Kyle
MacLean
C · NYI · Defensive · Below average
- PAL
- 20
- WAR
- -0.5
- Value
- 36
- PTS
- 7
2025-26№ 578 / 615
Kyle MacLean (New York Islanders) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Kyle MacLean
#32CPlays: Winger · 15% of faceoffs
New York Islanders
HEIGHT : 188 cm · WEIGHT : 88 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : April 28, 1999 · Verona, United States
Contract : $775,000 · 2024-25 → 2026-27 · Standard Contract (Extension) · UFA
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | New York Islanders | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2025-26 | New York Islanders | 59 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 40 |
| 2024-25 | New York Islanders | 81 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 |
| 2023-24 | New York Islanders | 32 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 |
| NHL totals | 179 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 75 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | New York Islanders | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Playoff totals | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
Kyle MacLean: our analysis
2025-26 season: 59 GP, 2 G, 5 A, 7 PTS, -6 +/-, 10:31 TOI. WAR -0.5 (578th of 615) · PAL 20, below average.
In 2025-26, Kyle MacLean, 27, posts a PAL Rating of 20 out of 100 (below average), and his WAR of -0.5 ranks 578th among 615 regulars, in the bottom quarter.
His strengths: defense (73, above average). On the other hand, shooting (2, among the weakest in the league) and offense (2, among the weakest in the league) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: EV defense (+0.5); his biggest cost: finishing (-3.6).
A clear step forward: his PAL went from 9 in 2024-25 to 20; his WAR, though, went from -0.2 to -0.5.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 36 (poor return) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Kyle MacLean's story
Born April 29, 1999, Kyle MacLean’s route to the NHL ran through junior hockey and the Islanders’ farm system. A center by position, he was taken 78th overall in the 2015 OHL Priority Selection by the Oshawa Generals and developed his game in Ontario over several seasons.
MacLean spent five years with Oshawa, where his role expanded until he wore the captain’s letter for two seasons. Those years in the OHL established his two-way responsibility and leadership qualities, and prepared him for the professional ranks with Bridgeport in the American Hockey League.
He joined the Bridgeport Sound Tigers’ 2020–21 training camp and remained with the club, earning a one-year contract extension on August 3, 2021. That steady work in the AHL led to an NHL opportunity: on May 19, 2023, MacLean signed a one-year, two-way contract with the New York Islanders organization.
After attending New York’s training camp in September 2023, he was loaned back to Bridgeport to start the season. A recall came on January 17, 2024, and he made his NHL debut two days later in a 4–3 overtime loss to the Chicago Blackhawks. He scored his first NHL goal on February 5 in a 3–2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs. Over the 2023–24 campaign he recorded four goals and five assists for nine points in 32 games with the Islanders.
The club extended its commitment to him on June 19, 2024, when he signed a three-year contract. In plain terms, MacLean’s game is built on centre responsibilities and adaptability—qualities honed through five OHL seasons and several AHL campaigns that eased his transition to the NHL.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 10:09
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:02
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:28
- Pts/GP
- 0.00
- EV points
- 0
- Hits
- 20
- Blocks
- 2
- Takeaways
- 0
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 45.0 %
- Off. zone starts
- 11.3 %
- Faceoffs
- 50.0 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
6between 1 and 19 (80% range)
- Goals
- 2
- Assists
- 4
- Games
- 56
So far: 0 pts in 7 games. The team has played 16 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.11 pts per game (last season: 0.12).
The projection follows last season's pace. Tested on 2,265 player seasons (2022-23 to 2025-26): average miss of 9 points over 82 games; for players at 0.9 points per game and up, it ran 5 points high on average.
Trend
Slightly up
- Points per game: 0.28 in 23-24, 0.12 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 9 → 20
Outlook, age included
↗ Slightly upAge 27: prime years
This is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes; one player in five finishes outside the range.
