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Esa Lindell #23
Player Information
The 31-year-old has 4 points (1 goals, 3 assists) in 14 games for the Dallas Stars this season. Selected by the Dallas Stars in the 3rd round (No. 74) of the 2012 NHL Draft, he has 221 points (55 goals, 166 assists) in 698 regular-season games for the Dallas Stars. He also has 24 playoff points (6 goals, 18 assists) in 103 games.
Country: Country FlagFIN
Age: 31.5 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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79

Overall Rating
Offense:Off: 80th of 265 Defensemen
Defense:Def: 17th of 265 Defensemen
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Actual AAV: $5.250M
Player Contract Value: $6.600M
Remaining: 5 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2031 UFA
Age at the end: 36.1 yrs (23.05.1994)
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Esa Lindell
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
28.10.2025 Team Logo Capitals 1 0 0 0 0 23:37 0 0
30.10.2025 Team Logo Lightning 1 0 0 0 0 21:58 1 0.0% 0
01.11.2025 Team Logo Panthers 1 0 0 0 0 22:06 1 0.0% 0
04.11.2025 Team Logo Oilers 1 0 0 0 0 22:40 0 2
06.11.2025 Team Logo Ducks 1 0 0 0 0 22:16 1 0.0% 0
Total 5 0 0 0 0 3 0.0% 2
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 14 1 3 4 4 22:31 12 8.3% 4
Season Projection 82 6 18 24 23 22:31 70 8.6% 23
Total 698 55 166 221 142 1045 5.3% 162
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
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Match
Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G
Career
P/G
Offense
Rating
Defense
Rating
Actual AAV
Esa Lindell Team Logo D 31.5 yrs 191 cm / 98 kg 0.29 0.32 67 85 $5.250M
92% Vladislav Gavrikov Team Logo D 30 yrs 191 cm / 95 kg 0.21 0.31 67 85 $7.000M
87% Brett Pesce Team Logo D 31 yrs 191 cm / 93 kg 0.33 0.31 64 87 $5.500M
87% Adam Pelech Team Logo D 31.2 yrs 191 cm / 95 kg 0.15 0.28 65 82 $5.750M
87% Matt Roy Team Logo D 30.7 yrs 188 cm / 99 kg 0.14 0.29 67 83 $5.750M
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