Lian Bichsel
- Position
- Defence
- Age
- 22May 18, 2004
- Height
- 6'7"201 cm
- Weight
- 237 lbs108 kg
- Shoots
- Left
- Born
- Olten, CHE
- Nationality
- CHE
- Draft
- 2022 · Round 1 · 18th overall · DAL
Lian Bichsel, Dallas Stars defenceman, stats: this season, career totals, game log, recent trends and advanced metrics, plus players with a similar profile — from the NHL’s official data updated daily.
Trends
Points Per Game Trend
Contract
2026-27 cap $104.0MContract data not yet available.
Career
Born in Olten, CHE · Draft: 2022 · Round 1, pick 18 (#18 overall) · DAL · 3 NHL seasons
Regular season
- GP
- 102
- G
- 8
- A
- 10
- PTS
- 18
- +/-
- 7
Playoffs
- GP
- 24
- G
- 0
- A
- 1
- PTS
- 1
- +/-
- 0
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
- Hits39#59 of 659
- Hits per game2.29#90 of 659
- Hits per 608.43#134 of 659
- Blocked shots24#61 of 659
- Takeaways2#372 of 659
- Giveaways12#306 of 659
Shooting & expected goals
- Expected goals (individual)0.55#559 of 659
- Expected goals per 600.12#611 of 659
- Goals above expected-0.55#425 of 659
- xG per shot (shot quality)0.032#600 of 659
- High-danger shots0#576 of 659
Possession (on ice)
- Corsi (shot attempt share)45.8%#493 of 659
- Corsi relative to team-6.3%#565 of 659
- Fenwick (unblocked share)46.9%#439 of 659
- PDO at 5v50.969#477 of 659
- Offensive zone starts36.5%#566 of 659
- Time on ice per game16:19#319 of 659
Ranks among 659 skaters with 5+ GP.
Tracking data
NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 16 tracked games this season · updated Nov 6
Longer bar = better than more of the league’s skaters. The tick marks the middle of the league.
Territory
- Offensive-zone time while on the iceLeague avg 41.3%41.2%Beats 46%
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 42.0%41.6%Beats 41%
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 40.9%41.3%Beats 40%
Speed
- Top skating speedLeague avg 21.2 mph21.1 mphBeats 50%
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 813Beats 78%
- Skating bursts over 22 mphLeague avg 00Beats 0%
- Average shot speedLeague avg 68.4 mph76.4 mphBeats 98%
- Hardest shotLeague avg 86.7 mph90.4 mphBeats 66%
Where the shots come from
Close = crease, low slot and net sides. Mid = high slot and faceoff circles. Long = points and outside the circles.
Schematic rink; area borders are approximate.
- Left corner: 0 shots
- Behind the net: 0 shots
- Right corner: 0 shots
- Left side of the net: 0 shots
- Crease: 0 shots
- Right side of the net: 0 shots
- Low slot: 0 shots
- Left circle: 2 shots
- Right circle: 0 shots
- High slot: 0 shots
- Outside left: 1 shots
- Outside right: 0 shots
- Left point: 3 shots
- Centre point: 3 shots
- Right point: 0 shots
- Neutral zone: 0 shots
- Beyond the red line: 0 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 10Beats 53%
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 32Beats 52%
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 76More than 53%
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →No faceoffs taken this season.
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