Esa Lindell

#23 · Defenseman · Dallas Stars

Shoots left · 32 years old

	GamesGP	GoalsG	AssistsA	PointsP	ShotsSOG	Ice timeTOI
This season	4	0	0	0	2	19:41
Last season	82	6	26	32	83	23:14

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Role

Where he fits on Dallas right now.

Line: P3 with M. Heiskanen · 12:05 a game together
Power play: Not on either unit
Penalty kill: Starts the kill 10 of 11 kills · 1:16 a kill · starts 9
Ice time: 19:41 a game, 3rd-most among Dallas defensemen · 15:52 5-on-5 · 0:24 PP · 3:10 PK
Competition: Tougher opponents than 87% of defensemen · home 89%, road 72%
About average among defensemen · road about average

Where he stands out

What he does better or worse than most players at his position.

Better than most at his position

Preventing chances
−0.19 expected goals against /60better than 94% of defensemen
Shot blocking
blocking score 1375.69 blocks /60better than 94% of defensemenmore than 88% of defensemen
Staying out of the box
0.44 penalties taken /60better than 84% of defensemen

Behind most at his position

Shooting volume
5.3 shot attempts /60behind 99% of defensemen
Distance skated
7.59 miles /60less far than 99% of defensemen
Drawing penalties
0.23 penalties drawn /60behind 95% of defensemen
Fast bursts
0.4 bursts /60less often than 95% of defensemen

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season and last, through Oct 10. Compared with defensemen who have played at least 20 games over the two seasons.

Better than most at his position

Nothing yet where we can be confident he is above most defensemen.

Behind most at his position

Distance skated
8.06 miles /60less far than 86% of defensemen
Shooting volume
7.3 shot attempts /60behind 84% of defensemen

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season, through Oct 10. Compared with defensemen who have played at least 3 games.

All ratings

Every rating, against other defensemen.

Esa LindellAverage defensemanLikely range

This season’s 4 games blended with last season’s 82, and pulled toward the average defenseman by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.

This season’s 4 games only, pulled toward the average defenseman. Expect wide ranges this early.

Driving play at 5-on-5

Creating chances
Along for the rideDrives play
+0.02 expected goals /60top 37%
+0.05 expected goals /60top 26%
Preventing chances
Chances against riseShuts it down
−0.19 expected goals against /60top 6%
+0.03 expected goals against /60bottom 37%

Scoring

Shooting volume
Rarely shootsFires away
5.3 shot attempts /60bottom 1%
7.3 shot attempts /60bottom 16%
Creating his own chances
Few chancesDangerous
0.14 expected goals /60bottom 16%
0.18 expected goals /60average
Finishing
Below expectedSniper
+0.4 goals above expected /100 shotstop 21%
+0.1 goals above expected /100 shotsaverage
Setting up goals
Rarely sets upPlaymaker
0.33 first assists /60average
0.33 first assists /60average

Special teams

Power-play chances
QuietThreat
0.80 expected goals /60top 36%
0.71 expected goals /60too few games
Shorthanded threat
Pure defensePower kill
0.74 expected goals for /60bottom 6%
0.85 expected goals for /60bottom 41%

Physical and puck

Hitting
Avoids contactPhysical
hitting score 54bottom 35%1.00 hits /60bottom 14%
hitting score 76average2.29 hits /60average
Shot blocking
Rarely blocksShot blocker
blocking score 137top 6%5.69 blocks /60top 12%
blocking score 112top 29%6.86 blocks /60top 1%
Takeaways
RarePuck thief
takeaway score 98average0.91 takeaways /60top 38%
takeaway score 91bottom 42%0.00 takeaways /60bottom 1%

Penalties and faceoffs

Drawing penalties
RarelyDraws calls
0.23 penalties drawn /60bottom 5%
0.40 penalties drawn /60bottom 40%
Staying out of the box
Often penalizedClean
0.44 penalties taken /60top 16%
0.69 penalties taken /60average

Hitting, shot blocking and takeaways are arena-adjusted scores (100 is the average defenseman); switch “Hits and takeaways” to Raw in the settings to see the numbers as recorded. How the ratings work.

Shots

Where his shots come from, and how his misses miss.

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122 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 10 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

3 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.

How his misses miss

Wide left22
Wide right12
Over the net4
Off the post or crossbar2
Short or other2

42 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

Wide left1
Wide right0
Over the net0
Off the post or crossbar0
Short or other0

1 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

The NHL’s game data records how a shot missed, but not where in the net a goal or save went (glove side, blocker, five-hole). That needs paid camera tracking, so we don’t show it.

Skating and shot

Speed, bursts, shot power and where he spends his shifts, from the NHL’s own tracking (NHL EDGE).

Top speed
SlowerBurner
21.2 mphbottom 11%
20.7 mphaverage
Fast bursts
RareFrequent
0.4 bursts /60bottom 5%
1.5 bursts /60average
Hardest shot
SofterCannon
85.7 mphbottom 8%
76.1 mphbottom 16%
Distance skated
ShorterCovers ground
7.59 miles /60bottom 1%
8.06 miles /60bottom 14%
Time in the offensive zone
DefendingAttacking
41.6% of his timebottom 37%
39.4% of his timebottom 19%

Top speed and hardest shot are his best single moments over this season and lastthis season; bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of his ice time. Tracking data: NHL EDGE.