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Ondrej Palat has 8 points (2 goals, 6 assists) in 42 games for the New Jersey Devils this season.

Selected in the 7th round (No. 208) of the 2011 NHL Draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning, he has 513 points (179 goals, 334 assists) in 867 regular-season games for the Tampa Bay Lightning and the New Jersey Devils.

He also has 103 points (51 goals, 52 assists) in 155 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagCZE
    Age: 34.8 yrs (28.03.1991)
    Height / Weight: 183 cm / 87 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 208th in 2011
    Draft Team: Team logoTampa Bay Lightning
    Awards: Stanley Cup (2x)
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The 34-year-old is a strong positive for his team, with the Devils controlling 55% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Ondrej Palat is off the ice, the Devils control 48% of expected goals, indicating the team is noticeably better when he plays.

He is being deployed in a relatively balanced role, starting 36% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 26% in the defensive zone.

  • 68

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 174th of 250 Wings
    Defense:Def: 47th of 250 Wings
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    55.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.14
    0.14
    IceTimePerGame
    12 - 22
    17.43
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.2 - 1.5
    0.94
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.5
    1.00
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.2
    0.94
    xGoals/60
    0.49 - 1.34
    0.97
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    3.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    4.26
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.27 - 1.56
    0.81
    OZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.53
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 2.5
    1.70
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 13
    10.73
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    2.30
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    2.25
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.81
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1 - 3
    2.57
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    1.63
    Giveaways/60
    1 - 4
    1.06
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.18
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $6.000M
Player Contract Value: $2.400M
Remaining: 2 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2027 UFA
Age at the end: 37.3 yrs (28.03.1991)
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Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
27.12.2025 Team Logo Capitals 1 0 0 0 0 9:19 1 0.0% 0
30.12.2025 Team Logo Maple Leafs 1 0 0 0 0 10:07 3 0.0% 0
31.12.2025 Team Logo Blue Jackets 1 0 1 1 1 14:19 1 0.0% 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Mammoth 1 0 0 0 -1 13:20 0 0
04.01.2026 Team Logo Hurricanes 1 0 0 0 0 9:10 0 2
Total 5 0 1 1 0 5 0.0% 2
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2012-13 Team Logo Lightning 14 2 2 4 5 11:43 16 12.5% 0
2013-14 Team Logo Lightning 81 23 36 59 32 18:01 165 13.9% 20
2014-15 Team Logo Lightning 75 16 47 63 31 17:25 139 11.5% 24
2015-16 Team Logo Lightning 62 16 24 40 10 17:55 117 13.7% 20
2016-17 Team Logo Lightning 75 17 35 52 8 19:07 162 10.5% 39
2017-18 Team Logo Lightning 56 11 24 35 16 17:00 109 10.1% 6
2018-19 Team Logo Lightning 64 8 26 34 4 14:52 100 8.0% 20
2019-20 Team Logo Lightning 69 17 24 41 25 16:10 128 13.3% 22
2020-21 Team Logo Lightning 55 15 31 46 1 17:26 111 13.5% 26
2021-22 Team Logo Lightning 77 18 31 49 15 16:30 143 12.6% 20
2022-23 Team Logo Devils 49 8 15 23 5 15:31 79 10.1% 6
2023-24 Team Logo Devils 71 11 20 31 -9 15:39 108 10.2% 37
2024-25 Team Logo Devils 77 15 13 28 -5 13:45 96 15.6% 12
2025-26 Team Logo Devils 42 2 6 8 1 12:58 49 4.1% 10
Season Projection 82 4 12 16 2 12:58 96 4.2% 20
Total 867 179 334 513 139 1522 11.8% 262
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2013-14 Team Logo Lightning 3 2 1 3 1 18:01 6 33.3% 0
2014-15 Team Logo Lightning 26 8 8 16 5 19:10 43 18.6% 12
2015-16 Team Logo Lightning 17 4 6 10 0 19:28 34 11.8% 14
2017-18 Team Logo Lightning 17 6 6 12 -1 15:49 31 19.4% 2
2018-19 Team Logo Lightning 4 1 0 1 -2 17:16 4 25.0% 2
2019-20 Team Logo Lightning 25 11 7 18 14 20:55 80 13.8% 10
2020-21 Team Logo Lightning 23 5 8 13 8 16:19 42 11.9% 10
2021-22 Team Logo Lightning 23 11 10 21 10 16:58 49 22.4% 10
2022-23 Team Logo Devils 12 3 4 7 -6 16:51 16 18.8% 6
2024-25 Team Logo Devils 5 0 2 2 5 17:40 5 0.0% 2
Total 155 51 52 103 34 310 16.5% 68
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Ondrej Palat Team Logo LW 34.8 yrs 183 cm / 87 kg 0.19 0.59 63 78 $6.000M
87% Alex Killorn Team Logo LW 36.3 yrs 185 cm / 92 kg 0.29 0.56 62 76 $6.250M
87% Gustav Nyquist Team Logo RW 36.4 yrs 180 cm / 81 kg 0.27 0.60 65 79 $3.250M
85% Anthony Duclair Team Logo LW 30.4 yrs 183 cm / 89 kg 0.33 0.51 66 76 $3.500M
84% Adam Henrique Team Logo C 35.9 yrs 183 cm / 88 kg 0.24 0.55 59 84 $3.000M
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