D · DAL · NHL id 8480036
Miro Heiskanen has played 77 games for the Dallas Stars in 2025-26, scoring 9 goals and 54 assists (63 points) on 148 shots while averaging 25:28 a night (18:04 at even strength, 3:26 on the power play and 3:05 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 62% of his 5v5 minutes with Esa Lindell and 46% with Jason Robertson over the last 10 games, and the Stars have controlled 50% of shot attempts with Heiskanen on the ice (58-46 in goals, 54% offensive-zone starts). In the Stars' most recent game against MIN he was on D1 with Thomas Harley and on PP1. He is shooting 6.1% this season against 5.7% across the 624 games in our data.
Right now
From the Apr 30 game vs MIN, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 17 games, 24:26 average time on ice, PP1 in 16 games, 9 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
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 · 381 attempts, 169 on goal, 11 goals
Shot map, OPP at DAL: 381 attempts, 169 on goal, 11 goals, 11.17 expected goals; best chance Miro Heiskanen at 0.35 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 77 GP · 63 points vs 49.6 expected
Last 20 games: +26. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 6.1%
- 101.7
- 47.7%
- G vs xG
- 9 / 8.2
- • Role shrank over the last 10 games (TOI down 2:46 a game, 3 demotion events): the cold spell may not be all luck.
- • Shot diet worsened: 0.036 xG per attempt lately vs 0.046 before.
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.
Fantasy box score
- Games played77
- Goals9320th of 715
- Assists5421st of 715
- Points6374th of 715
- Power-play points2825th of 715
- Shorthanded points1111th of 715
- Shots on goal148155th of 715
- Hits21620th of 715
- Blocked shots13238th of 715
- Plus/minus+9129th of 715
- Penalty minutes30294th of 715
- Faceoffs won0451st of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)49.7%329th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)50.9%252nd of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)56.1%70th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)56.0%70th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)54.9%126th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)53.1%149th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.54492nd of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.037330th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.26417th of 719
Usage
- Ice time per game25:284th of 715
- Power-play time per game3:2636th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %54.0%265th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.06331st of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO1017171st of 719
- Goals above expected+0.8214th of 715
- Luck Meter+5650th of 828
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed22.5292nd of 715
- 20+ mph bursts71293rd of 715
- Hardest shot89.6278th of 715
- Offensive-zone time43.4%197th of 715
Compare head to head
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 · 77 of 77 games through the sequence engine
- −0.072
- Season net
- −1.61xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.54
- Attempts
- 12
- 0.018
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Moved up to D1 from D2Apr 25, 2026 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1Apr 9, 2026 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1 to PP2May 29, 2025 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D2May 21, 2025 alerts →
- Played 11:40 more than his 5-game averageMay 17, 2024 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1 to PP2May 5, 2024 alerts →
- Moved down to D3 from D1Feb 10, 2024 alerts →
- Moved down to D2 from D1Jan 4, 2024 alerts →
How his goals happened
32 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2026 vs MIN | Point shot | — | 3* | 73.0 | one-timer | |
| Apr 25, 2026 @ MIN | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 58.3 | — | |
| Mar 8, 2026 vs CHI | Odd-man rush | pass | 0 | 14.9 | 3-on-2 | |
| Mar 6, 2026 vs COL | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 43.8 | — | |
| Dec 11, 2025 @ MIN | Off the faceoff | — | 2 | 73.1 | — | |
| Dec 7, 2025 vs PIT | Point shot | — | 4* | 69.4 | one-timer | |
| Dec 5, 2025 vs SJS | Cycle | — | 0 | 9.7 | — | |
| Dec 3, 2025 @ NJD | Forecheck turnover | carry | 1* | 59.8 | — | |
| Nov 4, 2025 vs EDM | Deflection | carry | 5 | 24.6 | deflection | |
