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Esa Lindell #23
Player Information
The 31-year-old has 26 points (5 goals, 21 assists) in 80 games for the Dallas Stars this season. Selected by the Dallas Stars in the 3rd round (No. 74) of the 2012 NHL Draft, he has 217 points (54 goals, 163 assists) in 684 regular-season games for the Dallas Stars and 24 points (6 goals, 18 assists) in 103 Stanley Cup Playoff games.
Country: Country FlagFIN
Age: 31.4 yrs (23.05.1994)
Height / Weight: 191 cm / 98 kg
Shoots: L
Drafted: 74th in 2012
Draft Team: Team logoDallas Stars
Awards: -
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79

Overall Rating
Offense:Off: 80th of 263 Defensemen
Defense:Def: 17th of 263 Defensemen

Season by Season Ratings:

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Actual AAV: $5.250M
Player Contract Value: $6.600M
Remaining: 5 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2030 UFA
Age at the end: 36.1 yrs (23.05.1994)
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Esa Lindell
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
21.05.2025 Team Logo Oilers 1 1 0 1 2 22:41 1 100.0% 0
23.05.2025 Team Logo Oilers 1 0 0 0 -1 21:48 1 0.0% 0
25.05.2025 Team Logo Oilers 1 0 0 0 -3 20:34 1 0.0% 0
27.05.2025 Team Logo Oilers 1 0 0 0 0 21:07 0 0
29.05.2025 Team Logo Oilers 1 0 0 0 -1 21:13 0 0
Total 5 1 0 1 -3 3 33.3% 0
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2015-16 Team Logo Stars 4 0 0 0 -3 14:03 2 0.0% 0
2016-17 Team Logo Stars 73 6 12 18 8 21:52 99 6.1% 22
2017-18 Team Logo Stars 80 7 20 27 19 22:04 137 5.1% 24
2018-19 Team Logo Stars 82 11 21 32 14 24:19 132 8.3% 33
2019-20 Team Logo Stars 69 3 20 23 5 23:25 98 3.1% 12
2020-21 Team Logo Stars 56 5 11 16 11 23:10 100 5.0% 19
2021-22 Team Logo Stars 76 4 21 25 4 22:03 136 2.9% 12
2022-23 Team Logo Stars 82 8 16 24 29 19:55 116 6.9% 10
2023-24 Team Logo Stars 82 5 21 26 17 20:28 114 4.4% 12
2024-25 Team Logo Stars 80 5 21 26 34 22:10 99 5.1% 14
Total 684 54 163 217 138 1033 5.2% 158
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2018-19 Team Logo Stars 13 1 3 4 4 26:58 15 6.7% 4
2019-20 Team Logo Stars 27 1 7 8 -12 24:43 41 2.4% 2
2021-22 Team Logo Stars 7 0 2 2 0 23:15 17 0.0% 0
2022-23 Team Logo Stars 19 0 3 3 -10 20:49 28 0.0% 8
2023-24 Team Logo Stars 19 3 2 5 2 24:45 23 13.0% 4
2024-25 Team Logo Stars 18 1 1 2 -3 23:31 18 5.6% 4
Total 103 6 18 24 -19 142 4.2% 22
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Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G
Career
P/G
Offense
Rating
Defense
Rating
Actual AAV
Esa Lindell Team Logo D 31.4 yrs 191 cm / 98 kg 0.32 0.32 67 85 $5.250M
93% Vladislav Gavrikov Team Logo D 29.9 yrs 191 cm / 95 kg 0.37 0.31 67 85 $7.000M
90% Matt Roy Team Logo D 30.6 yrs 188 cm / 95 kg 0.35 0.30 67 83 $5.750M
88% Adam Larsson Team Logo D 32.9 yrs 191 cm / 93 kg 0.34 0.26 67 82 $5.250M
88% Brett Pesce Team Logo D 30.9 yrs 191 cm / 93 kg 0.24 0.31 64 87 $5.500M
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