Radek Faksa

#12Center6'3"214 lb

0.0 in 2 days

2025-26 regular season

SOG

5.3% SH

11:44

TOI/GP

C · DAL · NHL id 8476889

Radek Faksa has played 58 games for the Dallas Stars in 2025-26, scoring 2 goals and 15 assists (17 points) on 38 shots while averaging 11:44 a night (9:24 at even strength, 0:01 on the power play and 2:10 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 76% of his 5v5 minutes with Oskar Bäck and 51% with Colin Blackwell over the last 10 games, and the Stars have controlled 45% of shot attempts with Faksa on the ice (13-15 in goals, 26% offensive-zone starts). In the Stars' most recent game against MIN he was on L3 with Colin Blackwell and Oskar Bäck and off the power play. He is shooting 5.3% this season against 9.8% across the 701 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 30 game vs MIN, detected from shift data

Line

Colin Blackwell Oskar Bäck

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

PK2F

Oskar Bäck

Last 5: L4 · L4 · L4 · L4 · L4

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

8 games shown, 12:57 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Top speed36th3622.0 mph

Bursts 20+ mph43rd4346

Hardest shot71st7188.2 mph

Offensive-zone time10th1138.5%

Distance skated44th44111.7 mi

High-danger SOG33rd3415

Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2025-26 · 89 attempts, 43 on goal, 2 goals

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Luck

2025-26 · 58 GP · 17 points vs 9.3 expected

Luck Meter →

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Luck meter+40

Last 20 games: -45. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting−2.6 G

On-ice SH%+0.4 G

On-ice SV%+1.9 G

IPP+6.1 G

Points vs expected+7.7 P

: 5.3%
: 100.6
: 94.4%
G vs xG: 2 / 4.7

Goals against expected goals

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Player analytics

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2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

Games played58
Goals2578th of 715
Assists15354th of 715
Points17442nd of 715
Power-play points0437th of 715
Shorthanded points319th of 715
Shots on goal38599th of 715
Hits78250th of 715
Blocked shots44295th of 715
Plus/minus+2256th of 715
Penalty minutes18477th of 715
Faceoffs won235120th of 715

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Corsi (CF%)45.1%631st of 719
Fenwick (FF%)44.9%638th of 719
Expected goals (xGF%)44.1%614th of 719
Sequence xG (sxGF%)44.4%612th of 719
High-danger chances (HDCF%)49.4%380th of 719
Scoring chances (SCF%)45.1%605th of 719

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Transition attempts /600.33593rd of 719
Turnover Ledger /60−0.018213th of 719
Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.23530th of 719
Faceoff win %53.3%58th of 238
Draw Equity /100+0.02668th of 238

Usage

Ice time per game11:44617th of 715
Power-play time per game0:01662nd of 715
Power-play share2.4%669th of 713
Ice-time share19.2%618th of 715
Offensive-zone start %26.4%695th of 719

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /600.00267th of 719

Luck & trend

On-ice PDO1006278th of 719
Goals above expected−2.6598th of 715
Luck Meter+40121st of 828
Ascension score—

NHL EDGE tracking

Top skating speed22.0483rd of 715
20+ mph bursts46422nd of 715
Hardest shot88.2359th of 715
Offensive-zone time38.6%644th of 715

Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).

Beyond the box score

2025-26 regular season · 58 of 58 games through the sequence engine

Method Leaders

: +0.003
Season net: +0.03xG

Offensive TK/600.77 (7)

Offensive GV/600.99 (9)

Neutral TK/600.33 (3)

Neutral GV/600.33 (3)

Defensive TK/600.33 (3)

Defensive GV/600.55 (5)

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: +0.026
Season: +0.12G
: 53.3%441 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 35-26 · NZ 78-60 · DZ 122-120

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.33
Attempts: 3
: 0.023

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

Method Leaders

Season: +0.00G
Per 60: +0.000
Drawn / taken: 9 / 9minors

Method Leaders

: 44.3%
: 49.4%
: 44.2%
Transition CF/60: 2.2
Turnovers won/60: 21.0
Turnovers lost/60: 16.2

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

38 shots on goal, 2 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League
Low Slot	34%	23%
R Point	0%	6%
Outside L	0%	4%
R Circle	16%	12%
L Net Side	0%	3%
L Circle	16%	13%
L Point	3%	5%

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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Played 7:11 less than his 5-game averageApr 30, 2026 alerts →
Moved up to L2 from L3May 4, 2025 alerts →

