C · NYI · NHL id 8478445
Mathew Barzal has played 81 games for the New York Islanders in 2025-26, scoring 19 goals and 53 assists (72 points) on 184 shots while averaging 20:39 a night (16:00 at even strength, 3:23 on the power play and 0:02 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 71% of his 5v5 minutes with Brayden Schenn and 57% with Calum Ritchie over the last 10 games, and the Islanders have controlled 52% of shot attempts with Barzal on the ice (57-48 in goals, 62% offensive-zone starts). In the Islanders' most recent game against CAR he was on L1 with Brayden Schenn and Calum Ritchie and on PP1. He is shooting 10.3% this season against 10.6% across the 647 games in our data.
Right now
From the Apr 14 game vs CAR, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 20 games, 18:39 average time on ice, PP1 in 20 games, 6 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.
Shot map
2025-26 · 380 attempts, 184 on goal, 19 goals
Shot map, OPP at NYI: 380 attempts, 184 on goal, 19 goals, 22.79 expected goals; best chance Mathew Barzal at 0.71 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 81 GP · 72 points vs 76.8 expected
Last 20 games: -61. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 10.3%
- 100.6
- 64.3%
- G vs xG
- 19 / 21.4
- • Role rose over the last 10 games (1 promotion event): some of the heat may be real.
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.
Fantasy box score
- Games played81
- Goals19136th of 715
- Assists5322nd of 715
- Points7246th of 715
- Power-play points2076th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal18473rd of 715
- Hits29553rd of 715
- Blocked shots50259th of 715
- Plus/minus+10123rd of 715
- Penalty minutes6168th of 715
- Faceoffs won210128th of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)51.6%203rd of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)51.7%194th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)50.9%275th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)51.3%251st of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)48.8%413th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)50.4%304th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.78403rd of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.030282nd of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.36128th of 719
- Faceoff win %39.8%214th of 238
- Draw Equity /100−0.102210th of 238
Usage
- Ice time per game20:39100th of 715
- Power-play time per game3:2340th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %62.4%119th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.02309th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO1006268th of 719
- Goals above expected−2.4582nd of 715
- Luck Meter−30604th of 828
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed22.5281st of 715
- 20+ mph bursts3139th of 715
- Hardest shot83.9554th of 715
- Offensive-zone time45.4%64th of 715
Compare head to head
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2025-26 regular season · 81 of 81 games through the sequence engine
- −0.021
- Season net
- −0.43xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 100 draws
- −0.102
- Season
- −0.54G
- 39.8%528 draws
Wins by zone: OZ 70-110 · NZ 85-130 · DZ 55-78
- Per 60
- 0.78
- Attempts
- 16
- 0.067
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Dropped off PP1 to PP2Dec 20, 2025 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1Mar 30, 2024 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1 to PP2Mar 23, 2024 alerts →
- Played 5:51 less than his 5-game averageApr 25, 2023 alerts →
- Moved up to L1 from L2Feb 17, 2023 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1 to PP2Jan 19, 2023 alerts →
- Moved up to L2 from L3Nov 7, 2022 alerts →
- Played 6:02 more than his 5-game averageApr 26, 2022 alerts →
How his goals happened
40 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2026 vs PIT | Odd-man rush | loose | 0 | 46.9 | 1-on-0 | |
| Mar 10, 2026 @ STL | Odd-man rush | carry | 1 | 47.9 | 3-on-2 | |
| Feb 5, 2026 @ NJD | Rush | carry | 0 | 55.8 | — | |
| Feb 3, 2026 vs PIT | Odd-man rush | carry | 1 | 70.4 | 3-on-2, one-timer | |
| Feb 2, 2026 @ WSH | Forecheck turnover | carry | 0 | 35.3 | — | |
| Jan 31, 2026 vs NSH | Cycle | — | 4* | 6.9 | — | |
| Jan 28, 2026 vs NYR | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 65.6 | one-timer | |
| Jan 26, 2026 @ PHI | Deflection | — | 0 | 54.0 | deflection | |
| Jan 6, 2026 vs NJD | Forecheck turnover | — | 4* | 50.7 | one-timer | |
| Dec 20, 2025 @ BUF | Rebound | — | 0 | 24.3 | rebound | |
| Dec 7, 2025 @ FLA | Forecheck turnover | — | 2* | 23.9 | — | |
| Dec 4, 2025 vs COL | Cycle | — | 2* | 32.3 | — | |
| Nov 26, 2025 vs BOS | Cycle | — | 3* | 9.1 | — | |
| Nov 20, 2025 @ DET | Forecheck turnover | loose | 0 | 53.1 | — | |
| Nov 13, 2025 @ VGK | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 61.1 | one-timer | |
| Nov 10, 2025 @ NJD | Odd-man rush | pass | 0 | 41.0 | 2-on-1 | |
| Oct 31, 2025 @ WSH | Point shot | — | 0 | 46.8 | — | |
| Oct 23, 2025 vs DET | Odd-man rush | loose | 0 | 41.3 | 4-on-2 | |
| Oct 16, 2025 vs EDM | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 27.9 | 1-on-0 | |
| Jan 18, 2025 vs SJS | Rush | carry | 0 | 17.1 | — | |
| Jan 16, 2025 vs PHI | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 57.4 | 3-on-1 | |
| Jan 11, 2025 @ UTA | Rebound | — | 0 | 52.7 | rebound | |
| Dec 21, 2024 @ TOR | Point shot | — | 1 | 42.9 | — | |
| Oct 29, 2024 vs ANA | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 51.1 | one-timer | |
| Oct 14, 2024 @ COL | Point shot | — | 1 | 65.4 | — | |
| Apr 27, 2024 vs CAR | Deflection | — | 1 | 46.8 | deflection, rebound | |
| Apr 27, 2024 vs CAR | Deflection | carry | 1 | 52.2 | deflection | |
| Mar 28, 2024 @ FLA | Deflection | dump | 0 | 33.6 | deflection | |
| Mar 23, 2024 vs WPG | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 4.7 | — | |
| Mar 7, 2024 @ SJS | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 44.3 | — | |
| Mar 5, 2024 vs STL | Odd-man rush | carry | 2 | 24.2 | 1-on-0 | |
| Feb 29, 2024 @ DET | Rebound | — | 0 | 9.5 | rebound | |
| Feb 20, 2024 @ PIT | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 55.0 | 2-on-0 | |
| Feb 18, 2024 vs NYR | Deflection | carry | 0 | 24.3 | 4-on-2, deflection | |
| Feb 8, 2024 vs TBL | Off the faceoff | — | 0 | 41.7 | — | |
| Feb 5, 2024 @ TOR | Rebound | carry | 0 | 49.0 | rebound | |
| Jan 25, 2024 @ MTL | Cycle | — | 2* | 52.0 | — | |
| Jan 11, 2024 vs TOR | Deflection | — | 0 | 16.4 | — | |
| Jan 6, 2024 @ VGK | Cycle | carry | 1 | 28.1 | — | |
| Dec 13, 2023 vs ANA | Forecheck turnover | — | 3* | 59.7 | one-timer |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Barzal
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Barzal apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Schaefer | D | 81 | 531:00 | 43% | 51.1% | 51% (23-22) | 52.1% 705:29 | 49.5% 956:47 |
| Adam Pelech | D | 80 | 464:15 | 38% | 56.3% | 58% (22-16) | 48.7% 758:43 | 51.9% 931:28 |
