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Esa Lindell #23
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Esa Lindell has 18 points (4 goals, 14 assists) in 44 games for the Dallas Stars this season.

Selected in the 3rd round (No. 74) of the 2012 NHL Draft by the Dallas Stars, he has 235 points (58 goals, 177 assists) in 728 regular-season games for the Dallas Stars.

He also has 24 points (6 goals, 18 assists) in 103 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagFIN
    Age: 31.6 yrs (23.05.1994)
    Height / Weight: 191 cm / 98 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 74th in 2012
    Draft Team: Team logoDallas Stars
    Awards: -
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The 31-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Stars controlling 46% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Esa Lindell is off the ice, the Stars control 53% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a defense-leaning role, starting 18% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 41% in the defensive zone.

  • 78

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 88th of 283 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 38th of 283 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    43.00
    PlayDriving
    -0.14 - 0.11
    -0.07
    IceTimePerGame
    15 - 25
    23.70
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.05 - 0.67
    0.24
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.35
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.41
    xGoals/60
    0.09 - 0.38
    0.17
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    2.87
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    2.83
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.00
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 10
    0.00
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4.5
    3.33
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2 - 4.5
    2.83
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.29
    ShotsBlocked/60
    2 - 6
    5.36
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    1.24
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1 - 4
    3.00
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.41
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    8.63
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    4 - 12
    6.40
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $5.250M
Player Contract Value: $6.200M
Remaining: 5 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2030 UFA
Age at the end: 37.1 yrs (23.05.1994)
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Esa Lindell
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
31.12.2025 Team Logo Sabres 1 0 0 0 1 22:58 1 0.0% 0
01.01.2026 Team Logo Blackhawks 1 0 0 0 -1 19:53 0 2
04.01.2026 Team Logo Canadiens 1 0 0 0 1 22:22 0 2
06.01.2026 Team Logo Hurricanes 1 0 0 0 0 21:08 2 0.0% 0
07.01.2026 Team Logo Capitals 1 0 1 1 1 26:49 0 0
Total 5 0 1 1 2 3 0.0% 4
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2015-16 Team Logo Stars 4 0 0 0 -3 14:03 2 0.0% 0
2016-17 Team Logo Stars 73 6 12 18 8 21:52 99 6.1% 22
2017-18 Team Logo Stars 80 7 20 27 19 22:04 137 5.1% 24
2018-19 Team Logo Stars 82 11 21 32 14 24:19 132 8.3% 33
2019-20 Team Logo Stars 69 3 20 23 5 23:25 98 3.1% 12
2020-21 Team Logo Stars 56 5 11 16 11 23:10 100 5.0% 19
2021-22 Team Logo Stars 76 4 21 25 4 22:03 136 2.9% 12
2022-23 Team Logo Stars 82 8 16 24 29 19:55 116 6.9% 10
2023-24 Team Logo Stars 82 5 21 26 17 20:28 114 4.4% 12
2024-25 Team Logo Stars 80 5 21 26 34 22:10 99 5.1% 14
2025-26 Team Logo Stars 44 4 14 18 20 23:46 42 9.5% 10
Season Projection 82 7 26 33 37 23:46 78 9.0% 19
Total 728 58 177 235 158 1075 5.4% 168
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2018-19 Team Logo Stars 13 1 3 4 4 26:58 15 6.7% 4
2019-20 Team Logo Stars 27 1 7 8 -12 24:43 41 2.4% 2
2021-22 Team Logo Stars 7 0 2 2 0 23:15 17 0.0% 0
2022-23 Team Logo Stars 19 0 3 3 -10 20:49 28 0.0% 8
2023-24 Team Logo Stars 19 3 2 5 2 24:45 23 13.0% 4
2024-25 Team Logo Stars 18 1 1 2 -3 23:31 18 5.6% 4
Total 103 6 18 24 -19 142 4.2% 22
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Esa Lindell Team Logo D 31.6 yrs 191 cm / 98 kg 0.41 0.32 68 83 $5.250M
88% Vladislav Gavrikov Team Logo D 30.1 yrs 191 cm / 95 kg 0.34 0.31 69 83 $7.000M
88% Travis Sanheim Team Logo D 29.8 yrs 193 cm / 100 kg 0.46 0.37 74 83 $6.250M
87% Hampus Lindholm Team Logo D 32 yrs 193 cm / 98 kg 0.41 0.41 71 82 $6.500M
87% Philip Broberg Team Logo D 24.5 yrs 193 cm / 95 kg 0.32 0.29 66 86 $4.581M
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