Ziggy Palffy played the first six years of his career with the New York Islanders, where he had a three-year run of at least 87 Points. The Isles dealt Palffy to the Kings in a large transaction in the summer of 2000, and Palffy achieved approximately the same level of success in LaLa Land.
The Right Wing had three straight 30-plus Goal years for Los Angeles (2000-01 to 2002-03), his best year being 2000-01 with 89 Points and a fifth-place finish for the Lady Byng. Twice an All-Star as a King, Palffy scored 340 Points in his five seasons in Los Angeles, nine more than he had with the Islanders. He also had a Plus/Minus of +85 in L.A.
In the National Hockey League, Ziggy Palffy did not have the pleasure of playing for a lot of good teams as he was only in the playoffs for three of his twelve seasons in North America. Still, in a career split with the New York Islanders and Los Angeles Kings (and a final NHL campaign in Pittsburgh), Palffy had five seasons of 85 Points and averaged 1.04 Points per Game. Palffy could have had a longer career in the NHL but after a brief retirement, he played for the Slovak Extraliga for years.