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Ziggy Palffy

Position: RW
Shoots: Left
Height: 5-10    Weight: 183 lbs.
Born: May 5, 1972 in Skalica, Czechoslovakia

Drafted by the New York Islanders in the 2nd round (26th overall) of the 1991 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 9:33AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #164. Neal Broten… #165. ZIGGY PALFFY… #166. Owen Nolan… #167. John Tonelli… 

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1993-94 21 NYI NHL 5 0 0 0 0 -6 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.0
1994-95 22 NYI NHL 33 10 7 17 8 3 6 9 1 0 1 75 13.3
1995-96 23 NYI NHL 81 43 44 87 36 -17 56 25 17 1 6 257 16.7
1996-97 24 NYI NHL 80 48 42 90 39 21 43 38 6 4 6 292 16.4
1997-98 25 NYI NHL 82 45 42 87 37 -2 34 26 17 2 5 277 16.2
1998-99 26 NYI NHL 50 22 28 50 20 -6 34 15 5 2 1 168 13.1 1103 22:04
1999-00 27 LAK NHL 64 27 39 66 25 18 32 23 4 0 3 186 14.5 1258 19:39
2000-01 28 LAK NHL 73 38 51 89 34 22 20 22 12 4 8 217 17.5 1443 19:46
2001-02 29 LAK NHL 63 32 27 59 24 5 26 16 15 1 6 161 19.9 1279 20:18
2002-03 30 LAK NHL 76 37 48 85 33 22 47 25 10 2 5 277 13.4 1706 22:27
2003-04 31 LAK NHL 35 16 25 41 15 18 12 10 3 3 2 109 14.7 754 21:32
2005-06 33 PIT NHL 42 11 31 42 14 5 12 9 2 0 2 112 9.8 812 19:19
Career NHL 684 329 384 713 285 83 322 218 92 19 45 2136 15.4 8354 20:44

NHL Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1993-94 21 NYI NHL 5 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 -6 -0.2 -0.1 -0.3
1994-95 22 NYI NHL 33 0.30 0.21 0.52 0.23 0.18 2.27 17 12 29 13 25 5 17 0 3 1.3 0.5 1.8
1995-96 23 NYI NHL 81 0.53 0.54 1.07 0.44 0.69 3.17 41 42 83 34 109 52 84 10 -17 8.2 0.6 8.9
1996-97 24 NYI NHL 80 0.60 0.53 1.13 0.49 0.54 3.65 50 44 94 39 119 32 77 11 21 10.2 1.8 12.0
1997-98 25 NYI NHL 82 0.55 0.51 1.06 0.45 0.41 3.38 52 48 100 41 118 52 81 13 -2 10.9 1.1 12.1
1998-99 26 NYI NHL 50 0.44 0.56 1.00 0.40 0.68 3.36 25 32 57 22 60 20 51 5 -6 4.6 1.1 5.7
1999-00 27 LAK NHL 64 0.42 0.61 1.03 0.39 0.50 2.91 30 42 72 28 96 31 50 3 18 6.0 1.8 7.8
2000-01 28 LAK NHL 73 0.52 0.70 1.22 0.47 0.27 2.97 42 55 97 38 119 55 49 7 22 8.9 2.2 11.1
2001-02 29 LAK NHL 63 0.51 0.43 0.94 0.38 0.41 2.56 37 31 68 29 80 39 41 5 5 6.2 1.9 8.1
2002-03 30 LAK NHL 76 0.49 0.63 1.12 0.44 0.62 3.64 42 53 95 37 113 42 59 10 22 8.5 2.9 11.4
2003-04 31 LAK NHL 35 0.46 0.71 1.17 0.43 0.34 3.11 19 29 48 18 51 21 20 8 18 4.2 1.5 5.7
2005-06 33 PIT NHL 42 0.26 0.74 1.00 0.33 0.29 2.67 11 30 41 14 58 15 42 4 5 2.8 1.0 3.8
Career NHL 684 0.48 0.56 1.04 0.42 0.47 3.12 366 418 784 314 949 365 577 76 83 71.7 16.3 88.0

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1999-00 27 LAK NHL 4 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 25.0 85 21:21
2000-01 28 LAK NHL 13 3 5 8 0 8 3 0 0 0 37 8.1 292 22:27
2001-02 29 LAK NHL 7 4 5 9 4 0 4 0 0 0 23 17.4 157 22:23
Career NHL 24 9 10 19 4 8 9 0 0 0 68 13.2 534 22:15

