Esa Lindell #23

D · Dallas Stars · Age 31 · Shoots L · 6′3″, 216 lb · Draft: 2012, round 3, 74th overall

2025-26 regular season. Shading and Pctl are the percentile among the season's defensemen who meet the tables' minimum (darker is better).

Summary		Pctl
GP	82	92nd
TOI/GP	23:14	88th
G	6	66th
A	26	79th
P	32	76th
P/60	1.01	58th
ixG	5.6	66th
G−ixG	+0.4	58th
xGF%	54.7	85th
Rel xGF%	+4.0	87th
GS/GP	+0.56	83rd
Pen ±	−4	59th

Scoring		Pctl
G	6	66th
A1	11	71st
A2	15	81st
P	32	76th
P1	17	70th
P/60	1.01	58th
5v5 P/60	0.96	65th
PPP	2	64th
SHP	2	92nd
ENG	0	43rd

Shooting		Pctl
SOG	83	54th
iCF	194	50th
iFF	124	49th
ixG	5.6	66th
ixG/60	0.18	43rd
G	6	66th
G−ixG	+0.4	58th
Sh%	7.2	70th
xSh%	4.5	85th
Blk'd	70	48th
5v5 iCF/60	6.8	7th

On ice (5v5)		Pctl
5v5 TOI	1439	87th
CF%	48.6	41st
FF%	50.2	57th
xGF%	54.7	85th
GF%	60.2	94th
xGF/60	2.59	62nd
xGA/60	2.14	96th
oiSh%	12.4	97th
oiSv%	91.4	74th
PDO	103.8	95th
Rel CF%	+1.7	74th
Rel xGF%	+4.0	87th
OZS%	32.6	25th

Usage		Pctl
TOI/GP	23:14	88th
EV/GP	18:33	74th
5v5/GP	17:33	75th
PP/GP	0:45	62nd
SH/GP	3:56	99th
Shifts/GP	23.9	56th
Shift	0:58	97th
OZ	171	62nd
NZ	359	91st
DZ	354	90th
OZS%	32.6	25th

Game Score		Pctl
GS	+46.1	86th
GS/GP	+0.56	83rd
GS/60	+1.45	78th
Scoring	+20.5	74th
Shooting	+3.6	66th
On ice	+15.3	89th
Penalties	−0.6	57th
Faceoffs	0.0	51st
Other	+7.3	97th

Other		Pctl
Hits	30	27th
Blk	179	98th
Tk	30	85th
Gv	112	4th
PenD	6	29th
PenT	10	71st
Pen ±	−4	59th
PP min ±	−8.0	57th
FOW	0	50th
FOL	0	52nd
FO%	–

By season

Season		GP	G	A	P	ixG	xGF%	GS/GP	TOI/GP
2026-27	Regular season	8	0	0	0	0.2	50.0	+0.16	20:49
2025-26	Regular season	82	6	26	32	5.6	54.7	+0.56	23:14
2025-26	Playoffs	6	0	1	1	0.4	45.5	−0.07	25:18

Rolling 10-game averages

5v5 xGF% (scale at right)Game Score per game (±1.0), centred on 0 · each point the 10 games to that one, 82 games in all

Linemates

Teammate	Pos	Together	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%
Miro Heiskanen	D	1290:54	49.6	55.2
Wyatt Johnston	C	556:51	47.8	56.7
Sam Steel	C	538:04	45.5	52.1
Jason Robertson	L	515:09	52.7	58.4
Mavrik Bourque	C	498:23	53.4	55.3
Mikko Rantanen	R	419:13	47.2	57.3
Justin Hryckowian	C	401:26	47.5	56.9
Oskar Bäck	C	345:59	47.7	57.8

