Mathew Barzal
Age 29 · Shoots right · 6′1″ · 190 lb · Born Coquitlam, British Columbia, CAN
Drafted 2015, #16 overall by NY Islanders
Mathew Barzal scored 72 points (19 goals, 53 assists) in 81 games in 2025-26, 1st on NY Islanders. Against Chicago: 2 points in the last 2 meetings.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 0 gamesNY Islanders have played 3 games and Mathew Barzal has not dressed yet (ir, knee). Next game on Thursday 8 October against Chicago. 2025-26 in full below.
Last season
2025-26 regular season · 81 games72 points in 81 games on a team that finished 19th
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.9). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-six forward who runs the first power play
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.
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 19 goals and 53 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
7 of 19 goals broke a tie; 4 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
372 attempts across the 80 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2025-26 · 81 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 leaders20+ mph bursts in the 98th percentile of forwards: 313
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Draws more penalties than he takes
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in three games out of five (53 of 81)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Chicago, a point in two of two
CHIL 3-40115019:32CHIW 3-2 SO0110023:17
CARL 1-20113+119:55
MTLL 1-40004−122:40
OTTL 0-30001−122:49
TORW 5-30114021:36CARL 3-40112−216:30
PHIL 1-40111−124:06
BUFL 3-40113020:24
PITL 3-81123−218:21
FLAW 5-20002+117:52
DALW 2-10001+117:48Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$9.15M a season through 2030-31
In 2025-26 he scored 7.9 points per $1M of cap hit, 222nd of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Contract terms from public reports. 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 1 Oct 2026.
With NY Islanders
Ten seasons · 2016-17 to 2025-26Matthew Schaefer 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
Assists on his 19 goals, 2025-26.
Who he sets up
Scorers on his 53 assists.
By opponent
Pittsburgh6 P in 32.00 P/GP
St. Louis4 P in 22.00 P/GPToronto6 P in 32.00 P/GP
Edmonton3 P in 21.50 P/GP
Colorado3 P in 21.50 P/GP
Vancouver3 P in 21.50 P/GPFranchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsTen seasons, all with the Islanders
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct