Blueline model coming

Esa Lindell

DAL●D●Age 31.7

Pythia scores forwards today. A defenceman model is on the roadmap — no skater breakout score for blueliners yet.

Underlying profile · 2025-26descriptive · not a call

Points/601.0160th pctile (D)

Expected G/600.2368th pctile (D)

Shots/602.617th pctile (D)

Points/601.01

Goals6

Expected Goals7.3

Shots/602.6

TOI/GP23.2

Games82

Percentiles are within the defencemen pool this season — a descriptive read of the underlying game, not a forecast.

Career History

11 seasons · MoneyPuck.com · advanced metrics from 2008-09

Season ▲	Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	P/60	xG	xG/60	Sh	Sh/60	TOI	PP
2015-16	DAL	21.7	4	0	0	0	0.00	0.1	0.05	2	2.1	14.0	0.00
2016-17	DAL	22.7	73	6	12	18	0.68	4.9	0.18	99	3.7	21.9	0.98
2017-18	DAL	23.7	79	7	20	27	0.93	7.1	0.24	136	4.7	22.1	1.49
2018-19	DAL	24.7	82	11	21	32	0.96	7.3	0.22	132	4.0	24.3	1.12
2019-20	DAL	25.7	69	3	20	23	0.85	5.1	0.19	98	3.6	23.4	1.08
2020-21	DAL	26.7	56	5	11	16	0.74	3.8	0.18	100	4.6	23.2	1.10
2021-22	DAL	27.7	76	4	21	25	0.90	4.9	0.18	136	4.9	22.0	0.41
2022-23	DAL	28.7	82	8	16	24	0.88	6.6	0.24	116	4.3	19.9	0.04
2023-24	DAL	29.7	82	5	21	26	0.93	5.8	0.21	114	4.1	20.5	0.10
2024-25	DAL	30.7	80	5	21	26	0.88	7.2	0.24	99	3.3	22.2	0.22
2025-26	DAL	31.7	82	6	26	32	1.01	7.3	0.23	83	2.6	23.2	0.72
Career			765	60	189	249	0.88	60.0	0.21	1115	3.9	22.2

Basic stats left of the divider; Pythia's advanced metrics (xG, xG/60, shots/60, TOI/GP, PP/GP) to the right. Plus-minus is not in MoneyPuck data.