Points by season
Career NHL points, ending with the 84-game projection (violet).
Pool value
Projected full-season fantasy worth.
why 23?
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 goals2 × 3+6
- proj assists9 × 1+9
- PP points0 × 0.5+0
- game-winning goals0 × 0.5+0
- OT goals0 × 0.25+0
- shots49 × 0.1+4.9
- PIM79 × 0.05+4
- ice time (min)1371 × 0.01+13.7
- total38 pool points · an elite defenseman season scores 16638 = 23/100
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 38 points is 23 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 (17 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
- Every night: in the lineup for all of the team's last 10 games.
- Availability: every game this season — 14 of 14 for DAL.
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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | Stars | 38 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:53 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 10.3% | 0.0% |
| 2025-26 | Stars | 50 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:40 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 14.8% | 0.0% |
| 2026-27 | Stars | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:29 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 84-G proj | Stars | 84 | 2 | 9 | 11 | — | 68 | — | 0 | — | 17:27 | — | — | 74 | — | — |
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 22 that is 2%. Dashes mark stats the model doesn't project.
Goals — with the line
| Time | ST | Type | Goal | His line | Opp ice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 · vs NYI | |||||
| P3 13:02 | EV | Assist | Rantanen (Bichsel) → 6-3 | Hyry · Rantanen Lundkvist · Bichsel · Myers | Schenn · Duclair · Heineman Stanley · DeAngelo Sorokin (G) |
Line mates
Teammates sharing the most ice time with Lian over the last 10 games — reconstructed shift-by-shift from the NHL's official timing feed (goalies excluded).
| Player | Shared min | GP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Myers DAL | 71 | 9 | |
| Sam Steel DAL | 47 | 9 | |
| Justin Hryckowian DAL | 42 | 10 | |
| Arttu Hyry DAL | 39 | 10 | |
| Tyler Seguin DAL | 36 | 10 |
Data via the public NHL API · 2026 Pro Hockey Stats