How his goals happened

15 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method

Goal anatomy
Game	Play	Entry	Passes	Shot mph	Notes
Jan 7, 2026 @ WSH	Rush	pass	2	14.5	—
Oct 14, 2025 vs MIN	Rush	pass	2	36.3	—
May 4, 2025 @ WPG	Odd-man rush	carry	1*	50.0	3-on-2
Apr 12, 2025 @ SEA	Rebound	—	0	15.0	rebound
Mar 16, 2025 vs ANA	Rebound	—	0	41.6	rebound
Jan 14, 2025 vs CGY	Deflection	loose	3	46.0	deflection
Nov 16, 2024 @ BOS	Deflection	carry	1	55.5	deflection
Oct 10, 2024 @ SJS	Forecheck turnover	—	1	15.2	—
May 5, 2024 vs VGK	Deflection	—	4	25.3	deflection
Apr 3, 2024 vs EDM	Odd-man rush	carry	0	10.0	3-on-2
Mar 9, 2024 @ LAK	Odd-man rush	carry	0	65.4	3-on-2
Mar 8, 2024 @ ANA	Deflection	—	3*	27.2	deflection
Jan 8, 2024 @ MIN	Odd-man rush	carry	0	71.3	2-on-1, one-timer
Dec 6, 2023 @ FLA	Rebound	carry	0	57.5	rebound
Nov 12, 2023 @ MIN	Forecheck turnover	—	0	56.0	—

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Faksa

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Faksa apart	CF% mate apart
Colin Blackwell	C	49	323:57	54%	49.1%	43% (9-12)	44.3% 137:22	39.1% 136:12
Oskar Bäck	C	37	234:40	39%	50.4%	36% (4-7)	44.6% 113:49	50.0% 119:28
Esa Lindell	D	63	189:04	32%	49.5%	14% (1-6)	44.6% 401:20	48.6% 949:35
Alexander Petrovic	D	50	167:44	28%	41.0%	64% (9-5)	47.1% 298:21	44.2% 575:47
Thomas Harley	D	51	161:29	27%	40.7%	23% (3-10)	50.3% 314:26	48.8% 826:00
Nathan Bastian	RW	22	154:57	26%	43.1%	50% (6-6)	39.8% 59:21	44.6% 30:33
Miro Heiskanen	D	57	153:05	26%	49.1%	17% (1-5)	46.4% 374:03	49.5% 862:21
Adam Erne	LW	23	144:40	24%	47.2%	38% (3-5)	40.3% 62:24	37.7% 75:14
Ilya Lyubushkin	D	41	144:37	24%	43.7%	100% (2-0)	48.6% 240:20	41.1% 442:37
Lian Bichsel	D	30	114:08	19%	45.4%	88% (7-1)	47.7% 167:39	43.1% 341:43
Nils Lundkvist	D	34	102:59	17%	47.3%	20% (2-8)	45.3% 220:19	47.6% 437:00
Kyle Capobianco	D	30	89:47	15%	55.8%	50% (1-1)	44.6% 195:00	47.9% 266:17
Sam Steel	C	23	72:32	12%	46.4%	0% (0-2)	45.2% 146:09	45.1% 205:03
Vladislav Kolyachonok	D	11	38:10	6%	57.1%	— (0-0)	43.2% 65:14	49.7% 96:25

Game log

64 games in 2025-26, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Apr 30PO	@ MIN	L 2-5	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	57%	7:08	5:31	—	1:37
Apr 28PO	vs MIN	L 2-4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	33%	11:16	7:05	—	3:48
Apr 25PO	@ MIN	OTL 2-3	0	0	-1	3	0	0	1	40%	17:49	13:16	—	4:33
Apr 22PO	@ MIN	W 4-3	0	0	0	1	2	2	5	50%	18:52	12:54	—	5:58
Apr 20PO	vs MIN	W 4-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	40%	12:23	8:03	0:14	3:40
Apr 18PO	vs MIN	L 1-6	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	33%	11:17	8:34	—	2:31
Apr 15	@ BUF	W 4-3	0	0	0	3	2	3	2	36%	13:09	11:15	—	1:54
Apr 13	@ TOR	W 6-5	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	50%	12:51	10:45	0:14	1:40
Feb 4	vs STL	W 5-4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	62%	15:10	10:30	—	4:40
Feb 2	vs WPG	W 4-3	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1	50%	8:19	6:49	—	1:27
Jan 31	@ UTA	W 3-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	86%	11:12	9:09	—	2:03
Jan 29	@ VGK	W 5-4	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	25%	12:14	11:23	—	0:51
Jan 27	@ STL	W 4-3	0	0	-2	1	0	1	2	50%	11:51	8:44	—	3:07
Jan 23	vs STL	W 3-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	57%	12:12	10:00	—	2:12
Jan 22	@ CBJ	L 0-1	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0%	8:15	6:17	—	0:49
Jan 20	vs BOS	W 6-2	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	25%	12:23	10:57	—	1:26
Jan 18	vs TBL	L 1-4	0	0	-1	1	0	5	0	75%	13:20	11:36	0:02	1:42
Jan 15	@ UTA	L 1-2	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	43%	10:42	8:44	—	1:58
Jan 13	@ ANA	L 1-3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	50%	9:53	9:05	—	0:48
Jan 12	@ LAK	W 3-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	43%	10:55	9:23	—	1:32