Player ratings, 2025-26
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 63 %
60
Depth
- SK
- Skating
- 82
- Confidence 67 %
- ST
- Strength
- 73
- Confidence 68 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 50
- Confidence 75 %
- DU
- Durability
- 68
- Confidence 67 %
- CK
- Checking
- 87
- Confidence 68 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 83
- Confidence 51 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 73
- Confidence 68 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- 74
- Confidence 68 %
- PA
- Passing
- 57
- Confidence 63 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 56
- Confidence 63 %
- DF
- Defense
- 82
- Confidence 58 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 76
- Confidence 0 %
- EX
- Experience
- 60
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating82
- Top speed (35 %)36.4 · 79
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)9.671 · 87
- Distance /60 (20 %)16.2 · 72
- Speed consistency (15 %)36.1 · 86
ST — Strength73
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)4.126 · 75
- Body mass (50 %)-0.321 · 74
EN — Endurance50
- Ice time per game (45 %)11.5 · 49
- Total ice time (20 %)611 · 62
- Shift length (15 %)43.5 · 69
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)10.8 · 55
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)0.876 · 42
DU — Durability68
- Share of games played (100 %)0.763 · 68
CK — Checking87
- Hits /60 (70 %)8.382 · 86
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)7.211 · 87
- Season volume (10 %)4.804 · 83
FG — Fighting83
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)1.097 · 83
DI — Discipline73
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)0.016 · 75
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.742 · 68
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.834 · 79
FO — Faceoffs74
- Faceoff % (85 %)49.9 · 76
- Faceoffs /60 (15 %)28.3 · 67
PA — Passing57
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.441 · 56
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.369 · 66
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)-0.078 · 61
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.666 · 78
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.273 · 61
SC — Scoring56
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.5 · 51
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.617 · 61
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)-0.609 · 67
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)1.069 · 66
- xG per shot (10 %)0.08 · 65
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)10.5 · 64
DF — Defense82
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.033 · 78
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.257 · 88
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.473 · 82
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)-0.013 · 78
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-1.541 · 71
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)53.8 · 93
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)2.698 · 76
PS — Penalty shot76
- Shootouts (60 %)32.7 · 76
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience60
- Career regular-season games (65 %)73
- Career playoff games (25 %)34
- NHL seasons (10 %)47
OV — Overall60
- SC · Scoring (20 %)56
- PA · Passing (20 %)57
- DF · Defense (20 %)82
- SK · Skating (12 %)82
- FO · Faceoffs (10 %)74
- EN · Endurance (8 %)50
- DI · Discipline (5 %)73
- ST · Strength (3 %)73
- CK · Checking (2 %)87
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 60 | 82 | 56 | 82 |
| 2024-25 | 67 | 84 | 62 | 80 |
| 2023-24 | 77 | 81 | 76 | 80 |
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2025-26
How we rate →PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against players at the same position (50 = average player), starting from the player's strength, offensive or defensive. Value Rating compares that performance with what the player costs: 50 means paid what the play is worth.
WAR
-0.5
wins above replacement
578 of 615
PAL Rating
20/ 100
Performance · Below average
374 of 476 at the position
Value Rating
36/ 100
Poor return
0.78 M$ · expected PAL 32
ProfileDefensiveValue comes mostly from defense
- Offense
- 5
- Defense
- 60
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- Offense
- 2
- Creation
- 17
- Shooting
- 2
- Possession
- 42
- Defense
- 73
- Discipline
- 37
- Power play
- 32
- Penalty kill
- 31
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
| Season | Team | WAR | PAL | Value | Cap hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | NYI | -0.5 | 20 | 36 | 0.78 M$ |
| 2024-25 | NYI | -0.2 | 9 | 18 | 0.78 M$ |
| 2023-24 | NYI | 0.5 | 42 | 60 | 0.80 M$ |
Hockey IQ, 2025-26
Rankings and method →The quality of the player's decisions with and against the puck at 5-on-5, against regulars at the same position (50 = average). PAL measures output; IQ measures how the player plays.
Overall IQ
7/ 100
Low
better than 7% of forwards, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
16/ 100
Low
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
13/ 100
Low
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Overall IQ isn't an average of the two scores: it's the player's rank with offense and defense combined, 393 of 424 forwards.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 8
- Shot selection
- 22
- Penalties drawn
- 63
- Puck management
- 41
Defense
- Takeaways
- 38
- Discipline
- 24
- Safe zone exits
- 12
Percentiles: 80 means better than 80% of regulars at the same position. Play without the puck (positioning, coverage) isn't measured: the NHL doesn't publish that data.
| Season | Team | IQ | Off. | Def. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | NYI | 7 | 16 | 13 |
| 2024-25 | NYI | 22 | 12 | 49 |
| 2023-24 | NYI | 22 | 34 | 26 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
-0.5
wins above replacement
-1.0 to -0.2 — 90% interval
578 of 615 forwards
-2.9 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- -1.4
- EV defense
- +0.5
- Power play
- 0.0
- Penalty kill
- +0.0
- Shooting
- -3.6
- Penalties
- 0.0
- Average → replacement
- +1.6
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | NYI | 59 | -0.5 | -1.0 to -0.2 | 578/615 |
| 2024-25 | NYI | 77 | -0.2 | -0.9 to 0.3 | 492/596 |
| 2023-24 | NYI | 32 | 0.5 | 0.1 to 1.2 | 230/608 |
Player tracking (NHL EDGE)
League EDGE leaderboards →Speed, shot power, distance covered, time by zone: measured by chips in the puck and shoulder pads. 90th percentile = better than 90% of players.
- Hardest shot
- 117.2 km/h11th percentileleague avg. 130.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 35.7 km/h66th percentileleague avg. 35.2 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 1337th percentileleague avg. 21
- Offensive zone time
- 40.8 %37th percentileleague avg. 43.1 %
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- Total distance, season
- 19.0 km18th percentileleague avg. 52.2 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 3.12 km11th percentileleague avg. 4.52 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 40.5 %40th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
- Neutral zone time
- 19.3 %94th percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 39.9 %46th percentileleague avg. 40.1 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 29th percentile | 024th percentile | 0.0 %3rd percentile |
| High danger | 08th percentile | 034th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Mid range | 119th percentile | 054th percentile | 0.0 %32nd percentile |
| Long range | 031st percentile | 092nd percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2026-2027 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
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ANAKyle MacLean: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Kyle MacLean have in 2026-27?
Kyle MacLean has 0 goals and 0 points (0 assists) in 7 games in 2026-27.
How old is Kyle MacLean?
Kyle MacLean is 27 years old: he was born on April 29, 1999.
How tall is Kyle MacLean, and how much does he weigh?
Kyle MacLean is 6'2" (188 cm) and weighs 194 lb (88 kg).
Where is Kyle MacLean from?
United States: Kyle MacLean was born in Verona, New Jersey, United States.
What team does Kyle MacLean play for?
Kyle MacLean plays for the New York Islanders in the NHL, at C, wearing number 32.
Is Kyle MacLean injured?
No: Kyle MacLean is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Kyle MacLean?
Kyle MacLean produced -0.5 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 578th of 615 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 20 out of 100: below average for his position.
How much does Kyle MacLean make?
Kyle MacLean earns $775K for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 36 out of 100 (poor return): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Kyle MacLean's contract end?
Kyle MacLean's contract runs through the 2026-27 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent.
Is Kyle MacLean overpaid?
Yes, his output falls short of what his salary should buy. His Value rating is 36 out of 100 (poor return), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Kyle MacLean a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 578th of 615 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
Is Kyle MacLean getting better?
Yes: his PAL rating went from 9 in 2024-25 to 20 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Kyle MacLean played lately?
Over his last 7 games, Kyle MacLean has 0 points (0 goals, 0 assists).
What are Kyle MacLean's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Kyle MacLean has 179 games, 10 goals, 17 assists and 27 points. His best season: 2024-25, with 11 points in 81 games.
How does Kyle MacLean perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Kyle MacLean has 5 games and 1 point in his career. His pace (0.20 points per game) is similar to his regular-season pace (0.15).
Which player is most similar to Kyle MacLean?
Joseph Veleno: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Joseph Veleno's page →Is Kyle MacLean a good fantasy pick?
Probably not, except in deep leagues: our projection has him at 6 points in 2026-27, or 0.11 points per game.
Is Kyle MacLean related to anyone famous?
Yes: John MacLean (father, former NHL player; formerly the assistant coach of the New York Islanders).
What is Kyle MacLean's nationality?
Kyle MacLean is American.
Where did Kyle MacLean play before turning pro?
Selected 78th overall in the 2015 OHL Priority Selection by the Oshawa Generals; played five seasons with the Generals and served as their captain for two years; attended the Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL) 2020–21 training camp..
How many points is Kyle MacLean projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 6 points in 56 games in 2026-27 (1 to 19 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his New York Islanders teammates
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