via Sportsnet,

Free-agent forward Ondrej Palat has agreed to a five-year, $30-million contract with the New Jersey Devils.

Palat has been a clutch performer for the Tampa Bay Lightning in the post-season, helping the team reach the Final this year after winning the Stanley Cup the previous two years.

Over the past three post-seasons, Palat has 27 goals and 25 assists in 71 playoff games.

The 31-year-old native of the Czech Republic had 18 goals and 31 assists in 77 games last season. Originally a seventh-round pick in 2011, he has been a core member of the Lightning since a breakout campaign in 2013-14.