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Ondrej Palat

#81 · Left wing · New York Islanders

Born Mar 28, 1991 in Frydek-Mistek, CZE (age 35) · 6'0", 194 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 208th overall in 2011 by TBL (round 7)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Stephen Weiss FLA · 4 P in 17 GP Tomas Vincour COL · 4 P in 17 GP Chris Bourque BOS · 4 P in 18 GP Jimmy Hayes CHI · 4 P in 10 GP Kris Versteeg FLA · 4 P in 10 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

02040602012-13: 4 points412-132013-14: 59 points592014-15: 63 points6314-152015-16: 40 points402016-17: 52 points5216-172017-18: 35 points352018-19: 34 points3418-192019-20: 41 points412020-21: 46 points4620-212021-22: 49 points492022-23: 23 points2322-232023-24: 31 points312024-25: 28 points2824-252025-26: 15 points152026-27: 3 points326-27

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2012-13 TBL 14 2 2 4 5 0 16 28 0.29 $575K
2013-14 TBL 81 23 36 59 32 20 165 146 0.73 $575K
2014-15 TBL 75 16 47 63 31 24 139 124 0.84 $3.333M
2015-16 TBL 62 16 24 40 10 20 117 108 0.65 $3.333M
2016-17 TBL 75 17 35 52 8 39 162 141 0.69 $3.333M
2017-18 TBL 56 11 24 35 16 6 109 80 0.63 $5.3M
2018-19 TBL 64 8 26 34 4 20 100 104 0.53 $5.3M
2019-20 TBL 69 17 24 41 25 22 128 145 0.59 $5.3M
2020-21 TBL 55 15 31 46 1 26 111 82 0.84 $5.3M
2021-22 TBL 77 18 31 49 15 20 143 124 0.64 $5.3M
2022-23 NJD 49 8 15 23 5 6 79 70 0.47 $6M
2023-24 NJD 71 11 20 31 -9 37 108 92 0.44 $6M
2024-25 NJD 77 15 13 28 -5 12 96 124 0.36 $6M
2025-26 NJD 51 4 6 10 -5 12 53 89 0.20 $6M
2025-26 NYI 29 1 4 5 -6 2 30 44 0.17
2026-27 NYI 5 1 2 3 2 0 7 11 0.60 $6M
15 seasons Career 910 183 340 523 129 266 1563 1512 0.57

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2013-14 TBL 3 2 1 3 1 0 6 10 1.00
2014-15 TBL 26 8 8 16 5 12 43 80 0.62
2015-16 TBL 17 4 6 10 0 14 34 54 0.59
2017-18 TBL 17 6 6 12 -1 2 31 36 0.71
2018-19 TBL 4 1 0 1 -2 2 4 14 0.25
2019-20 TBL 22 11 6 17 15 10 73 73 0.77
2020-21 TBL 23 5 8 13 8 10 42 68 0.57
2021-22 TBL 23 11 10 21 10 10 49 64 0.91
2022-23 NJD 12 3 4 7 -6 6 16 27 0.58
2024-25 NJD 5 0 2 2 5 2 5 15 0.40
10 seasons Playoffs 152 51 51 102 35 68 303 441 0.67

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
14 2 2 4 5 0 16 28 0.29 12.5 11:44

Contract

$575KCap hitends in 2014, then RFA
$144KCap dollars per point4 points in 14 games
$8.465MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.1 goals above replacement

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up.

The contract

Signed by the Tampa Bay Lightning on Oct 10, 2011, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $1.725M, beginning in 2011-12. It runs through 2013-14, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2011-12 $575K $525K $50K $575K
2012-13 $575K $525K $38K $563K
2013-14 $575K $550K $38K $588K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 14, 2022 New Jersey Devils New contract 2022-23 to 2026-27 5 $30M $6M
Jul 14, 2017 Tampa Bay Lightning New contract 2017-18 to 2021-22 5 $26.5M $5.3M
Jun 9, 2014 Tampa Bay Lightning Extension 2014-15 to 2016-17 3 $10M $3.333M
Oct 10, 2011 Tampa Bay Lightning Entry-level 2011-12 to 2013-14 3 $1.725M $575K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2012-13 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2012-13 analytics

Rating

+0.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.4Even-strength defence-0.4Power play-0.1Penalty kill+0.2Penalties+0.4

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

0510152012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

47.4Corsi for %120 attempts for, 133 against
-0.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.9Expected goals for %4.0 expected for, 5.0 against
-5.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
72.7Goals for %8 for, 3 against
108.0PDO11.9% shooting + 96.1% saves
25Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tyler Johnson · Richard Panik · Ondrej Palat427:5351.449.11-0
Nate Thompson · Cory Conacher · Ondrej Palat315:3250.050.72-2
Dana Tyrell · Tyler Johnson · Ondrej Palat415:2665.462.82-0
Nate Thompson · Tom Pyatt · Ondrej Palat29:3063.258.21-0

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.2Expected goalsfrom 22 unblocked attempts
+0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.43 expected goals per 60 minutes8th
Shot quality 5.3% chance per attempt4th
Finishing +0.8 goals above expected64thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 355 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Goals 2Expected 1.2

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 2, 2013 vs FLA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 11:39
Mar 29, 2013 vs NJD W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 12:52
Mar 26, 2013 vs BUF W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:19
Mar 24, 2013 @ WPG L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:13
Mar 23, 2013 @ OTT L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 12:21
Mar 20, 2013 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 14:07
Mar 18, 2013 vs PHI W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 10:24
Mar 16, 2013 vs CAR W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 09:16
Mar 14, 2013 vs NYI L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:05
Mar 12, 2013 @ FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 13:04
Mar 9, 2013 vs MTL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:24
Mar 7, 2013 vs WPG L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:31
Mar 5, 2013 @ NJD W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 12:33
Mar 4, 2013 @ PIT L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 09:28