Points by season
Career NHL points, ending with the 84-game projection (violet).
Pool value
Projected full-season fantasy worth.
why 31?
Each row is one fantasy category turned into points over a full 84-game season. Add the rows up and that is his total fantasy worth.
- proj goals3 × 3+9
- proj assists13 × 1+13
- PP points0 × 0.5+0
- game-winning goals0 × 0.5+0
- OT goals0 × 0.25+0
- shots91 × 0.1+9.1
- PIM14 × 0.05+0.7
- ice time (min)1882 × 0.01+18.8
- total51 pool points · an elite defenseman season scores 16651 = 31/100
Weights follow what the average fantasy league actually counts: goals at 3× assists (the universal core), power-play points and game-winners at half weight (common extra categories), OT goals, shots and PIM small (many leagues skip them), and ice time as a quiet availability bonus. The scale: add up a whole season of those categories and compare against the best defensemen in the NHL — an elite season scores about 166 points, and that is what 100 means. So 51 points is 31 out of a perfect fantasy season at his position. Defensemen and forwards are graded on separate scales because the D slot can only be filled by a defenseman. Goals and assists come from the backtested season model; the rest ride your own season-to-date pace over 84 games (12 games so far — small sample, secondary lines will move as roles settle). Hits/blocks are excluded: the free NHL feeds don't publish full-season totals, and we don't invent them.
The Situation
- Availability: played 9 of 14 for DAL — missed 5 games (2026-10-22, 2026-10-25, 2026-10-27, 2026-10-29, …).
- Ironman warning: multiple absences already — treat nightly projections for this player as low-confidence.
- Not on the NHL Status Report — recent absences were healthy scratches or coach's decisions unless a wire note says otherwise.
Every line is measured from our own boxscore ledger; absence reasons from the NHL Status Report and our transaction wire only — no insider guessing.
Season stats
NHL regular-season totals, season by season. The 84-G proj line extends the current season with our public model — methodology in the caption below the table.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPP | SHG | TOI/GP | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | Stars | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:03 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2016-17 | Stars | 73 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21:52 | 2 | 1 | 99 | 6.1% | 0.0% |
| 2017-18 | Stars | 80 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 19 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 22:05 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 5.1% | 0.0% |
| 2018-19 | Stars | 82 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 14 | 33 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 24:20 | 1 | 0 | 132 | 8.3% | 0.0% |
| 2019-20 | Stars | 69 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 23:25 | 2 | 1 | 98 | 3.1% | 0.0% |
| 2020-21 | Stars | 56 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 23:11 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 5.0% | 0.0% |
| 2021-22 | Stars | 76 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22:03 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 2.9% | 0.0% |
| 2022-23 | Stars | 82 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:55 | 2 | 0 | 116 | 6.9% | 0.0% |
| 2023-24 | Stars | 82 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:28 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 4.4% | 0.0% |
| 2024-25 | Stars | 80 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 34 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22:11 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 5.1% | 0.0% |
| 2025-26 | Stars | 82 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 30 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23:14 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 7.2% | 0.0% |
| 2026-27 | Stars | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:34 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 84-G proj | Stars | 84 | 3 | 13 | 15 | — | 30 | — | 1 | — | 20:44 | — | — | 98 | — | — |
84-G proj — current pace blended with the player's own history (recent seasons weighted heaviest), mixed with a similarity projection from historical players with comparable profiles, then adjusted for the aging curve (league-average peak at 27; decline after) — at age 32 that is -3%. Dashes mark stats the model doesn't project.
Comparable player-seasons: Brett Pesce (2025-25) · Erik Gudbranson (2025-25) · Troy Stecher (2025-25) · Brandon Carlo (2025-25) · Jonas Siegenthaler (2025-25).
Goals — with the line
Lines shown for the 6 of 9 recent games inside the league's tracking archive.
| Time | ST | Type | Goal | His line | Opp ice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3 · @ WSH | |||||
| P3 01:23 | EV | Assist | #? (Lindell, Robertson) → 6-3 | Robertson · Hyry Myers · Lindell | Dubois · Protas · Leonard Fehervary · Hutson Lindgren (G) |
Line mates
Teammates sharing the most ice time with Esa over the last 10 games — reconstructed shift-by-shift from the NHL's official timing feed (goalies excluded).
| Player | Shared min | GP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miro Heiskanen DAL | 112 | 7 | |
| Justin Hryckowian DAL | 65 | 10 | |
| Arttu Hyry DAL | 61 | 10 | |
| Sam Steel DAL | 61 | 9 | |
| Jamie Benn DAL | 56 | 10 |
Data via the public NHL API · 2026 Pro Hockey Stats