| Ryan Pulock | D | 75 | 439:35 | 36% | 47.9% | 60% (21-14) | 53.2% 717:42 | 46.4% 832:45 |
| Tony DeAngelo | D | 75 | 438:13 | 35% | 53.3% | 57% (23-17) | 51.5% 713:14 | 51.7% 812:41 |
| Anders Lee | C | 51 | 375:09 | 30% | 54.1% | 54% (19-16) | 51.0% 421:49 | 47.4% 283:50 |
| Scott Mayfield | D | 79 | 285:49 | 23% | 50.6% | 48% (12-13) | 52.0% 918:19 | 44.0% 863:22 |
| Bo Horvat | C | 30 | 283:42 | 23% | 55.6% | 53% (17-15) | 53.0% 179:53 | 46.5% 145:06 |
| Jonathan Drouin | LW | 34 | 269:39 | 22% | 52.5% | 44% (7-9) | 50.1% 274:49 | 49.3% 186:58 |
| Anthony Duclair | LW | 36 | 265:15 | 21% | 48.0% | 60% (12-8) | 53.6% 296:08 | 41.3% 184:37 |
| Emil Heineman | LW | 43 | 264:13 | 21% | 54.6% | 50% (10-10) | 51.4% 421:42 | 50.9% 321:06 |
| Simon Holmstrom | RW | 31 | 173:01 | 14% | 53.0% | 69% (11-5) | 49.1% 307:34 | 44.8% 235:08 |
| Brayden Schenn | C | 16 | 138:11 | 11% | 52.5% | 38% (5-8) | 57.8% 97:29 | 35.6% 57:29 |
| Kyle Palmieri | C | 17 | 126:08 | 10% | 47.3% | 83% (5-1) | 50.8% 138:37 | 51.0% 99:57 |
| Calum Ritchie | C | 14 | 111:45 | 9% | 49.8% | 45% (5-6) | 60.6% 93:12 | 48.3% 50:15 |
Game log
81 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14 | vs CAR | L 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | 19:55 | 14:00 | 2:24 | — |
| Apr 12 | vs MTL | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 22:40 | 16:31 | 3:06 | — |
| Apr 11 | vs OTT | L 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33% | 22:49 | 12:45 | 7:09 | — |
| Apr 9 | vs TOR | W 5-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 21:36 | 13:54 | 5:29 | — |
| Apr 4 | @ CAR | L 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 16:30 | 12:28 | 1:14 | — |
| Apr 3 | vs PHI | L 1-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 24:06 | 13:50 | 5:13 | — |
| Mar 31 | @ BUF | L 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 20:24 | 15:16 | 2:50 | — |
| Mar 30 | vs PIT | L 3-8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 100% | 18:21 | 16:48 | 1:33 | — |
| Mar 28 | vs FLA | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | 17:52 | 13:33 | 2:56 | — |
| Mar 26 | vs DAL | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 17:48 | 14:13 | 3:35 | — |
| Mar 24 | vs CHI | L 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 19:32 | 15:39 | 1:39 | — |
| Mar 22 | vs CBJ | W 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17:39 | 13:31 | 4:08 | — |
| Mar 21 | @ MTL | L 3-7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | — | 18:24 | 14:31 | 2:51 | — |
| Mar 19 | @ OTT | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 21:48 | 17:06 | 4:36 | — |
| Mar 17 | @ TOR | W 3-1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 18:31 | 13:54 | 4:05 | — |
| Mar 14 | vs CGY | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 19:07 | 15:50 | 1:41 | — |
| Mar 13 | vs LAK | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 24:56 | 18:39 | 3:47 | — |
| Mar 10 | @ STL | W 4-3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 21:21 | 16:26 | 4:18 | — |
| Mar 7 | @ SJS | W 2-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0% | 24:23 | 19:58 | 4:25 | — |
| Mar 5 | @ LAK | L 3-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | 23:16 | 13:23 | 3:44 | — |
Season splits by strength
2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 81 | 1673:35 | 20:40 | 2003 | 1390 | 59.0% | 59.2% | 982 | 643 | 112 | 70 | 62% | 116.8 | 85.7 | 73% |
