RW · DAL · NHL id 8480769
Joel L'Esperance has played 12 games for the Dallas Stars in 2020-21, scoring 2 goals and 0 assists (2 points) on 8 shots while averaging 9:25 a night (8:30 at even strength, 0:51 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Stars have controlled 46% of shot attempts with L'Esperance on the ice (3-5 in goals, 44% offensive-zone starts). In the Stars' most recent game against NSH he was on L4 with Justin Dowling and Rhett Gardner and on PP2. He is shooting 25.0% this season against 14.7% across the 33 games in our data.
Right now
From the Apr 11 game vs NSH, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2020-21 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 8 games, 9:20 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
Puck and player tracking
No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.
Shot map
2020-21 · 20 attempts, 8 on goal, 2 goals
Shot map, OPP at DAL: 20 attempts, 8 on goal, 2 goals, 0.84 expected goals; best chance Joel L'Esperance at 0.14 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2020-21 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2020-21 regular season · 12 of 12 games through the sequence engine
- −0.007
- Season net
- −0.01xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.59
- Attempts
- 1
- 0.051
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Linemates
2020-21 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without L'Esperance
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
12 games in 2020-21, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11 | @ NSH | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | 13:02 | 11:27 | 1:35 | — |
| Apr 10 | vs FLA | W 4-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 67% | 9:35 | 8:38 | 0:57 | — |
| Apr 8 | @ CHI | W 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 10:50 | 10:50 | — | — |
| Mar 28 | vs FLA | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 8:58 | 7:17 | 1:41 | — |
| Mar 27 | vs FLA | OTL 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 7:25 | 5:17 | 2:08 | — |
| Mar 25 | vs TBL | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | 7:34 | 7:14 | — | — |
| Mar 23 | vs TBL | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 50% | 6:50 | 6:50 | — | — |
| Mar 13 | @ CBJ | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 10:47 | 10:47 | — | — |
| Mar 7 | vs NSH | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 9:44 | 8:16 | 1:28 | — |
| Feb 4 | @ CBJ | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | 6:56 | 6:20 | 0:36 | — |
| Feb 2 | @ CBJ | W 6-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 12:25 | 10:06 | 1:49 | — |
| Jan 28 | vs DET | W 7-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 8:57 | 8:54 | — | — |
Season splits by strength
2020-21 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 12 | 113:03 | 9:25 | 83 | 92 | 47.4% | 51.4% | 49 | 51 | 3 | 5 | 38% | 3.4 | 3.4 | 52% |
| Even strength | 12 | 101:56 | 8:30 | 74 | 88 | 45.7% | 50.4% | 46 | 49 | 3 | 5 | 38% | 3.0 | 3.3 | 44% |
| 5v5 | 12 | 101:56 | 8:30 | 74 | 88 | 45.7% | 50.4% | 46 | 49 | 3 | 5 | 38% | 3.0 | 3.3 | 44% |
| Power play | 7 | 10:14 | 1:28 | 6 | 3 | 66.7% | 71.4% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.3 | 0.0 | 100% |
| 5v4 | 7 | 10:14 | 1:28 | 6 | 3 | 66.7% | 71.4% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.3 | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | DAL | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 | 8 | 25.0% | 16 | 0 | 9:25 |
| 2019-20 | DAL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 7:21 |
| 2018-19 | DAL | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 6 | 24 | 8.3% | 22 | 4 | 12:15 |
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.