| Oct 25, 2025 vs CAR | Cycle | — | 3* | 45.6 | — | |
| Oct 25, 2025 vs CAR | Odd-man rush | carry | 1 | 32.1 | 5-on-2 | |
| May 21, 2025 vs EDM | Forecheck turnover | carry | 2 | 70.5 | 4-on-3 | |
| Jan 9, 2025 @ PHI | Cycle | — | 0 | 2.9 | — | |
| Nov 25, 2024 @ CAR | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 67.2 | — | |
| Nov 23, 2024 @ TBL | Rush | carry | 1* | 57.3 | — | |
| Nov 11, 2024 @ PIT | Rush | carry | 0 | 61.8 | — | |
| Nov 11, 2024 @ PIT | Forecheck turnover | — | 1* | 43.9 | one-timer | |
| May 27, 2024 @ EDM | Off the faceoff | — | 0 | 5.1 | — | |
| May 15, 2024 vs COL | Odd-man rush | pass | 2 | 33.9 | 2-on-0, one-timer | |
| May 13, 2024 @ COL | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 52.0 | — | |
| May 9, 2024 vs COL | Point shot | carry | 3 | 53.6 | 5-on-4 | |
| May 9, 2024 vs COL | Forecheck turnover | — | 3* | 67.9 | one-timer | |
| Apr 27, 2024 @ VGK | Odd-man rush | pass | 3* | 63.8 | 1-on-0 | |
| Apr 13, 2024 vs SEA | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 22.4 | — | |
| Mar 24, 2024 @ ARI | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 82.9 | — | |
| Feb 20, 2024 @ NYR | Rebound | — | 0 | 53.9 | rebound | |
| Feb 15, 2024 @ NSH | Rebound | — | 0 | 2.3 | rebound | |
| Jan 25, 2024 vs ANA | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 58.1 | 4-on-3 | |
| Dec 15, 2023 vs OTT | Rush | carry | 0 | 58.3 | — | |
| Dec 11, 2023 vs DET | Forecheck turnover | loose | 1* | 72.2 | — | |
| Dec 11, 2023 vs DET | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 53.2 | — | |
| Oct 19, 2023 @ ANA | Dump and chase | dump | 1* | 8.7 | 3-on-2 |
* 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 Heiskanen
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Heiskanen apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esa Lindell | D | 82 | 1085:44 | 75% | 49.0% | 56% (48-37) | 51.6% 337:13 | 49.4% 359:56 |
| Jason Robertson | LW | 83 | 532:43 | 37% | 54.0% | 63% (25-15) | 46.9% 910:18 | 49.6% 726:38 |
| Wyatt Johnston | C | 82 | 527:21 | 37% | 47.9% | 51% (26-25) | 51.0% 909:55 | 44.6% 698:10 |
| Mikko Rantanen | RW | 64 | 434:37 | 30% | 46.5% | 59% (22-15) | 50.8% 700:36 | 44.5% 524:56 |
| Mavrik Bourque | C | 83 | 393:35 | 27% | 55.0% | 37% (10-17) | 47.8% 1049:26 | 52.1% 760:45 |
| Sam Steel | C | 74 | 387:08 | 27% | 45.4% | 44% (15-19) | 52.5% 920:37 | 47.9% 578:54 |
| Roope Hintz | C | 51 | 295:12 | 20% | 53.8% | 71% (17-7) | 48.7% 610:19 | 47.5% 347:26 |
| Matt Duchene | C | 57 | 271:51 | 19% | 48.8% | 46% (11-13) | 50.2% 717:18 | 43.7% 480:46 |
| Justin Hryckowian | C | 79 | 269:42 | 19% | 47.3% | 56% (10-8) | 50.2% 1111:07 | 49.4% 617:57 |
| Jamie Benn | LW | 59 | 259:19 | 18% | 47.6% | 65% (15-8) | 50.3% 761:21 | 45.3% 420:36 |
| Colin Blackwell | C | 66 | 177:45 | 12% | 53.5% | 36% (4-7) | 49.3% 976:27 | 45.4% 466:40 |
| Thomas Harley | D | 53 | 176:20 | 12% | 55.3% | 30% (3-7) | 47.4% 732:11 | 47.3% 832:52 |
| Oskar Bäck | C | 66 | 175:46 | 12% | 47.0% | 33% (3-6) | 51.0% 988:14 | 51.6% 484:45 |
| Radek Faksa | C | 57 | 153:05 | 11% | 49.1% | 17% (1-5) | 49.5% 862:21 | 46.4% 374:03 |
Game log
83 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30PO | @ MIN | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 28:01 | 20:07 | 2:26 | 3:23 |
| Apr 28PO | vs MIN | L 2-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 28:22 | 16:42 | 3:54 | 3:37 |
| Apr 25PO | @ MIN | OTL 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 33:33 | 25:28 | 2:44 | 5:21 |
| Apr 22PO | @ MIN | W 4-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | 43:05 | 22:14 | 10:57 | 9:54 |
| Apr 20PO | vs MIN | W 4-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 26:06 | 16:51 | 5:10 | 3:36 |
| Apr 18PO | vs MIN | L 1-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 23:55 | 12:51 | 5:36 | 4:02 |
| Apr 9 | vs MIN | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5:45 | 5:45 | — | — |
| Apr 7 | vs CGY | W 4-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 27:09 | 16:17 | 6:34 | 4:17 |
| Apr 4 | vs COL | L 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 23:51 | 18:13 | 2:48 | 1:07 |
| Apr 2 | vs WPG | W 3-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 24:34 | 18:13 | 1:07 | 2:33 |
| Mar 31 | @ BOS | L 3-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 25:03 | 16:46 | 2:56 | 3:31 |
| Mar 29 | @ PHI | OTL 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 24:07 | 17:20 | 2:48 | 3:59 |
