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Esa Lindell

Esa Lindell

DAL·DJersey number #23
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Latest captured market
Apr 7 · 8:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 471 game sample
PTS
27.3
SOG
96.9
G
5.6
A
21.7
PPP
1.3
HIT
49.9
BLK
173.9
PIM
19.2

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 471 real games × their team's 82 scheduled games. Availability is not projected — injuries, scratches and trades are not modelled anywhere in this project, so the team's schedule is the multiplier, not a forecast of how many games this player will dress for. League board.

What carries into 2026-27

a forecast, not a result

Most of this cold run probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
−0.36
per 100 attempts, vs position
= −0.1 goals over 124
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
−0.07
per 100 attempts, projected
−0.1 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among defencemen · 508 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 508 defencemen, 2025-26. Shrunk rate is the per-game rate the rank was computed from, pulled toward the league mean by sample size so a short career does not read as an elite one — so it sits closer to average than the rate actually recorded. This skater’s sample is 471 games. Further right means more, not better: hits, blocks and penalty minutes describe a role, not quality.

Observed rates

per game · recency-weighted, not shrunk · 471 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.33
G
0.07
A
0.26
SOG
1.18
PPP
0.01
HIT
0.60
BLK
2.13
PIM
0.23

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2682626320.398323:14
2024-2580521260.339922:11
2023-2482521260.3211420:28
2022-2382816240.2911619:55
2021-2276421250.3313622:03

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2660110.17925:19
2024-25181120.111823:32
2023-24193250.262324:45
2022-23190330.162820:50
2021-2270220.291723:15

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 7 lineG 1/10A 3/10PPP 1/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
Apr 30@ MINPO000001022:14
Apr 28vs MINPO000012020:29
Apr 25@ MINPO300003034:17
Apr 22@ MINPO200004430:16
Apr 20vs MINPO401001023:16
Apr 18vs MINPO000012221:18
Apr 15@ BUF311112022:14
Apr 13@ TOR000001021:22
Apr 11vs NYR100004022:57
Apr 9vs MIN302002225:03

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 7 posted line. It is not a record against 10 separate lines — this player was priced once, and games after that date are measured against the same number.

Finishing — goals above expected

open play, regular season
SeasonxGGGAxGPAtt
2025-266.16minus 0.1 goals above expected65124
2024-256.35minus 1.3 goals above expected70147
2023-245.55minus 0.5 goals above expected70166
2022-236.58plus 1.5 goals above expected70149
2021-225.54minus 1.5 goals above expected64159

How the 2026-27 projection is made

a forecast, not a result

Finishing persists year over year, but only partly. That share is measured over five seasons of skaters clearing the same 100-attempt floor, and what does not carry regresses toward the rate for the player's position.

Shot volume is not projected, so the goal figure assumes the same number of attempts. A persistent gap means the skater reliably scores above what this model expects — which may be finishing skill or may be shots the model under-rates, and the measurement cannot separate the two. Running cold is a statement about the season just played, not about talent.

This projection is written to a prediction log on the night it is produced, so it can be scored against what actually happens rather than restated later.

Production by strength

G-A-P, regular season
SeasonEven strengthPower playShorthanded
2025-265 goals, 23 assists, 28 points1 goal, 1 assist, 2 points0 goals, 2 assists, 2 points
2024-254 goals, 21 assists, 25 points1 goal, 0 assists, 1 point0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2023-245 goals, 20 assists, 25 points0-0-00 goals, 1 assist, 1 point
2022-238 goals, 14 assists, 22 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points0 goals, 2 assists, 2 points
2021-223 goals, 16 assists, 19 points0 goals, 3 assists, 3 points1 goal, 2 assists, 3 points

Shot locations

124 attempts · 6 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (41)Shot on goal (77)Goal (6)

Markets · Apr 7

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.2
P(over)
15%
A
Assists
Line
0.5
Proj
0.3
P(over)
24%
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
6%
SOG
Shots on goal
No line posted.
HITS
Hits
No line posted.
BLK
Blocked shots
No line posted.
PIM
Penalty minutes
No line posted.

Per-game rates are recency-weighted over this player's game log. Expected goals come from the xG model over open-play unblocked attempts; totals are not directly comparable across seasons. Every market — anytime goals, assists, power-play points, SOG, hits, blocks and PIMs — is a modeled projection. Every number on this page was worked out overnight and is only read here, never recalculated while you wait.