| Even strength | 81 | 1296:24 | 16:00 | 1349 | 1238 | 52.1% | 52.4% | 652 | 572 | 63 | 50 | 56% | 67.6 | 61.6 | 63% |
| 5v5 | 81 | 1236:29 | 15:16 | 1289 | 1208 | 51.6% | 51.7% | 616 | 557 | 57 | 48 | 54% | 62.2 | 59.9 | 62% |
| Power play | 79 | 273:51 | 3:28 | 457 | 50 | 90.1% | 88.1% | 233 | 41 | 31 | 6 | 84% | 34.1 | 3.8 | 98% |
| Penalty kill | 19 | 2:14 | 0:07 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.2 | 0.0 | 50% |
| 4v4 | 31 | 27:53 | 0:54 | 30 | 15 | 66.7% | 68.4% | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 33% | 1.8 | 0.6 | 86% |
| 3v3 (OT) | 19 | 32:02 | 1:41 | 30 | 15 | 66.7% | 69.4% | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 100% | 3.6 | 1.1 | 67% |
| 5v4 | 79 | 260:47 | 3:18 | 432 | 50 | 89.6% | 87.5% | 220 | 41 | 28 | 6 | 82% | 30.8 | 3.8 | 98% |
| 4v5 | 19 | 2:14 | 0:07 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.2 | 0.0 | 50% |
| 5v3 | 8 | 8:16 | 1:02 | 19 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | 3.0 | 0.0 | 100% |
| 6v5, own net empty | 46 | 73:30 | 1:36 | 159 | 56 | 74.0% | 75.6% | 82 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 56% | 9.5 | 16.9 | 100% |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 25 | 19:29 | 0:47 | 16 | 41 | 28.1% | 29.3% | 3 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 50% | 4.3 | 2.2 | 0% |
| 4v3 | 7 | 4:48 | 0:41 | 6 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.2 | 0.0 | 100% |
| 6v4, own net empty | 8 | 6:14 | 0:47 | 18 | 2 | 90.0% | 87.5% | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1.0 | 1.1 | — |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | NYI | 81 | 19 | 53 | 72 | +10 | 61 | 184 | 10.3% | 29 | 50 | 20:39 |
| 2024-25 | NYI | 30 | 6 | 14 | 20 | +10 | 4 | 78 | 7.7% | 24 | 24 | 20:21 |
| 2023-24Playoffs | NYI | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 4 | 15 | 13.3% | 5 | 3 | 21:08 |
| 2023-24 | NYI | 80 | 23 | 57 | 80 | -4 | 34 | 240 | 9.6% | 54 | 52 | 20:08 |
| 2022-23Playoffs | NYI | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 14 | 14.3% | 4 | 3 | 17:07 |
| 2022-23 | NYI | 58 | 14 | 37 | 51 | +5 | 22 | 139 | 10.1% | 25 | 34 | 18:43 |
| 2021-22 | NYI | 73 | 15 | 44 | 59 | -15 | 18 | 161 | 9.3% | 36 | 17 | 18:01 |
| 2020-21Playoffs | NYI | 19 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 19 | 44 | 13.6% | 13 | 9 | 17:22 |
| 2020-21 | NYI | 55 | 17 | 28 | 45 | +15 | 48 | 134 | 12.7% | 22 | 13 | 18:43 |
| 2019-20 | NYI | 68 | 19 | 41 | 60 | +5 | 44 | 171 | 11.1% | 22 | 43 | 20:03 |
| 2018-19Playoffs | NYI | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +2 | 8 | 25 | 8.0% | 8 | 4 | 16:48 |
| 2018-19 | NYI | 82 | 18 | 44 | 62 | -5 | 46 | 179 | 10.1% | 25 | 56 | 17:55 |
| 2017-18 | NYI | 82 | 22 | 63 | 85 | +1 | 30 | 170 | 12.9% | 21 | 31 | 17:46 |
Mathew Barzal news
- How do the Islanders best use Mathew Barzal when he returns?Newsday
- NHL Injuries: Sabres, Blackhawks, Stars, Panthers, Islanders, Senators, Penguins and MoreNHLRumors.com
- Mathew Barzal Injury: Might skate this weekendRotoWire
- NY Islanders Provide Encouraging Update for Mathew BarzalYahoo Sports
- Islanders Mathew Barzal To Miss Opening Night, Could Return To Ice This WeekendYahoo Sports
- NHL Injuries: Sabres, Blackhawks, Oilers, Wild, Islanders, Rangers, Sens, Flyers, and LeafsNHLRumors.com
- Islanders' Mathew Barzal: Might skate this weekendCBS Sports
- Injury Designation for NY Islanders' Mathew Barzal RevealedYahoo Sports
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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.