New York Islanders · #53 · Centre

Casey Cizikas

Age 35 · Shoots left · 5′11″ · 190 lb · Born Toronto, Ontario, CAN

Drafted 2009, #92 overall by NY Islanders

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals1T-2nd on NYI
Assists1T-4th on NYI
Points2T-3rd on NYI
P / GP0.67T-132nd in the NHL
Shots425.0% shooting
TOI / GP12:2017th on NYI

2025-262025-26: 81 games, 10-8-18, 0.22 points per game Season detail →

Casey Cizikas has 2 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 18 points in 81 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

2 points in 3 games for the 24th-placed NY Islanders

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Penalty differential+180th
Goals / 601.6278th
Shooting %25.0%77th
Takeaways169th
Assists / 601.6268th
Points / GP0.6767th
Hits455th
Shots / GP1.3341st
PP points036th
Ice time12:2023rd
Blocked shots012th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.70.71–3

Dashed line: season average (0.7). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points2T-3rd on NYI
Points per game0.67T-132nd in NHL
Goals1T-67th in NHL
Assists1T-4th on NYI
Shooting %25.0%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time12:2017th on NYI
Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who kills penalties

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of NY Islanders's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength10:06
Power play0:00
Shorthanded2:14
Total12:20

18.0 shifts a game, averaging 41 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-2nd on NYI
PP assists0T-4th on NYI
PP points0T-5th on NYI · T-142nd NHL
SH goals1
PP points / 600.00

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP2NY Islanders total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every NYI PPG
PP TOI share0.0%of NYI PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Scoring detail

The power play drives the goal total

How the 1 goal and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-2nd on NYI
Overtime goals0T-1st on NYI
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals0
Power-play goals0
Shorthanded goals1

Goals by period

1st0
2nd0
3rd1
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied0
Leading1
Trailing0

0 of 1 goal broke a tie; 0 came with NY Islanders trailing.

Assists

Primary1 · 100%
Secondary0 · 0%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 603.24
Goals / 601.62
Shots / 606.5
ES points / 603.962 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the crease, goals from the crease

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease4 att · 1 G
Slot1 att · 0 G
Wing0 att · 0 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

5 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.8138th
Goals1
Goals vs expected+0.2
Unblocked attempts5
xG per attempt.156
ixG per 601.26

2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

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 leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Distance per 60 in the 73rd percentile of forwards: 9.97 miles

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

Distance / 60, mi9.9773rd
20+ mph bursts671st
90+ mph shots048th
Top speed, mph21.1043rd
22+ mph bursts041st
Offensive-zone time39.2%33rd
Defensive-zone time42.6%30th
Distance skated, mi6.228th
Hardest shot, mph14.731st
Average shot, mph12.51st

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph21.10Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph14.73Forward average 74.7
Distance skated6.2 mi2.38 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts17.4%43.5% defensive · 39.1% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

41.3%All situations39.3%
43.0%Even strength36.3%
36.6%Shorthanded47.7%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 21.10vsNJD3 Oct · 1st 19:58
  2. 20.31@TOR30 Sep · 3rd 06:54
  3. 20.21vsNJD3 Oct · 3rd 18:38
  4. 20.14vsNJD3 Oct · 2nd 10:23
  5. 20.07vsNJD3 Oct · 1st 09:10
  6. 19.95vsNJD3 Oct · 3rd 06:42
  7. 19.95vsNJD3 Oct · 1st 02:27
  8. 19.83vsNJD3 Oct · 1st 05:45

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph6 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph24 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 14.73vsNJD3 Oct · 3rd 18:41
  2. 10.23vsNJD3 Oct · 1st 19:59

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph0 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph0 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.13@NYR6 Oct · 13:26 TOI
  2. 2.38vsNJD3 Oct · 14:05 TOI
  3. 1.65@TOR30 Sep · 9:29 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.05 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways1T-4th on NYI
Giveaways0
TK / GV ratio—
Hits4T-7th on NYI
Blocked shots0T-16th on NYI

Discipline

Penalty minutes2
Minors1
Majors0
Penalties drawn2
Net penalties+1drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken268.7 a game
Won14
Win %53.8%
Offensive zone3 of 4

A part-time centre on the draw.


Game log

Against Chicago, a point in zero of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
24 Mar 2026vsCHIL 3-40001−111:05
30 Dec 2025@CHIW 3-2 SO0000010:48

Contract

Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer

In 2025-26 he scored 7.2 points per $1M of cap hit, 249th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$2.5M2.4% of the $104M ceiling
Term6 yearsYear 6 of 6
Expires2026-27UFA at 36
Cap value$15MCap hit × 6 years

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

Sixteen seasons · 2011-12 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

Simon Holmstrom sets him up more than anyone

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

Who sets him up

Simon Holmstrom1
Logan Stanley1

Assists on his 1 goal, 2026-27.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points28213th for NY Islanders
Goals12512th
Assists15717th
Games played9812nd
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Sixteen seasons, all with the Islanders

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2011-12NYI150440.270.0%
2012-13NYI4569150.3313.3%
2013-14NYI80610160.207.6%
2014-15NYI7099180.2610.0%
2015-16NYI80821290.369.5%
2016-17NYI59817250.429.8%
2017-18NYI64710170.279.5%
2018-19NYI732013330.4518.0%
2019-20NYI48104140.2914.9%
2020-21NYI5677140.259.7%
2021-22NYI74106160.2211.0%
2022-23NYI81615210.265.4%
2023-24NYI701013230.3312.2%
2024-25NYI82710170.217.2%
2025-26NYI81108180.2212.5%
2026-27NYI10000.00—
Career9791241562800.2910.5%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2009NY Islanders · round 4#92

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · NYI points

Games80
Goals7
Points200.25 P/GP
Game-winning goals1
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct