D · DAL · NHL id 8483425
Lian Bichsel has played 50 games for the Dallas Stars in 2025-26, scoring 4 goals and 4 assists (8 points) on 27 shots while averaging 15:40 a night (14:36 at even strength, 0:01 on the power play and 0:55 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 48% of his 5v5 minutes with Tyler Myers and 27% with Mavrik Bourque over the last 10 games, and the Stars have controlled 46% of shot attempts with Bichsel on the ice (27-20 in goals, 39% offensive-zone starts). In the Stars' most recent game against MIN he was on D3 with Alexander Petrovic and off the power play. He is shooting 14.8% this season against 9.8% across the 112 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: 19 games, 16:04 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 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 · 116 attempts, 31 on goal, 4 goals
Shot map, OPP at DAL: 116 attempts, 31 on goal, 4 goals, 1.52 expected goals; best chance Lian Bichsel at 0.15 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 50 GP · 8 points vs 8.7 expected
Last 20 games: +8. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 14.8%
- 104.2
- 28.6%
- G vs xG
- 4 / 1.4
- • Role rose over the last 10 games (4 promotion events): some of the heat may be real.
- 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 played50
- Goals4481st of 715
- Assists4620th of 715
- Points8597th of 715
- Power-play points0437th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal27659th of 715
- Hits13987th of 715
- Blocked shots42316th of 715
- Plus/minus+6172nd of 715
- Penalty minutes37225th of 715
- Faceoffs won0451st of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)46.3%568th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)45.9%594th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)49.9%327th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)48.5%409th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)48.0%457th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)49.6%361st of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.33592nd of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.037336th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.24511th of 719
Usage
- Ice time per game15:40385th of 715
- Power-play time per game0:01684th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %39.4%591st of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.31477th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO104232nd of 719
- Goals above expected+2.698th of 715
- Luck Meter+4975th of 828
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed21.3646th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts14644th of 715
- Hardest shot94.1115th of 715
- Offensive-zone time40.3%511th 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 · 47 of 50 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.049
- Season net
- −0.59xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.33
- Attempts
- 4
- 0.001
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 D2 from D3Apr 25, 2026 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D3Nov 18, 2025 alerts →
- Moved down to D3 from D2Feb 23, 2025 alerts →
- Played 8:55 less than his 5-game averageFeb 23, 2025 alerts →
How his goals happened
8 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2026 @ PIT | Point shot | carry | 2 | 68.6 | 3-on-2, one-timer | |
| Mar 2, 2026 @ VAN | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 55.2 | — | |
| Mar 2, 2026 @ VAN | Cycle | — | 5* | 24.8 | — | |
| Nov 15, 2025 vs PHI | Forecheck turnover | — | 2* | 54.7 | — | |
| Apr 14, 2025 @ DET | Odd-man rush | pass | 2 | 7.6 | 1-on-0 | |
| Apr 3, 2025 vs NSH | Odd-man rush | carry | 1* | 79.5 | 3-on-2 | |
| Dec 16, 2024 vs WSH | Deflection | — | 2 | 45.2 | deflection | |
| Dec 12, 2024 vs NSH | Odd-man rush | carry | 1 | 73.9 | 4-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 Bichsel
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Bichsel apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Petrovic | D | 28 | 296:54 | 36% | 41.1% | 57% (12-9) | 46.5% 107:02 | 52.0% 107:46 |
| Colin Blackwell | C | 53 | 221:32 | 27% | 46.4% | 71% (10-4) | 47.5% 556:46 | 49.0% 298:17 |
| Justin Hryckowian | C | 54 | 217:17 | 27% | 48.0% | 54% (7-6) | 47.2% 572:26 | 50.6% 399:04 |
| Mavrik Bourque | C | 52 | 215:19 | 26% | 50.4% | 54% (7-6) | 46.0% 551:18 | 54.3% 520:45 |
| Jason Robertson | LW | 53 | 211:45 | 26% | 52.8% | 40% (4-6) | 45.6% 567:08 | 51.0% 595:38 |
| Tyler Myers | D | 19 | 198:49 | 24% | 48.5% | 46% (6-7) | 61.9% 93:56 | 48.4% 90:08 |
| Wyatt Johnston | C | 55 | 185:14 | 23% | 49.0% | 56% (5-4) | 46.7% 619:12 | 46.2% 640:48 |
| Oskar Bäck | C | 46 | 181:04 | 22% | 49.2% | 82% (9-2) | 50.4% 500:30 | 49.3% 282:58 |
| Sam Steel | C | 45 | 165:18 | 20% | 47.6% | 50% (4-4) | 47.0% 498:48 | 46.9% 434:42 |
| Ilya Lyubushkin | D | 24 | 144:32 | 18% | 50.6% | 83% (5-1) | 44.3% 192:00 | 40.5% 183:20 |
| Adam Erne | LW | 36 | 139:49 | 17% | 48.1% | 57% (4-3) | 49.6% 365:24 | 43.9% 222:15 |
| Mikko Rantanen | RW | 38 | 125:57 | 15% | 44.2% | 50% (2-2) | 45.2% 436:25 | 45.3% 439:38 |
| Jamie Benn | LW | 34 | 123:30 | 15% | 50.6% | 50% (6-6) | 50.6% 392:54 | 48.6% 264:14 |
| Matt Duchene | C | 33 | 121:32 | 15% | 47.2% | 33% (3-6) | 51.3% 364:13 | 50.0% 303:46 |
Game log
56 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 13:55 | 11:37 | — | 1:25 |
| Apr 28PO | vs MIN | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 13:46 | 13:06 | — | 0:27 |
| Apr 25PO | @ MIN | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 21:36 | 21:26 | — | 0:10 |
| Apr 22PO | @ MIN | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 22:27 | 22:19 | — | 0:08 |
| Apr 20PO | vs MIN | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 14:17 | 14:03 | 0:14 | — |
| Apr 18PO | vs MIN | L 1-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 15:21 | 15:21 | — | — |
| Apr 15 | @ BUF | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 20:37 | 18:05 | — | 2:32 |
| Apr 11 | vs NYR | W 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 14:51 | 13:10 | — | 1:41 |
| Apr 9 | vs MIN | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 20:25 | 20:21 | — | 0:04 |
| Apr 7 | vs CGY | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 13:42 | 13:42 | — | — |
| Apr 4 | vs COL | L 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 15:56 | 15:06 | — | 0:50 |
| Apr 2 | vs WPG | W 3-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | 16:33 | 14:08 | — | 2:19 |
| Mar 31 | @ BOS | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 15:12 | 14:47 | — | 0:25 |
| Mar 29 | @ PHI | OTL 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 14:53 | 14:47 | — | 0:06 |
| Mar 28 | @ PIT | W 6-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 14:12 | 13:34 | — | 0:04 |
| Mar 26 | @ NYI | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | 16:11 | 14:39 | — | 1:32 |
| Mar 24 | vs NJD | L 4-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 13:57 | 13:17 | — | 0:40 |
| Mar 22 | vs VGK | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 14:56 | 12:40 | 0:13 | 1:34 |
| Mar 21 | @ MIN | OTL 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 14:35 | 14:03 | — | 0:32 |
| Mar 18 | @ COL | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 14:18 | 14:11 | — | 0:07 |
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 | 50 | 783:20 | 15:40 | 577 | 715 | 44.7% | 44.1% | 262 | 346 | 28 | 25 | 53% | 28.4 | 32.9 | 34% |
| Even strength | 50 | 730:19 | 14:36 | 561 | 650 | 46.3% | 46.0% | 254 | 309 | 27 | 20 | 57% | 27.2 | 27.6 | 38% |
| 5v5 | 50 | 722:03 | 14:26 | 555 | 645 | 46.3% | 45.9% | 252 | 307 | 27 | 20 | 57% | 27.1 | 27.2 | 39% |
| Power play | 5 | 0:33 | 0:07 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100% |
| Penalty kill | 47 | 45:47 | 0:58 | 6 | 46 | 11.5% | 13.6% | 4 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0% | 0.1 | 3.6 | 5% |
| 4v4 | 6 | 8:16 | 1:23 | 6 | 5 | 54.5% | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0% |
| 4v5 | 47 | 44:47 | 0:57 | 6 | 45 | 11.8% | 14.0% | 4 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0% | 0.1 | 3.5 | 5% |
| 6v5, own net empty | 7 | 3:33 | 0:30 | 8 | 3 | 72.7% | 80.0% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.6 | 0.7 | — |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 11 | 3:08 | 0:17 | 2 | 16 | 11.1% | 13.3% | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 50% | 0.6 | 1.0 | — |
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 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.0% | 14 | 3 | 16:54 |
| 2025-26 | DAL | 50 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +6 | 37 | 27 | 14.8% | 139 | 42 | 15:40 |
| 2024-25Playoffs | DAL | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 0.0% | 75 | 9 | 11:47 |
| 2024-25 | DAL | 38 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +2 | 41 | 39 | 10.3% | 155 | 23 | 14:53 |
Lian Bichsel news
- 9/24/26 Practice: Lian Bichselnhl.com
- Lian Bichsel StatsNHL.com
- Stars select Lian Bichsel with 18th overall pick in 2022 NHL DraftNHL.com
- Lian Bichsel HomeNHL.com
- Lian Bichsel Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- Lian Bichsel Back in the Running for the National Teambluewin.ch
- 2026-27 Player Profile: Lian BichselNHL.com
- Should Stars Look to Lock Up Lian Bichsel Long-Term Like Penguins Did With Ville Koivunen?The Hockey News
Headlines via LineupExperts. Links open the original publisher.
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.