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1990-91 18 AC Nitra Czech 50 34 16 50 18
1990-91 18 Czechoslovakia WJC-A 7 7 6 13 2
1991-92 19 Czechoslovakia Can-Cup 5 1 0 1 2
1991-92 19 Dukla Trencin Czech 45 41 33 74 36
1991-92 19 Czechoslovakia WJC-A 6 3 1 4 6
1992-93 20 Dukla Trencin Czech 43 38 41 79
1993-94 21 Salt Lake Golden Eagles IHL 57 25 32 57 83
1993-94 21 Slovakia Olympics 8 3 7 10 8
1994-95 22 Denver Grizzlies IHL 33 20 23 43 40
1995-96 23 Slovakia WC-A 5 2 0 2 10
1996-97 24 Slovakia W-Cup 3 1 2 3 2
1996-97 24 Dukla Trencin Slovakia 1 0 0 0
1998-99 26 HK 36 Skalica Slovakia 9 11 8 19 6
1998-99 26 Slovakia WC-A 6 5 5 10 6
2001-02 29 Slovakia Olympics 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
2001-02 29 Slovakia WC-A 3 1 6 7 2
2002-03 30 Slovakia WC-A 9 7 8 15 18
2004-05 32 HC Slavia Praha CzRep 41 21 19 40 30
2004-05 32 HK 36 Skalica Slovakia 8 10 3 13 6
2004-05 32 Slovakia WC-A 7 5 4 9 10
2007-08 35 HK 36 Skalica Slovakia 46 30 45 75 93
2008-09 36 HK 36 Skalica Slovakia 53 52 47 99 46
2009-10 37 HK 36 Skalica Slovakia 36 17 36 53 28
2009-10 37 Slovakia Olympics 7 0 3 3 -1 8 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season Can-Cup 5 1 0 1 2
Career 3 Seasons Czech 138 113 90 203 54
Career 1 Season CzRep 41 21 19 40 30
Career 2 Seasons IHL 90 45 55 100 123
Career 3 Seasons Olympics 16 3 10 13 -2 16 0 0 0 0
Career 6 Seasons Slovakia 153 120 139 259 179
Career 1 Season W-Cup 3 1 2 3 2
Career 5 Seasons WC-A 30 20 23 43 46
Career 2 Seasons WJC-A 13 10 7 17 8

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2004-05 32 HC Slavia Praha CzRep 7 5 2 7 2
2007-08 35 HK 36 Skalica Slovakia 13 7 17 24 26
2008-09 36 HK 36 Skalica Slovakia 17 12 15 27 12
2009-10 37 HK 36 Skalica Slovakia 6 6 6 12 18
Career 1 Season CzRep 7 5 2 7 2
Career 3 Seasons Slovakia 36 25 38 63 56

Similarity Scores

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Thru 12 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Ziggy Palffy 12.1 12.0 11.4 11.1 8.9 8.1 7.8 5.7 5.7 3.8 1.8 -0.3
Martin St. Louis 92.3 13.2 11.8 11.3 9.9 8.7 8.4 7.6 6.1 4.3 3.9 0.5 0.0
Theoren Fleury 91.4 11.7 11.2 11.1 9.2 8.9 8.1 6.9 6.8 6.0 5.5 5.4 2.6
Paul Kariya 91.2 12.6 12.2 11.6 10.9 8.8 8.4 7.7 7.2 6.5 5.0 3.4 3.3
Pavel Bure 90.4 13.5 12.9 12.3 11.9 11.4 8.1 5.7 4.9 4.3 4.2 2.7 1.1
Jean Beliveau 90.2 13.0 11.0 10.2 10.0 9.3 8.4 6.8 5.9 4.3 4.3 1.1 0.3
Alexander Mogilny 89.2 13.4 12.2 10.6 8.3 8.3 7.8 6.5 5.2 5.1 5.0 4.3 2.9
Bobby Clarke 89.0 11.7 11.2 10.3 9.4 9.1 8.3 8.1 6.4 5.1 4.9 4.1 3.4
Ilya Kovalchuk 88.8 12.0 11.2 11.0 10.6 10.3 9.0 7.8 6.8 6.1
Cy Denneny 88.7 9.2 9.1 6.5 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.5 5.2 3.0 2.3 0.2 -0.2
Peter Bondra 88.7 12.1 10.3 10.2 10.2 8.6 7.2 7.1 6.2 5.0 4.5 4.3 1.7
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Ziggy Palffy 12.1 12.0 11.4 11.1 8.9 8.1 7.8 5.7 5.7 3.8 1.8 -0.3
Martin St. Louis 92.1 13.2 11.8 11.3 9.9 8.7 8.4 7.6 6.1 4.3 3.9 0.5 0.0
Pavel Bure 90.4 13.5 12.9 12.3 11.9 11.4 8.1 5.7 4.9 4.3 4.2 2.7 1.1
Ilya Kovalchuk 88.8 12.0 11.2 11.0 10.6 10.3 9.0 7.8 6.8 6.1
Cy Denneny 88.7 9.2 9.1 6.5 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.5 5.2 3.0 2.3 0.2 -0.2
Pavel Datsyuk 87.4 12.6 11.5 10.5 9.8 8.6 8.4 7.3 5.7 3.4
Marian Gaborik 86.4 12.1 11.6 8.9 8.9 8.5 8.1 6.2 5.2 3.8 3.4
Markus Naslund 85.9 13.5 11.9 11.4 9.5 7.8 7.5 6.4 6.4 6.1 4.9 4.7 3.2 3.0 0.1 -0.8
Frank Boucher 85.7 10.2 8.2 7.1 6.6 5.8 5.6 5.2 4.6 4.3 3.8 2.0 0.5 0.5 -0.4
Paul Kariya 85.7 12.6 12.2 11.6 10.9 8.8 8.4 7.7 7.2 6.5 5.8 5.0 4.3 3.4 3.3 1.5
Alexei Yashin 85.6 12.0 10.5 9.5 8.7 8.3 6.6 6.0 5.8 5.2 4.4 4.1 3.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

