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Ryan Pulock

Position	Right Defense	Current Team	New York Islanders
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	8 years ($6.2M CapHit)
Height	6'1"	Expires	2029-30
Weight (lbs)	219	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	35
Age (DOB)	31 (Oct 6, 1994)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2013, Round 1, Overall 15 (NYI)

Date	Team	Transaction
Feb 23, 2025	New York Islanders	Activated from IR
Jan 25, 2025	New York Islanders	Placed on IR
Oct 14, 2021	New York Islanders	Signed 8 years @ $6.150M AAV starting in 2022-23
Nov 4, 2020	New York Islanders	Signed 2 years @ $5.000M AAV starting in 2020-21
Jul 17, 2018	New York Islanders	Signed 2 years @ $2.000M AAV starting in 2018-19
Oct 1, 2013	New York Islanders	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

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About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Core Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	Producer	Playmaker	Shooter	Sniper	Rebound	Rush	Skating	Defend
2015-16	NYI	15	0.87	-0.28	2.32	5.85	-	-0.89	-	-2.57
2016-17	NYI	1	-1.60	-1.51	-0.77	-	-	-	-	7.50
2017-18	NYI	68	0.79	-0.26	1.35	-0.28	-	-0.11	-	0.34
2018-19	NYI	82	-0.06	-0.23	-0.22	-0.90	-	0.51	-	0.39
2019-20	NYI	68	0.41	0.35	0.05	0.42	-	-0.31	-	-1.19
2020-21	NYI	56	-0.14	0.19	-0.66	-1.12	-	-0.81	-	0.32
2021-22	NYI	56	-0.44	-0.23	-0.60	-0.65	-	-1.07	-0.02	-0.46
2022-23	NYI	82	-0.19	-0.03	-0.44	-0.16	-	-0.33	0.37	-0.16
2023-24	NYI	58	-0.65	-0.73	-0.36	0.11	-	-0.11	-0.40	-1.13
2024-25	NYI	74	-0.61	-0.81	-0.05	0.39	-	-0.68	-0.12	0.25
2025-26	NYI	76	0.56	1.30	-0.61	-0.27	-	-0.70	-	1.01

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	5v5 TOI	5v4 TOI	4v5 TOI	Possession	Drive	Suppress	Faceoffs
2015-16	NYI	15	-1.73	-0.14	-2.06	1.72	1.26	-1.20	-
2016-17	NYI	1	-7.55	-0.70	-2.31	-6.42	-7.75	-0.22	-
2017-18	NYI	68	-0.31	0.02	-2.13	1.25	1.12	-0.80	-
2018-19	NYI	82	0.50	0.05	0.21	-0.43	-0.63	-0.12	-
2019-20	NYI	68	0.80	0.20	-0.15	-0.62	-0.72	0.11	-
2020-21	NYI	56	0.61	0.27	0.09	1.19	0.93	-0.58	-
2021-22	NYI	56	0.27	0.09	-0.07	0.83	0.85	-0.34	-
2022-23	NYI	82	0.59	-0.41	-0.02	-0.81	-0.92	0.29	-
2023-24	NYI	58	0.88	-0.28	1.01	-0.27	-0.37	-0.00	-
2024-25	NYI	74	0.20	-0.59	1.30	-1.91	-1.33	1.60	-
2025-26	NYI	76	0.38	-1.41	1.46	-0.52	-0.37	0.50	-

About Archetypes

Player archetypes are a look at a players strengths and weaknesses in his game when compared to other players around the leeague. Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).

Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2015-16	NYI	15	199:42	0.60	0.60	1.20	0.14	0.46	18.18	4.30	13.88	0.00	0.00
2016-17	NYI	1	2:55	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-	-
2017-18	NYI	68	1062:25	0.28	0.79	1.07	0.32	-0.03	3.68	4.10	-0.43	1.08	2.69
2018-19	NYI	82	1404:52	0.13	0.73	0.85	0.25	-0.12	2.29	4.48	-2.19	1.70	1.70
2019-20	NYI	68	1200:52	0.25	0.80	1.05	0.20	0.05	4.24	3.32	0.92	0.63	1.26
2020-21	NYI	56	1000:16	0.06	0.78	0.84	0.22	-0.16	1.05	3.89	-2.84	0.00	2.46
2021-22	NYI	56	961:41	0.12	0.69	0.81	0.24	-0.12	1.94	3.78	-1.84	0.00	0.74
2022-23	NYI	82	1420:14	0.17	0.72	0.89	0.20	-0.03	3.70	4.32	-0.62	0.62	1.85
2023-24	NYI	58	1057:30	0.17	0.57	0.74	0.14	0.03	4.41	3.76	0.65	0.98	0.98
2024-25	NYI	74	1263:20	0.19	0.47	0.66	0.16	0.03	5.56	4.73	0.83	0.00	2.73
2025-26	NYI	76	1280:07	0.14	0.94	1.08	0.16	-0.02	3.61	4.15	-0.54	0.00	1.56

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2015-16	NYI	15	199:42	38.46	3.91	2.04	38.76	3.00	2.23	56.52	47.79	0.04	-0.27	3.31
2016-17	NYI	1	2:55	20.57	20.57	1.14	41.14	0.00	0.47	100.00	71.06	-2.34	-1.36	5.44
2017-18	NYI	68	1062:25	43.20	2.82	2.47	45.41	2.71	2.64	51.02	48.37	0.21	-0.10	3.13
2018-19	NYI	82	1404:52	37.11	2.56	2.43	41.34	1.75	2.25	59.41	51.94	0.01	-0.17	1.92
2019-20	NYI	68	1200:52	36.37	2.95	2.26	44.32	2.70	2.52	52.21	47.24	-0.16	0.07	-2.50
2020-21	NYI	56	1000:16	39.89	2.64	2.68	37.37	1.68	2.02	61.11	57.01	0.44	-0.24	7.26
2021-22	NYI	56	961:41	40.49	2.75	2.58	45.30	2.62	2.83	51.16	47.66	0.18	-0.13	2.92
2022-23	NYI	82	1420:14	39.63	2.83	2.57	43.73	2.28	2.82	55.37	47.64	-0.13	0.21	-3.17
2023-24	NYI	58	1057:30	40.51	2.61	2.39	45.05	2.55	2.46	50.55	49.26	-0.04	-0.00	-0.37
2024-25	NYI	74	1263:20	38.23	2.14	2.18	44.36	2.28	2.60	48.39	45.58	-0.38	0.32	-7.28
2025-26	NYI	76	1280:07	38.72	2.48	2.46	42.79	2.06	2.85	54.64	46.33	-0.16	0.13	-2.72

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

NY Islanders defenseman Ryan Pulock opted for off-season should surgery at Eyes on Isles (Sat May 9, 2026)
Islanders open Pete DeBoer era fighting for their playoff lives at Yahoo Sports NHL (Wed Apr 8, 2026)
Ryan Pulock misses Islanders’ loss to Ducks due to upper body injury at Yahoo Sports NHL (Thu Mar 5, 2026)
Ryan Pulock has re-emerged as one of the NY Islanders' top defensemen this season at Eyes on Isles (Sat Dec 6, 2025)
Ryan Pulock set a NY Islanders franchise record in Sunday's shootout victory against the Seattle Kraken at Eyes on Isles (Tue Nov 25, 2025)
Will the Islanders’ Pivot to a Younger Defense Work? at The Hockey Writers (Fri Aug 15, 2025)
Ryan Pulock ready to mentor Matthew Schaefer and other NY Islanders defensemen at Eyes on Isles (Sun Aug 10, 2025)
Islanders News: Pulock among worst contracts; site changes loom, should be cool at Lighthouse Hockey (Mon Aug 4, 2025)
Once praised NY Islanders long-term contract now ranked among the NHL worst at Eyes on Isles (Sun Aug 3, 2025)

Current Contract

Ryan Pulock signed an $49,200,000 8-year contract with the New York Islanders and General Manager Lou Lamoriello on October 14, 2021 with an AAV of $6,150,000. This contract will start in 2022-23 and end after the 2029-30 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 7.45% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	27	NTC	$6,150,000	$6,150,000	-	-	$6,150,000	$6,150,000	$6,150,000	UFA
2023-24	28	NTC	$6,150,000	$6,150,000	-	-	$6,150,000	$6,150,000	$6,150,000	UFA
2024-25	29	NTC	$6,150,000	$6,150,000	-	-	$6,150,000	$6,150,000	$6,150,000	UFA
2025-26	30	NTC	$6,150,000	$6,150,000	-	-	$6,150,000	$6,150,000	$6,150,000	UFA
2026-27	31	NTC	$6,150,000	$6,150,000	-	-	$6,150,000	$6,150,000	$6,150,000	UFA
2027-28	32	M-NTC	$6,150,000	$6,150,000	-	-	$6,150,000	$6,150,000	$6,150,000	UFA
2028-29	33	M-NTC	$6,150,000	$6,150,000	-	-	$6,150,000	$6,150,000	$6,150,000	UFA
2029-30	34	M-NTC	$6,150,000	$6,150,000	-	-	$6,150,000	$6,150,000	$6,150,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$49,200,000	$49,200,000	$49,200,000

