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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 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jaden Schwartz STL · 63 P in 75 GP Radim Vrbata VAN · 63 P in 79 GP Jordan Eberle EDM · 63 P in 81 GP Filip Forsberg NSH · 63 P in 82 GP Alexander Steen STL · 64 P in 74 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

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
75 16 47 63 31 24 139 124 0.84 11.5 17:26

Contract

$3.333MCap hitends in 2017
$53KCap dollars per point63 points in 75 games
$236KCap dollars per goal above replacement14.1 goals above replacement
$9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$5.7MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 649 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Tampa Bay Lightning on Jun 9, 2014, as an extension of the contract he was on: 3 years and $10M, beginning in 2014-15. It runs through 2016-17, with 2 seasons left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2014-15 $3.333M $2.8M $0 $2.8M
2015-16 $3.333M $3.2M $0 $3.2M
2016-17 $3.333M $4M $0 $4M

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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+14.1Goals above replacement13th of 665 skaters, 12th of 432 forwards
+2.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+10.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 432 ranked forwards: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence+8.7 98th percentileEven-strength defence+1.3 76th percentilePower play-0.4 21st percentilePenalty kill+0.4 91st percentilePenalties+0.5 56th percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. 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

56.1Corsi for %992 attempts for, 776 against
+4.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
60.0Expected goals for %46.5 expected for, 31.0 against
+7.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
67.0Goals for %63 for, 31 against
104.0PDO11.3% shooting + 92.7% saves
214Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 585 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tyler Johnson · Ondrej Palat · Nikita Kucherov63658:2457.461.245-22
Ryan Callahan · Steven Stamkos · Ondrej Palat1654:3258.462.74-2
Steven Stamkos · Ondrej Palat · Nikita Kucherov1325:5649.252.02-0
Ondrej Palat · Nikita Kucherov · Vladislav Namestnikov525:1154.558.12-0

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.

15Goalsnot counting empty-netters
17.0Expected goalsfrom 200 unblocked attempts
-2.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.78 expected goals per 60 minutes66th
Shot quality 8.5% chance per attempt83rd
Finishing -2.0 goals above expected33rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 415 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

051015Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 17.0Goals 15

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 11, 2015 vs BOS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 19:37
Apr 9, 2015 vs NJD W 4-3 (OT) 0 3 3 1 0 1 1 18:58
Apr 4, 2015 @ FLA W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:55
Apr 2, 2015 @ OTT L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:34
Mar 31, 2015 @ TOR L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 0 4 1 17:06
Mar 30, 2015 @ MTL W 5-3 0 2 2 1 0 3 2 15:03
Mar 28, 2015 @ DET L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 16:26
Mar 26, 2015 vs NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:38
Mar 24, 2015 vs FLA W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 16:53
Mar 22, 2015 vs BOS W 5-3 1 1 2 2 0 1 3 16:18
Mar 20, 2015 vs DET W 3-1 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 16:46
Mar 10, 2015 @ MTL W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 11:31
Mar 7, 2015 vs DAL W 5-4 0 3 3 0 0 2 3 15:40
Mar 5, 2015 vs TOR W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 16:17
Mar 3, 2015 vs BUF W 3-0 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 14:49
Mar 1, 2015 @ FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 17:23
Feb 27, 2015 vs CHI W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 16:15
Feb 22, 2015 @ COL L 4-5 1 0 1 -1 0 4 3 16:35
Feb 21, 2015 @ ARI W 4-2 2 0 2 1 0 3 2 19:11
Feb 18, 2015 @ ANA W 4-1 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 13:44
Feb 16, 2015 @ LAK L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 18:32
Feb 15, 2015 @ SJS W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 4 18:22
Feb 12, 2015 vs STL L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 16:06
Feb 10, 2015 @ NSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 19:58
Feb 8, 2015 vs ANA W 5-3 0 1 1 2 2 2 5 17:16
Feb 7, 2015 vs LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:31
Feb 5, 2015 @ DAL W 5-3 0 2 2 2 0 3 3 17:13
Feb 3, 2015 @ STL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 14:58
Jan 31, 2015 vs CBJ W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:02
Jan 29, 2015 vs DET W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 17:46
Jan 27, 2015 @ CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:38
Jan 20, 2015 vs VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:36
Jan 17, 2015 vs COL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 17:42
Jan 15, 2015 vs EDM W 3-2 2 0 2 1 0 3 1 17:55
Jan 13, 2015 @ BOS L 3-4 0 2 2 2 0 1 4 20:37
Jan 12, 2015 @ PHI L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:56
Jan 9, 2015 vs BUF W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 18:39
Jan 6, 2015 @ MTL W 4-2 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 18:15
Jan 4, 2015 @ OTT W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 20:33
Jan 2, 2015 @ PIT L 3-6 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 17:51
Dec 31, 2014 @ BUF W 5-1 1 3 4 4 0 3 1 16:13
Dec 29, 2014 vs TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:23
Dec 27, 2014 vs CAR W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 18:11
Dec 23, 2014 vs PIT W 4-3 0 3 3 3 0 4 1 16:05
Dec 20, 2014 @ NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:31
Dec 19, 2014 @ NJD L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:20
Dec 9, 2014 vs WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:54
Dec 6, 2014 vs CBJ L 1-3 1 0 1 -1 2 3 1 14:51
Dec 4, 2014 vs BUF W 5-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 18:10
Dec 2, 2014 @ BUF L 1-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 17:41
Dec 1, 2014 @ NYR W 6-3 1 1 2 3 0 2 1 17:49
Nov 29, 2014 vs OTT W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 14:44
Nov 26, 2014 vs NYR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 16:32
Nov 22, 2014 vs MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 18:25
Nov 20, 2014 @ TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:35
Nov 18, 2014 @ NYI L 2-5 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 17:33
Nov 17, 2014 @ NYR W 5-1 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 17:38
Nov 15, 2014 vs NYI W 5-2 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 15:11
Nov 13, 2014 vs SJS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:08
Nov 11, 2014 @ CHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 20:28
Nov 9, 2014 @ DET W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 16:44
Nov 8, 2014 @ CBJ W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:56
Nov 6, 2014 vs CGY W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 18:30
Nov 1, 2014 vs WSH W 4-3 1 0 1 2 2 4 2 17:06
Oct 30, 2014 vs PHI W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:57
Oct 28, 2014 vs ARI W 7-3 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 16:23
Oct 25, 2014 @ MIN L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 18:01
Oct 24, 2014 @ WPG W 4-2 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 19:09
Oct 21, 2014 @ CGY W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 18:00
Oct 20, 2014 @ EDM L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 20:41
Oct 18, 2014 @ VAN W 4-2 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 16:44
Oct 14, 2014 vs NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:40
Oct 13, 2014 vs MTL W 7-1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 17:22
Oct 11, 2014 vs OTT L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 5 4 20:55
Oct 9, 2014 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 19:46