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2001 NHL
2002 NHL

Games Played

1997-98 NHL 82 (2)

Goals

1996-97 NHL 48 (5)
1997-98 NHL 45 (5)
2002-03 NHL 37 (8)

Points

1996-97 NHL 90 (8)
1997-98 NHL 87 (5)
2000-01 NHL 89 (9)
2002-03 NHL 85 (10)

Goals Created

1996-97 NHL 38.9 (4)
1997-98 NHL 37.1 (4)
2000-01 NHL 34.0 (8)
2002-03 NHL 33.1 (10)

Even Strength Goals

1996-97 NHL 38 (4)
1997-98 NHL 26 (9)
2002-03 NHL 25 (7)

Power Play Goals

1995-96 NHL 17 (8)
1997-98 NHL 17 (1)
 2001-02 NHL 15 (3)

Short-Handed Goals

1996-97 NHL 4 (5)
2000-01 NHL 4 (5)
2003-04 NHL 3 (10)
Career NHL 19 (71)

Game-Winning Goals

2000-01 NHL 8 (6)

Shots

1997-98 NHL 277 (7)

Shooting Percentage

2001-02 NHL 19.9 (4)

Goals Per Game

1996-97 NHL 0.60 (8)
1997-98 NHL 0.55 (6)
2000-01 NHL 0.52 (9)
2001-02 NHL 0.51 (5)
2002-03 NHL 0.49 (9)
Career NHL 0.48 (33)

Assists Per Game

Career NHL 0.56 (97)

Points Per Game

2000-01 NHL 1.22 (4)
2002-03 NHL 1.12 (10)
Career NHL 1.04 (38)

Goals Created Per Game

1996-97 NHL 0.49 (7)
1997-98 NHL 0.45 (6)
2000-01 NHL 0.47 (5)
2002-03 NHL 0.44 (10)
Career NHL 0.42 (35)

Adjusted Goals

1996-97 NHL 50 (5)
1997-98 NHL 52 (5)
2002-03 NHL 42 (8)

Adjusted Points

1996-97 NHL 94 (8)
1997-98 NHL 100 (5)
2000-01 NHL 97 (8)
2002-03 NHL 95 (10)

Adjusted Goals Created

1996-97 NHL 39.3 (6)
1997-98 NHL 41.5 (5)
2000-01 NHL 37.9 (7)
2002-03 NHL 37.4 (10)

Total Goals On-Ice For

1997-98 NHL 118 (9)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

1997-98 NHL 52 (7)

Offensive Point Shares

1996-97 NHL 10.2 (6)
1997-98 NHL 10.9 (4)
2000-01 NHL 8.9 (6)
2002-03 NHL 8.5 (10)
Career NHL 71.7 (97)

Point Shares

1997-98 NHL 12.1 (9)
    

Transactions

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June 20, 1999: Traded to Los Angeles by NY Islanders with Brian Smolinski, Marcel Cousineau and New Jersey's 4th round choice (previously acquired, Los Angeles selected Daniel Johansson) in 1999 Entry Draft for Olli Jokinen, Josh Green, Mathieu Biron and Los Angeles' 1st round choice (Taylor Pyatt) in 1999 Entry Draft, June 20, 1999.

January 7, 2004: Missed majority of 2003-04 due to shoulder injury vs. Anaheim, January 7, 2004.

September 15, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Slavia Praha (CzRep), September 15, 2004.

October 7, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Skalica (Slovakia), October 7, 2004.

November 16, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Slavia Praha (CzRep), November 16, 2004.

August 6, 2005: Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh, August 6, 2005.

January 18, 2006: Officially announced retirement January 18, 2006.

July 19, 2007: Signed as a free agent by Skalica (Slovakia), July 19, 2007.

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