malenstyn<\/a> record-setting speed burst video<\/p>\n

According to NHL EDGE stats<\/a>, Malenstyn went 24.94 MPH, setting the fastest max skating speed in the tracking era since 2021-22 during the regular season or playoffs. Malenstyn jumped past Miles Wood<\/a>, whose 24.82 MPH from last season held the top mark.<\/p>\n

Connor McDavid<\/a> has the second-fastest speed burst this season, going 24.61 mph in an October 8 game against the Calgary Flames. Per the NHL, McDavid owns the most speed bursts of 22-plus mph (118) and 20-plus mph (548).<\/p>\n

Malenstyn owning the record is consistent with his NHL EDGE stats<\/a>, which suggest he is one of the fastest players in the NHL. Beck owns fourteen 22 MPH-plus speed bursts this season (the league average is 3) and one hundred and fifty-seven 20-22 MPH speed bursts (the league average is 59.9), putting him in the 96th percentile of skaters in both statistics. In comparison, he\u2019s a tad slower than Capitals\u2019 speedster Ethen Frank<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Capitals traded Malenstyn to the Sabres in the summer of 2024<\/a> after 105 NHL games with the team for a second-round pick. The Capitals used the selection to select top defense prospect Cole Hutson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Beck Malenstyn had a game to remember against his former team on Thursday. The former Capitals forward and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":538992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-538991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}