Season splits by strength

2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	58	680:37	11:44	393	663	37.2%	37.0%	179	298	18	34	35%	17.3	31.7	16%
Even strength	58	544:44	9:24	364	444	45.0%	44.9%	159	197	13	15	46%	13.5	17.0	26%
5v5	58	544:09	9:23	364	444	45.0%	44.9%	159	197	13	15	46%	13.5	17.0	26%
Power play	9	1:02	0:07	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	0	—	0.0	0.0	100%
Penalty kill	58	125:17	2:10	22	200	9.9%	12.7%	18	90	3	18	14%	1.1	13.5	4%
4v5	58	124:30	2:09	22	198	10.0%	12.8%	18	90	3	18	14%	1.1	13.3	4%
6v5, own net empty	5	2:57	0:35	2	1	66.7%	100.0%	0	0	0	0	—	0.1	0.0	—
5v6, opponent net empty	13	5:35	0:26	4	17	19.0%	20.0%	2	10	2	1	67%	2.2	1.2	0%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM			HIT	BLK	TOI/GP
2025-26Playoffs	DAL	6	0	0	0	-3	4	5	0.0%	10	6	13:08
2025-26	DAL	58	2	15	17	+2	18	38	5.3%	78	44	11:44
2024-25Playoffs	STL	7	1	4	5	+7	2	2	50.0%	21	5	15:06
2024-25	STL	70	5	10	15	-2	30	68	7.4%	115	50	13:01
2023-24Playoffs	DAL	8	1	0	1	-1	2	8	12.5%	26	5	11:55
2023-24	DAL	74	7	12	19	0	20	71	9.9%	97	42	12:31
2022-23Playoffs	DAL	19	1	2	3	-5	10	18	5.6%	36	12	13:42
2022-23	DAL	81	11	9	20	+9	39	88	12.5%	89	69	13:43
2021-22Playoffs	DAL	7	1	1	2	+1	4	9	11.1%	12	11	13:51
2021-22	DAL	77	5	14	19	-20	52	89	5.6%	129	68	15:46
2020-21	DAL	55	6	8	14	-15	30	94	6.4%	100	45	17:26
2019-20	DAL	66	11	9	20	-6	42	109	10.1%	84	44	15:53
2018-19Playoffs	DAL	13	0	1	1	-1	6	13	0.0%	29	10	16:50
2018-19	DAL	81	15	15	30	-3	54	114	13.2%	103	65	16:26
2017-18	DAL	79	17	16	33	+21	36	118	14.4%	101	56	15:16

Radek Faksa news

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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Luck

Player analytics

Fantasy box score

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Beyond the box score

Turnover LedgerTurnover Ledger (TO±)Takeaways credited and giveaways charged at the league xG value of the zone where possession changed, per 60.Glossary →

Draw EquityDraw Equity (DrEq)Faceoff results in goals: each win or loss scored against a coin flip and weighted by the zone. 100 extra offensive- or defensive-zone wins are worth about 1.9 goals.Σ (win − 0.5) × V(zone)Glossary →

Transition attemptsTransition attempt (TRN)An attempt within 10 s of a turnover, recovery, hit-forced recovery or faceoff win in the neutral or defensive zone, in the same play.Glossary →

Penalty ValuePenalty Value (PenV)Minor penalties drawn minus taken, times the net xG of a power play (about 0.20 per two-minute minor).(minors drawn − minors taken) × 0.20Glossary →

On-ice sequence resultsSequence xG (sxG)xG adjusted for flurries: a rebound only counts for the chance that the earlier shots in the same play did not already score.sxG_i = xG_i × Π (1 − xG_j) over earlier same-team shots in the playGlossary →

Shot DietShot diet (ixG/att)Average xG per individual unblocked attempt: how dangerous a player's typical shot is. One of the most stable traits we measure (split-half r 0.68).Shot diet = ixG / iFFGlossary →

Role changes

How his goals happened

Linemates

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season

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