New York Islanders · #81 · Left wing

Ondrej Palat

Age 35 · Shoots left · 6′0″ · 194 lb · Born Frydek-Mistek, CZE

Drafted 2011, #208 overall by Tampa Bay

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals1T-2nd on NYI
Assists0T-12th on NYI
Points1T-9th on NYI
P / GP0.33T-274th in the NHL
Shots714.3% shooting
TOI / GP11:3018th on NYI

2025-262025-26: 80 games, 5-10-15, 0.19 points per game Season detail →

Ondrej Palat has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 15 points in 80 games last season.

This season

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

1 point 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

Blocked shots383rd
Goals / 601.7480th
Shots / GP2.3378th
Takeaways169th
Hits563rd
Shooting %14.3%61st
Penalty differential048th
Points / GP0.3340th
PP points036th
Assists / 600.0021st
Ice time11:3015th

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

0.30.31–3

Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points1T-9th on NYI
Points per game0.33T-274th in NHL
Goals1T-67th in NHL
Assists0T-12th on NYI
Shooting %14.3%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time11:3018th on NYI
Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who plays mostly at even strength

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength10:14
Power play0:04
Shorthanded1:12
Total11:30

16.0 shifts a game, averaging 43 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-2nd on NYI
PP assists0T-4th on NYI
PP points0T-5th on NYI · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-5th on NYI

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP2NY Islanders total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every NYI PPG
PP TOI share1.1%of NYI PP time

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


Scoring detail

Most of the goals come at even strength

How the 1 goal and 0 assists 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 goals1
Power-play goals0

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 at 5-on-5

Primary0
Secondary0

Five-on-five only, while the all-situations goal index fills in.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.74
Goals / 601.74
Shots / 6012.2
ES points / 601.951 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease1 att · 0 G
Slot9 att · 1 G
Wing1 att · 0 G
Point1 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

12 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.8113th
Goals1
Goals vs expected+0.2
Unblocked attempts9
xG per attempt.094
ixG per 601.47

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 87th percentile of forwards: 10.22 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, mi10.2287th
Average shot, mph55.551st
90+ mph shots048th
Defensive-zone time40.9%45th
Offensive-zone time40.8%44th
22+ mph bursts041st
Top speed, mph20.9436th
20+ mph bursts227th
Distance skated, mi5.925th
Hardest shot, mph67.6618th

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, mph20.94Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph67.66Forward average 74.7
Distance skated5.9 mi2.22 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts21.7%39.1% defensive · 39.1% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

44.9%All situations36.2%
46.2%Even strength34.3%
37.0%Shorthanded47.5%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 20.94@TOR30 Sep · 2nd 15:05
  2. 20.52vsNJD3 Oct · 2nd 02:25
  3. 19.82@TOR30 Sep · 3rd 03:35
  4. 19.81vsNJD3 Oct · 2nd 19:11
  5. 19.79@TOR30 Sep · 1st 14:07
  6. 19.67@TOR30 Sep · 1st 14:00
  7. 19.43vsNJD3 Oct · 1st 02:20
  8. 19.15@TOR30 Sep · 3rd 00:24

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph2 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph25 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 62.93@TOR30 Sep · 2nd 11:56
  2. 57.08vsNJD3 Oct · 2nd 02:18
  3. 56.63@TOR30 Sep · 2nd 06:26
  4. 54.25vsNJD3 Oct · 3rd 10:03
  5. 51.11vsNJD3 Oct · 3rd 11:44
  6. 41.43vsNJD3 Oct · 3rd 12:14

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. 1.95@NYR6 Oct · 11:57 TOI
  2. 2.22vsNJD3 Oct · 12:27 TOI
  3. 1.71@TOR30 Sep · 10:06 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.96 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—
Hits5T-5th on NYI
Blocked shots3T-4th on NYI

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken20.7 a game
Won1
Win %50.0%
Offensive zone0 of 0

A winger: fewer than one draw a game.


Game log

Against Chicago, a point in zero of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
24 Mar 2026vsCHIL 3-40001014:06
12 Nov 2025@CHIW 4-3 OT0001+112:34

Contract

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

In 2025-26 he scored 2.5 points per $1M of cap hit, 363rd of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$6M5.8% of the $104M ceiling
Term5 yearsYear 5 of 5
Expires2026-27UFA at 36
Cap value$30MCap hit × 5 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

Two seasons · 2025-26 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

Casey Cizikas 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

Casey Cizikas1
Logan Stanley1

Assists on his 1 goal, 2026-27.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points6258th for NY Islanders
Goals2230th
Assists4260th
Games played32287th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Fifteen seasons, with 3 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2012-13TBL142240.2912.5%
2013-14TBL812336590.7313.9%
2014-15TBL751647630.8411.5%
2015-16TBL621624400.6513.7%
2016-17TBL751735520.6910.5%
2017-18TBL561124350.6310.1%
2018-19TBL64826340.538.0%
2019-20TBL691724410.5913.3%
2020-21TBL551531460.8413.5%
2021-22TBL771831490.6412.6%
2022-23NJD49815230.4710.1%
2023-24NJD711120310.4410.2%
2024-25NJD771513280.3615.6%
2025-26NJD, NYI80510150.196.0%
2026-27NYI10000.000.0%
Career9061823385200.5711.7%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2011Tampa Bay · round 7#208

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · NYI points

Games155
Goals51
Points1030.66 P/GP
Game-winning goals13
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct