Esa Lindell
01/Where he scores from
Lindell scored 6 regular season goals on 109 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 1 of his 6 goals came from here, on 5 of his 109 attempts.
Slot. 2 of his 6 goals came from here, on 28 of his 109 attempts.
Perimeter. 2 of his 6 goals came from here, on 33 of his 109 attempts.
Point. 1 of his 6 goals came from here, on 43 of his 109 attempts.
Under 150 located attempts, so the counts are raw. A share of 109 shots moves by more than a point on one bounce, and printing it would give the sample an authority it has not earned.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
Lindell scored 15 regular season goals on 384 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 2/15 · 13% of his goals came from here, on 15/384 · 4% of his attempts — 2/15 · 13% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 8/15 · 53% of his goals came from here, on 89/384 · 23% of his attempts — 8/89 · 9% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 4/15 · 27% of his goals came from here, on 119/384 · 31% of his attempts — 4/119 · 3% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 1/15 · 7% of his goals came from here, on 161/384 · 42% of his attempts — 1/161 · 1% of what he sent from there went in.
Lindell scored 1 playoff goals on 63 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 0 of his 1 goals came from here, on 2 of his 63 attempts.
Slot. 0 of his 1 goals came from here, on 10 of his 63 attempts.
Perimeter. 1 of his 1 goals came from here, on 27 of his 63 attempts.
Point. 0 of his 1 goals came from here, on 24 of his 63 attempts.
Under 150 located attempts, so the counts are raw. A share of 63 shots moves by more than a point on one bounce, and printing it would give the sample an authority it has not earned.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone — which is where 1 of his goals in this window came from, empty nets and long range. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
Lindell scored 53 regular season goals on 1,356 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2015-16 to 2025-26. His densest patch is the high slot, 38 ft out: 9/53 · 17% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 4% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 8/53 · 15% of his goals came from here, on 48/1,356 · 4% of his attempts — 8/48 · 17% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 23/53 · 43% of his goals came from here, on 306/1,356 · 23% of his attempts — 23/306 · 8% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 16/53 · 30% of his goals came from here, on 430/1,356 · 32% of his attempts — 16/430 · 4% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 6/53 · 11% of his goals came from here, on 572/1,356 · 42% of his attempts — 6/572 · 1% of what he sent from there went in.
Lindell scored 3 playoff goals on 178 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2015-16 to 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 1/3 · 33% of his goals came from here, on 9/178 · 5% of his attempts — 1/9 · 11% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 1/3 · 33% of his goals came from here, on 30/178 · 17% of his attempts — 1/30 · 3% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 1/3 · 33% of his goals came from here, on 59/178 · 33% of his attempts — 1/59 · 2% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 0/3 · 0% of his goals came from here, on 80/178 · 45% of his attempts — 0/80 · 0% of what he sent from there went in.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2015-16 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone — which is where 7 of his goals in this window came from, empty nets and long range. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
02/When his goals came
4 of his 6 goals came in the 2nd period, on 29 shots. That is a record of last season, not a description of the player: which period a skater scores in does not carry from one year to the next.
03/Game log
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | S | H | +/- | PIM | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15 | @BUF | W 4-3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:14 |
| Apr 13 | @TOR | W 6-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:22 |
| Apr 11 | NYR | W 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:57 |
| Apr 10 | MIN | W 5-4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | +4 | 2 | 25:03 |
| Apr 8 | CGY | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:36 |
| Apr 4 | COL | L 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:10 |
| Apr 3 | WPG | W 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 22:16 |
| Mar 31 | @BOS | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:14 |
| Mar 29 | @PHI | OTL 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:01 |
| Mar 28 | @PIT | W 6-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:20 |
| Mar 26 | @NYI | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:24 |
| Mar 25 | NJD | L 4-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:24 |
| Mar 22 | VGK | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:37 |
| Mar 21 | @MIN | OTL 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:09 |
| Mar 19 | @COL | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:01 |
| Mar 17 | UTA | L 3-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 22:03 |
| Mar 15 | DET | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:42 |
| Mar 13 | EDM | W 7-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +4 | 2 | 21:14 |
| Mar 11 | VGK | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:34 |
| Mar 8 | CHI | W 4-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:23 |
| Mar 7 | COL | OTL 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:48 |
| Mar 4 | @CGY | W 6-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 20:23 |
| Mar 3 | @VAN | W 6-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:58 |
| Mar 1 | NSH | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:24 |
| Feb 26 | SEA | W 4-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 23:25 |
Showing the 25 most recent of 82 regular season games. Playoff games are kept out of this table and totalled separately in the career record.
04/Splits
Home / Road
In wins / In losses
Every split prints its own denominator. Any split under eight games is greyed rather than hidden, so the edge of the sample is visible instead of guessed at.
05/Career
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | DAL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 4 | 9 | 14:03 |
| 2016-17 | DAL | 73 | 6 | 12 | 18 | +8 | 22 | 99 | 6.1 | 93 | 119 | 15:37 |
| 2017-18 | DAL | 80 | 7 | 20 | 27 | +15 | 24 | 137 | 5.1 | 92 | 123 | 17:28 |
| 2018-19 | DAL | 82 | 11 | 21 | 32 | +5 | 33 | 132 | 8.3 | 143 | 161 | 19:36 |
| 2019-20 | DAL | 69 | 3 | 20 | 23 | +3 | 12 | 98 | 3.1 | 89 | 127 | 19:59 |
| 2020-21 | DAL | 56 | 5 | 11 | 16 | +13 | 19 | 100 | 5.0 | 114 | 104 | 21:35 |
| 2021-22 | DAL | 76 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 136 | 2.9 | 111 | 148 | 19:48 |
| 2022-23 | DAL | 82 | 8 | 16 | 24 | +27 | 10 | 116 | 6.9 | 87 | 147 | 17:57 |
| 2023-24 | DAL | 82 | 5 | 21 | 26 | +9 | 12 | 114 | 4.4 | 74 | 162 | 18:06 |
| 2024-25 | DAL | 80 | 5 | 21 | 26 | +33 | 14 | 99 | 5.1 | 50 | 170 | 21:07 |
| 2025-26 | DAL | 82 | 6 | 26 | 32 | +19 | 20 | 83 | 7.2 | 30 | 179 | 19:17 |
| Career | 766 | 60 | 189 | 249 | +129 | 178 | 1,116 | 5.4 | 887 | 1,449 | 18:57 |
Playoffs
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | DAL | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | 4 | 15 | 6.7 | 29 | 34 | – |
| 2019-20 | DAL | 27 | 1 | 7 | 8 | — | 2 | 41 | 2.4 | 79 | 69 | – |
| 2021-22 | DAL | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 17 | 0.0 | 6 | 18 | – |
| 2022-23 | DAL | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | 8 | 28 | 0.0 | 16 | 28 | – |
| 2023-24 | DAL | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | — | 4 | 23 | 13.0 | 27 | 47 | – |
| 2024-25 | DAL | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 4 | 18 | 5.6 | 13 | 44 | – |
| 2025-26 | DAL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -7 | 6 | 9 | 0.0 | 2 | 13 | 25:18 |
| Career | 109 | 6 | 19 | 25 | -7 | 28 | 151 | 4.0 | 172 | 253 | 25:18 |
06/Bio
- Position
- Defense
- Jersey
- #23
- Shoots
- L
- Height
- 6'3"
- Weight
- 217 lb
- Born
- May 23, 1994 (age 32)
- Birthplace
- Vantaa, FIN
- Drafted
- 2012 · Round 3 · Pick 13 · DAL
- Club
- Dallas Stars
