Adam Pelech
Age 32 · Shoots left · 6′3″ · 211 lb · Born Toronto, Ontario, CAN
Drafted 2012, #65 overall by NY Islanders
2025-262025-26: 82 games, 4-12-16, 0.20 points per game Season detail →
Adam Pelech has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 16 points in 82 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample1 point in 3 games for the 24th-placed NY Islanders
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of NY Islanders's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
No goals yet: his one point is an assist
How the 0 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
5 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersHardest shot in the 77th percentile of defencemen: 88.30 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 18.86@
TOR30 Sep · 3rd 02:55 - 18.84@TOR30 Sep · 1st 14:10
- 18.81vs
NJD3 Oct · 1st 14:16 - 18.47vsNJD3 Oct · 2nd 02:47
- 18.38@TOR30 Sep · 2nd 05:47
- 18.18@TOR30 Sep · 2nd 16:19
- 18.00@TOR30 Sep · 2nd 15:05
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 88.30@TOR30 Sep · 1st 01:43
- 66.26@TOR30 Sep · 3rd 06:07
- 65.83vsNJD3 Oct · 2nd 04:51
- 63.25@TOR30 Sep · 2nd 07:21
- 57.49@TOR30 Sep · 1st 06:24
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.97@
NYR6 Oct · 20:56 TOI - 2.91vsNJD3 Oct · 19:53 TOI
- 2.78@TOR30 Sep · 19:51 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.88 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Chicago, a point in zero of two
CHIL 3-40005−121:58CHIW 3-2 SO0002+122:22NYRW 5-20000−120:56NJDW 6-00110+319:53TORW 2-10000019:5116 points in 82 games on a team that finished 19th
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.2). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of NY Islanders's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
2 of 4 goals broke a tie
How the 4 goals and 12 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
2 of 4 goals broke a tie; 1 came with NY Islanders trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
316 attempts across the 81 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersHardest shot in the 78th percentile of defencemen: 96.33 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (16 of 82)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Chicago, a point in zero of two
CHIL 3-40005−121:58CHIW 3-2 SO0002+122:22
CARL 1-20003017:30
MTLL 1-40000019:30
OTTL 0-30001019:20TORW 5-30114+118:52CARL 3-40001022:22
PHIL 1-40001017:28
BUFL 3-40002021:17
PITL 3-80001−322:23
FLAW 5-20114+222:04
DALW 2-10001021:45NYRW 5-20000−120:56NJDW 6-00110+319:53TORW 2-10000019:51Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$5.75M a season through 2028-29
In 2025-26 he scored 2.8 points per $1M of cap hit, 172nd of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.
With NY Islanders
Twelve seasons · 2015-16 to 2026-2734th in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsTwelve seasons, all with the Islanders
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct