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 consecutive 30-plus goal seasons for Los Angeles2-03), with his best year being 2000-01, scoring 89 Points and finishing fifth in the Lady Byng voti (2000-01 to 200ng.  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 many 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.