| Mar 28 | @ PIT | W 6-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | 25:38 | 14:11 | 5:35 | 4:21 |
| Mar 26 | @ NYI | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 23:31 | 14:12 | 2:43 | 3:33 |
| Mar 24 | vs NJD | L 4-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 24:50 | 17:29 | 3:25 | 1:43 |
| Mar 22 | vs VGK | L 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | 26:08 | 16:40 | 3:15 | 4:10 |
| Mar 21 | @ MIN | OTL 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 25:00 | 16:44 | 5:36 | 2:40 |
| Mar 18 | @ COL | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 28:12 | 22:36 | 2:35 | 3:01 |
| Mar 16 | vs UTA | L 3-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 25:08 | 18:02 | 3:50 | 3:05 |
| Mar 14 | vs DET | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | 25:39 | 18:00 | 4:38 | 2:47 |
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 | 77 | 1961:25 | 25:28 | 1775 | 1711 | 50.9% | 51.7% | 893 | 815 | 132 | 97 | 58% | 126.0 | 94.3 | 52% |
| Even strength | 77 | 1391:07 | 18:04 | 1185 | 1178 | 50.1% | 51.2% | 582 | 545 | 62 | 51 | 55% | 64.3 | 49.6 | 53% |
| 5v5 | 77 | 1330:30 | 17:17 | 1127 | 1141 | 49.7% | 50.9% | 551 | 519 | 58 | 46 | 56% | 58.7 | 46.0 | 54% |
| Power play | 75 | 264:24 | 3:32 | 454 | 62 | 88.0% | 87.0% | 256 | 49 | 54 | 5 | 92% | 45.7 | 4.2 | 100% |
| Penalty kill | 75 | 236:55 | 3:10 | 38 | 380 | 9.1% | 10.4% | 29 | 184 | 2 | 30 | 6% | 2.1 | 28.3 | 0% |
| 4v4 | 24 | 25:24 | 1:04 | 15 | 12 | 55.6% | 55.6% | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.9 | 0.4 | 33% |
| 3v3 (OT) | 22 | 35:13 | 1:36 | 43 | 25 | 63.2% | 57.9% | 26 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 38% | 4.7 | 3.2 | 29% |
| 5v4 | 75 | 250:48 | 3:21 | 415 | 62 | 87.0% | 85.8% | 228 | 49 | 50 | 5 | 91% | 41.1 | 4.2 | 100% |
| 4v5 | 75 | 233:50 | 3:07 | 38 | 372 | 9.3% | 10.6% | 29 | 178 | 2 | 28 | 7% | 2.1 | 27.4 | 0% |
| 5v3 | 10 | 8:00 | 0:48 | 24 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | 2.9 | 0.0 | 100% |
| 3v5 | 4 | 2:04 | 0:31 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0% |
| 6v5, own net empty | 28 | 33:58 | 1:13 | 54 | 28 | 65.9% | 60.0% | 17 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 40% | 2.7 | 9.0 | 100% |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 30 | 30:56 | 1:02 | 34 | 61 | 35.8% | 35.4% | 6 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 75% | 10.3 | 3.1 | 0% |
| 4v3 | 5 | 5:36 | 1:07 | 15 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | 1.7 | 0.0 | 100% |
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 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -9 | 2 | 21 | 9.5% | 1 | 7 | 30:30 |
| 2025-26 | DAL | 77 | 9 | 54 | 63 | +9 | 30 | 148 | 6.1% | 21 | 132 | 25:28 |
| 2024-25Playoffs | DAL | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 14 | 7.1% | 7 | 8 | 21:49 |
| 2024-25 | DAL | 50 | 5 | 20 | 25 | +7 | 10 | 108 | 4.6% | 17 | 85 | 25:10 |
| 2023-24Playoffs | DAL | 19 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 44 | 13.6% | 26 | 42 | 28:11 |
| 2023-24 | DAL | 71 | 9 | 45 | 54 | +8 | 36 | 162 | 5.6% | 55 | 97 | 24:32 |
| 2022-23Playoffs | DAL | 19 | 1 | 11 | 12 | -6 | 8 | 35 | 2.9% | 25 | 31 | 27:48 |
| 2022-23 | DAL | 79 | 11 | 62 | 73 | +12 | 32 | 206 | 5.3% | 49 | 96 | 25:29 |
| 2021-22Playoffs | DAL | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 5.0% | 10 | 15 | 25:35 |
| 2021-22 | DAL | 70 | 5 | 31 | 36 | +3 | 24 | 156 | 3.2% | 52 | 92 | 24:53 |
| 2020-21 | DAL | 55 | 8 | 19 | 27 | -9 | 12 | 121 | 6.6% | 47 | 52 | 24:58 |
| 2019-20 | DAL | 68 | 8 | 27 | 35 | +14 | 12 | 163 | 4.9% | 40 | 84 | 23:46 |
| 2018-19Playoffs | DAL | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 6.5% | 5 | 28 | 25:31 |
| 2018-19 | DAL | 82 | 12 | 21 | 33 | -14 | 16 | 182 | 6.6% | 34 | 71 | 23:07 |
Miro Heiskanen news
- 3 Takeaways From Stars’ 2-0 Preseason Home Win Over WildThe Hockey Writers
- 9/22/26 Preseason: Miro HeiskanenNHL.com
- Miro Heiskanen HomeNHL.com
- Miro Heiskanen Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- Dallas Stars 2026-27 Season Preview: DefenseThe Hockey Writers
- Miro Heiskanen StatsNHL.com
- Has the Dallas Stars Championship Window Closed?NHLRumors.com
- NHL Rumors: The Plan from the Dallas Stars to Keep Jason Robertson Long-TermNHLRumors.com
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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.