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%	GS
Apr 15	@ BUF	W 4–3 OT	22:14	1	1	3	0.20	39	58	+1.96
Apr 13	@ TOR	W 6–5	21:22	0	0	0	0.01	38	50	+0.16
Apr 11	vs NYR	W 2–0	22:57	0	0	1	0.00	26	47	+0.10
Apr 9	vs MIN	W 5–4	25:03	0	2	3	0.08	40	66	+2.66
Apr 7	vs CGY	W 4–3 OT	20:36	0	0	0	0.00	36	27	−0.62
Apr 4	vs COL	L 0–2	19:10	0	0	0	0.00	32	43	−0.28
Apr 2	vs WPG	W 3–0	22:16	0	0	3	0.61	67	60	+0.85
Mar 31	@ BOS	L 3–6	20:14	0	0	1	0.03	37	38	−0.53
Mar 29	@ PHI	L 1–2 OT	23:01	0	0	0	0.00	37	44	−0.02
Mar 28	@ PIT	W 6–3	22:20	0	1	0	0.33	63	43	+0.67
Mar 26	@ NYI	L 1–2	18:24	0	0	2	0.09	57	43	−0.07
Mar 24	vs NJD	L 4–6	22:24	0	0	1	0.09	63	44	−0.06
Mar 22	vs VGK	L 2–3	21:37	0	0	0	0.01	31	28	−0.41
Mar 21	@ MIN	L 1–2 OT	21:09	0	0	0	0.00	56	57	+0.22
Mar 18	@ COL	W 2–1 OT	24:01	0	0	0	0.05	30	55	+0.29
Mar 16	vs UTA	L 3–6	22:03	0	1	1	0.04	52	86	+1.85
Mar 14	vs DET	W 3–2 OT	21:42	0	0	2	0.14	50	30	−0.75
Mar 12	vs EDM	W 7–2	21:14	0	1	1	0.01	53	67	+1.31
Mar 10	vs VGK	W 2–1	22:34	0	0	0	0.02	30	35	−0.29
Mar 8	vs CHI	W 4–3 OT	23:23	0	1	1	0.06	46	50	+0.79
Mar 6	vs COL	L 4–5 OT	25:48	0	0	1	0.04	50	68	+1.04
Mar 3	@ CGY	W 6–1	20:23	0	1	2	0.18	50	67	+1.35
Mar 2	@ VAN	W 6–1	19:58	0	0	1	0.03	66	87	+1.61
Feb 28	vs NSH	W 3–2 OT	24:24	0	0	1	0.04	52	63	+0.28
Feb 25	vs SEA	W 4–1	23:25	0	1	1	0.09	60	78	+1.94
Feb 4	vs STL	W 5–4	25:15	0	1	0	0.00	50	56	+1.12
Feb 2	vs WPG	W 4–3 OT	23:26	0	0	3	0.02	60	69	+1.00
Jan 31	@ UTA	W 3–2	22:39	0	0	1	0.30	50	71	+0.43
Jan 29	@ VGK	W 5–4 OT	23:51	0	0	3	0.34	45	44	−0.22
Jan 27	@ STL	W 4–3	26:31	0	0	0	0.00	53	46	−0.15
Jan 23	vs STL	W 3–2	22:16	0	0	2	0.03	46	44	+0.03
Jan 22	@ CBJ	L 0–1	19:47	0	0	2	0.07	71	76	+0.82
Jan 20	vs BOS	W 6–2	21:52	1	0	2	0.07	69	82	+2.36
Jan 18	vs TBL	L 1–4	23:17	0	0	1	0.01	33	11	−1.34
Jan 15	@ UTA	L 1–2	24:09	0	0	2	0.13	39	52	+0.19
Jan 13	@ ANA	L 1–3	21:37	0	0	0	0.00	35	33	−0.23
Jan 12	@ LAK	W 3–1	26:36	0	2	0	0.03	55	60	+1.56
Jan 10	@ SJS	L 4–5 OT	26:24	0	0	0	0.00	33	35	−0.40
Jan 7	@ WSH	W 4–1	26:49	0	1	0	0.00	59	62	+1.18
Jan 6	@ CAR	L 3–6	21:09	0	0	2	0.01	56	44	−0.09
