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Esa Lindell

Position	Left Defense	Current Team	Dallas Stars
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	5 years
Height	6'3"	Expires	2029-30
Weight (lbs)	217	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	36
Age	31 (May 23, 1994)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2012, Round 3, Overall 74 (DAL)

Date	Team	Transaction
Sep 17, 2024	Dallas Stars	Signed 5 years @ $5.250M AAV starting in 2025-26
May 16, 2019	Dallas Stars	Signed 6 years @ $5.800M AAV starting in 2019-20
Jun 26, 2017	Dallas Stars	Signed 2 years @ $2.200M AAV starting in 2017-18
May 26, 2014	Dallas Stars	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

		Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2015-16	DAL	4	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0.0	14:03
2016-17	DAL	73	6	12	18	+8	22	99	6.1	21:52
2017-18	DAL	80	7	20	27	+19	24	137	5.1	22:05
2018-19	DAL	82	11	21	32	+14	33	132	8.3	24:20	13	1	3	4	+4	4	15	6.7	26:58
2019-20	DAL	69	3	20	23	+5	12	98	3.1	23:25	27	1	7	8	-12	2	41	2.4	24:44
2020-21	DAL	56	5	11	16	+11	19	100	5.0	23:11
2021-22	DAL	76	4	21	25	+4	12	136	2.9	22:03	7		2	2			17	0.0	23:15
2022-23	DAL	82	8	16	24	+29	10	116	6.9	19:55	19		3	3	-10	8	28	0.0	20:50
2023-24	DAL	82	5	21	26	+17	12	114	4.4	20:28	19	3	2	5	+2	4	23	13.0	24:45
2024-25	DAL	80	5	21	26	+34	14	99	5.1	22:11	17	1	1	2	-2	4	18	5.6	23:40
Career		684	54	163	217	+138	158	1033	5.2	22:04	102	6	18	24	-18	22	142	4.2	24:01

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2015-16	DAL	4	53:28	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.12	-0.12	0.00	5.34	-5.34	0.00	0.00
2016-17	DAL	73	1272:33	0.24	0.42	0.66	0.15	0.09	6.41	4.01	2.40	0.88	3.54
2017-18	DAL	80	1383:12	0.13	0.52	0.65	0.17	-0.04	3.12	4.19	-1.07	3.15	4.72
2018-19	DAL	82	1526:39	0.16	0.55	0.71	0.17	-0.01	4.12	4.45	-0.33	0.74	2.96
2019-20	DAL	69	1168:00	0.05	0.46	0.51	0.13	-0.08	1.45	3.77	-2.32	0.00	2.25
2020-21	DAL	56	1018:51	0.18	0.47	0.65	0.18	0.00	4.00	3.99	0.01	1.89	2.83
2021-22	DAL	76	1350:28	0.13	0.53	0.67	0.15	-0.02	2.70	3.13	-0.42	0.00	1.56
2022-23	DAL	82	1281:34	0.23	0.61	0.84	0.18	0.06	5.38	4.10	1.28	0.00	3.23
2023-24	DAL	82	1313:29	0.18	0.82	1.00	0.23	-0.04	4.12	5.13	-1.01	2.13	4.26
2024-25	DAL	80	1400:06	0.13	0.60	0.73	0.16	-0.04	3.66	4.67	-1.02	1.59	2.38

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2015-16	DAL	4	53:28	40.40	1.12	2.85	38.15	4.49	2.68	20.00	51.54	-0.85	0.88	-15.69
2016-17	DAL	73	1272:33	39.94	2.31	2.40	42.76	2.03	2.62	53.26	47.90	-0.22	0.19	-4.15
2017-18	DAL	80	1383:12	43.85	2.56	2.72	41.04	2.08	2.34	55.14	53.83	0.45	0.21	2.20
2018-19	DAL	82	1526:39	35.61	1.97	2.11	44.76	1.97	2.46	50.00	46.13	-0.52	0.17	-7.29
2019-20	DAL	69	1168:00	38.22	2.31	2.51	43.77	2.41	2.52	48.91	49.89	0.04	0.34	-3.25
2020-21	DAL	56	1018:51	39.22	2.41	2.14	37.10	2.06	2.07	53.95	50.87	-0.26	0.07	-3.69
2021-22	DAL	76	1350:28	37.68	2.22	2.36	41.99	2.31	2.39	49.02	49.70	-0.36	-0.16	-1.92
2022-23	DAL	82	1281:34	39.00	2.53	2.53	42.18	2.11	2.45	54.55	50.82	-0.18	0.09	-2.68
2023-24	DAL	82	1313:29	44.22	2.79	2.71	41.39	2.51	2.26	52.59	54.50	0.02	0.08	-0.75
2024-25	DAL	80	1400:06	38.70	2.74	2.35	44.61	1.93	2.42	58.72	49.21	-0.19	-0.06	-1.40

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
2021-22	76	22.3	0.1	6.2	6.4	90.7	56.1	63.6	29.3	7.1	42.1	18.9	39.0
2022-23	82	22.4	0.1	8.1	8.5	97.7	60.1	61.2	25.0	13.8	39.0	19.8	41.1
2023-24	82	22.1	0.1	8.0	8.3	87.0	58.8	57.3	36.6	6.1	39.5	19.7	40.8
2024-25	80	21.8	0.1	7.8	8.1	86.2	64.6	60.9	33.3	5.8	39.7	19.4	40.9

Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2024-25	Ceci, C	DAL	348:54	3.27	2.06	61.29	1.96	2.71	41.98	-0.53	0.00	-5.93
2024-25	Lundkvist, N	DAL	330:29	1.82	1.27	58.82	2.26	2.59	46.62	-0.34	0.19	-5.34
2024-25	Heiskanen, M	DAL	220:26	2.72	3.27	45.45	2.45	2.42	50.24	-0.12	0.09	-2.14
2024-25	Lyubushkin, I	DAL	216:28	1.94	2.22	46.67	2.45	2.17	53.00	-0.01	-0.29	3.04
2024-25	Ceci, C	DAL	215:38	1.95	2.78	41.18	1.88	3.11	37.73	-0.53	0.92	-14.72
2024-25	Harley, T	DAL	110:39	4.34	0.00	100.00	3.39	1.74	66.08	0.93	-0.75	16.41
2024-25	Dumba, M	DAL	74:03	3.24	1.62	66.67	2.90	2.57	52.94	0.48	0.08	3.75
2024-25	Bichsel, L	DAL	60:05	3.99	2.00	66.67	1.79	1.67	51.68	-0.65	-0.86	2.64
2024-25	Heiskanen, M	DAL	51:36	1.16	3.49	25.00	2.47	2.76	47.20	0.13	0.80	-7.21
2024-25	Harley, T	DAL	23:19	2.57	2.57	50.00	1.89	1.44	56.76	-0.40	-1.00	8.27

Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	31	M-NTC	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	$2,500,000	$4,000,000	$6,500,000	$6,250,000	UFA
2026-27	32	M-NTC	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	$2,500,000	$4,000,000	$6,500,000	$6,250,000	UFA
2027-28	33	M-NTC	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	$1,000,000	$4,250,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	UFA
2028-29	34	M-NTC	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	-	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	UFA
2029-30	35	M-NTC	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	-	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	UFA
Total					-	$6,000,000	$20,250,000	$26,250,000	$25,750,000

Signed: Sep 17, 2024

Team: Dallas Stars

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 5.5

Clause: Full no trade clauses for 2025-26, 2026-27 and 2027-28. For 2028-29 and 2029-30 player can submit a 20 team no trade list.

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	25		$5,800,000	$5,800,000	-	$1,000,000	$6,000,000	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	RFA-arb
2020-21	26		$5,800,000	$5,800,000	-	-	$4,800,000	$4,800,000	$4,800,000	RFA-arb
2021-22	27	NMC	$5,800,000	$5,800,000	-	$2,000,000	$5,000,000	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	UFA
2022-23	28	NMC	$5,800,000	$5,800,000	-	$1,000,000	$5,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
2023-24	29	NMC	$5,800,000	$5,800,000	-	-	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	UFA
2024-25	30	NMC	$5,800,000	$5,800,000	-	-	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	UFA
Total					-	$4,000,000	$30,800,000	$34,800,000	$34,800,000

Signed: May 16, 2019

Team: Dallas Stars

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 7.12

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2017-18	23	$2,200,000	$2,200,000	-	-	$2,200,000	$2,200,000	$2,200,000	RFA
2018-19	24	$2,200,000	$2,200,000	-	-	$2,200,000	$2,200,000	$2,200,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$4,400,000	$4,400,000	$4,400,000

Signed: June 26, 2017

Team: Dallas Stars

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 2.93

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2014-15	20	$745,833	$925,000	$257,500	$92,500	$575,000	$667,500	$60,000	ELC
2015-16	21	$745,833	$925,000	$157,500	$92,500	$675,000	$767,500	$67,500	ELC
2016-17	22	$745,833	$925,000	$122,500	$92,500	$710,000	$802,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				$537,500	$277,500	$1,960,000	$2,237,500	$197,500

Signed: May 26, 2014

Team: Dallas Stars

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA

*Age is as of September 15