Signed: Oct 14, 2021

Team: New York Islanders

GM: Lou Lamoriello

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 7.45

Clause: Full no trade through 2026-27. For 2027-28, 2028-29 and 2029-30 player can submit a 16 team no trade list.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Ryan Pulock signed a $10,000,000 2-year contract with the New York Islanders and General Manager Lou Lamoriello on November 4, 2020 with an AAV of $5,000,000. This contract will start in 2020-21 and end after the 2021-22 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 6.13% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	25	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	-	$740,000	$2,600,000	$3,340,000	$3,340,000	RFA-arb
2021-22	26	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	-	$1,500,000	$5,160,000	$6,660,000	$6,660,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	$2,240,000	$7,760,000	$10,000,000	$10,000,000

Signed: Nov 4, 2020

Team: New York Islanders

GM: Lou Lamoriello

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 6.13

Ryan Pulock signed a $4,000,000 2-year contract with the New York Islanders and General Manager Lou Lamoriello on July 17, 2018 with an AAV of $2,000,000. This contract will start in 2018-19 and end after the 2019-20 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 2.52% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2018-19	23	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	-	-	$1,350,000	$1,350,000	$1,350,000	RFA
2019-20	24	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	-	-	$2,650,000	$2,650,000	$2,650,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000

Signed: July 17, 2018

Team: New York Islanders

GM: Lou Lamoriello

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 2.52

Ryan Pulock signed a $2,775,000 3-year contract with the New York Islanders and General Manager Garth Snow on October 1, 2013 with an AAV of $925,000. This contract will start in 2013-14 and end after the 2017-18 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.44% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2013-14	18	$925,000	$1,425,000	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2014-15	19	$894,167	$1,394,167	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2015-16	20	$863,333	$1,363,333	$500,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2016-17	21	$863,333	$1,363,333	$500,000	-	$832,500	$832,500	$70,000	ELC
2017-18	22	$863,333	$1,363,333	$500,000	-	$832,500	$832,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				$1,500,000	$277,500	$2,497,500	$2,775,000	$210,000

Signed: Oct 1, 2013

Team: New York Islanders

GM: Garth Snow

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid two seasons as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2009-10	MMHL	Parkland	39	9	10	19		8				3		1	1
2010-11	WHL	Brandon	63	8	34	42	+2	4				6	2	4	6	-2	2
2011-12	WHL	Brandon	71	19	41	60	+33	20				9	3	2	5	+1
2012-13	WHL	Brandon	61	14	31	45	-7	22
2013-14	AHL	Bridgeport	3	0	1	1	-1	2	1	0.0
2013-14	WHL	Brandon	66	23	40	63	-4	18				9	2	2	4	+5	6
2014-15	AHL	Bridgeport	54	17	12	29	-6	6	134	1,270.0
2015-16	AHL	Bridgeport	51	7	17	24	+6	12	93	750.0
2015-16	NHL	New York Islanders	15	2	2	4	+1	5	15	13.3	15:44	6	1	2	3	-4		5	20.0	14:34
2016-17	AHL	Bridgeport Islanders	55	15	31	46	+10	18
2016-17	NHL	New York Islanders	1	0	0	0	+1			0.0	3:57
2017-18	NHL	New York Islanders	68	10	22	32	-4	14	184	5.4	18:24
2017-18	WC	Canada	8	0	1	1	+5
2018-19	NHL	New York Islanders	82	9	28	37	+21	22	180	5.0	22:22	8		1	1	-2	4	9	0.0	23:17
2019-20	NHL	New York Islanders	68	10	25	35	+8	14	163	6.1	22:24	22	2	8	10	-1	6	45	4.4	22:42
2020-21	NHL	New York Islanders	56	2	15	17	+15	8	121	1.7	22:26	19	4	2	6	-3	4	29	13.8	23:19
2021-22	NHL	New York Islanders	56	5	16	21		2	122	4.1	21:08
2022-23	NHL	New York Islanders	82	5	21	26	+10	14	126	4.0	20:54	6	1	3	4		6	12	8.3	23:29
2023-24	NHL	New York Islanders	58	5	14	19	+3	12	90	5.6	22:33	5		3	3	+1		2	0.0	24:35
2024-25	NHL	New York Islanders	74	5	18	23	+2	16	97	5.2	21:05
2025-26	NHL	New York Islanders	76	3	24	27	+9	16	93	3.2	20:49
NHL Career			636	56	185	241	+66	123	1191	4.7	21:09	66	8	19	27	-9	20	102	7.8	22:25