Jan 4	vs MTL	L 3–4 OT	22:22	0	0	0	0.00	64	83	+0.83
Jan 1	@ CHI	L 3–4	19:54	0	0	0	0.00	62	63	−0.02
Dec 31	vs BUF	L 1–4	22:58	0	0	1	0.00	55	77	+1.24
Dec 27	vs CHI	L 3–4 OT	23:19	0	0	0	0.00	50	43	−0.44
Dec 23	@ DET	L 3–4 OT	21:30	0	0	0	0.00	55	66	+0.32
Dec 21	vs TOR	W 5–1	25:45	0	2	0	0.03	56	55	+1.43
Dec 19	@ ANA	W 8–3	23:12	0	1	2	0.02	32	66	+1.25
Dec 18	@ SJS	W 5–3	25:46	0	2	1	0.00	50	56	+1.71
Dec 15	vs LAK	W 4–1	24:07	0	0	1	0.13	61	73	+1.13
Dec 13	vs FLA	L 0–4	22:00	0	0	0	0.01	59	42	+0.11
Dec 11	@ MIN	L 2–5	25:13	0	1	1	0.03	39	25	−0.08
Dec 9	@ WPG	W 4–3	24:37	1	0	3	0.12	37	27	+0.01
Dec 7	vs PIT	W 3–2 OT	28:53	0	0	1	0.03	44	52	+0.40
Dec 5	vs SJS	W 4–1	25:30	0	0	0	0.00	58	42	−0.17
Dec 3	@ NJD	W 3–0	25:31	0	2	1	0.00	54	59	+2.65
Dec 2	@ NYR	L 2–3 OT	27:11	0	0	1	0.06	33	20	−1.20
Nov 30	vs OTT	W 6–1	26:01	0	0	1	0.02	62	88	+1.48
Nov 28	vs UTA	W 4–3	25:35	0	0	2	0.35	50	57	+0.37
Nov 26	@ SEA	W 3–2	28:16	1	0	2	0.27	36	60	+1.17
Nov 25	@ EDM	W 8–3	23:04	0	0	0	0.00	56	79	+2.28
Nov 22	@ CGY	L 2–3 OT	25:45	0	1	0	0.01	43	38	+0.66
Nov 20	@ VAN	W 4–2	25:48	0	0	1	0.01	37	47	+0.38
Nov 18	vs NYI	L 2–3	23:42	0	0	3	0.14	64	55	+0.08
Nov 15	vs PHI	W 5–1	22:43	0	1	2	0.29	72	74	+2.11
Nov 13	@ MTL	W 7–0	21:10	1	0	1	0.16	41	37	+0.67
Nov 11	@ OTT	W 3–2 OT	23:38	0	0	1	0.05	66	66	+0.43
Nov 9	vs SEA	W 2–1	24:22	0	0	1	0.14	40	35	−0.37
Nov 8	@ NSH	W 5–4	24:45	0	0	2	0.09	41	54	+0.34
Nov 6	vs ANA	L 5–7	22:17	0	0	1	0.07	29	44	+0.04
Nov 4	vs EDM	W 4–3 OT	22:41	0	0	0	0.00	59	67	+0.40
Nov 1	@ FLA	L 3–4 OT	22:06	0	0	1	0.10	58	47	+0.12
Oct 30	@ TBL	L 1–2 OT	21:59	0	0	1	0.00	29	4	−0.83
Oct 28	vs WSH	W 1–0	23:38	0	0	0	0.00	48	41	−0.08
Oct 26	@ NSH	W 3–2	22:00	0	0	0	0.00	61	71	+1.02
Oct 25	vs CAR	W 3–2	20:50	0	1	1	0.06	44	76	+1.93
Oct 23	vs LAK	L 2–3 OT	24:39	0	0	1	0.06	57	83	+0.62
Oct 21	vs CBJ	L 1–5	20:59	0	0	0	0.00	57	62	+0.49
Oct 18	@ STL	L 1–3	20:27	0	0	2	0.01	65	60	+0.29
Oct 16	vs VAN	L 3–5	22:23	0	0	2	0.05	29	25	−0.80
Oct 14	vs MIN	W 5–2	24:38	1	1	1	0.04	54	45	+1.49
Oct 11	@ COL	W 5–4 OT	24:46	0	1	1	0.03	32	65	+1.38
Oct 9	@ WPG	W 5–4	21:55	0	0	1	0.03	58	81	+0.90