Nils Lundkvist

#5Defenseman6'1"192 lb

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2025-26 regular season

SOG

6.5% SH

16:29

TOI/GP

D · DAL · NHL id 8480878

Nils Lundkvist has played 52 games for the Dallas Stars in 2025-26, scoring 3 goals and 8 assists (11 points) on 46 shots while averaging 16:29 a night (16:12 at even strength, 0:06 on the power play and 0:06 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 68% of his 5v5 minutes with Thomas Harley and 33% with Mavrik Bourque over the last 10 games, and the Stars have controlled 49% of shot attempts with Lundkvist on the ice (36-25 in goals, 42% offensive-zone starts). In the Stars' most recent game against MIN he was on D3 with Thomas Harley and off the power play; dropped to D3 (from D1) in the last game. He is shooting 6.5% this season against 4.0% across the 251 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 25 game vs MIN, detected from shift data

Pair

Thomas Harley

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Dropped to D3 (from D1) in the last gameLast 5: D1/PP2 · D1 · D2/PP2 · D1 · D3

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

17 games shown, 16:28 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 speed70th7122.2 mph

Bursts 20+ mph67th6836

Hardest shot82nd8295.5 mph

Offensive-zone time57th5842.0%

Distance skated45th46125.2 mi

High-danger SOG48th493

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 · 135 attempts, 48 on goal, 3 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 · 52 GP · 11 points vs 11.6 expected

Luck Meter →

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Luck meter+29

Last 20 games: -17. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting+1.0 G

On-ice SH%+6.0 G

On-ice SV%+4.5 G

IPP−2.5 G

Points vs expected−0.6 P

: 6.5%
: 103.6
: 27.5%
G vs xG: 3 / 2.0

• Role shrank over the last 10 games (2 demotion events): the cold spell may not be all luck.

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 defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

Games played52
Goals3525th of 715
Assists8513th of 715
Points11548th of 715
Power-play points0437th of 715
Shorthanded points0227th of 715
Shots on goal46560th of 715
Hits26583rd of 715
Blocked shots48269th of 715
Plus/minus+12103rd of 715
Penalty minutes16507th of 715
Faceoffs won0451st of 715

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

Corsi (CF%)49.0%391st of 719
Fenwick (FF%)49.3%372nd of 719
Expected goals (xGF%)52.8%184th of 719
Sequence xG (sxGF%)52.8%180th of 719
High-danger chances (HDCF%)52.9%204th of 719
Scoring chances (SCF%)50.4%296th of 719

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Transition attempts /600.66451st of 719
Turnover Ledger /60−0.037332nd of 719
Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.4722nd of 719
Faceoff win %—
Draw Equity /100—

Usage

Ice time per game16:29342nd of 715
Power-play time per game0:06505th of 715
Power-play share6.7%527th of 713
Ice-time share27.0%344th of 715
Offensive-zone start %42.4%539th of 719

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60−0.21421st of 719

Luck & trend

On-ice PDO103659th of 719
Goals above expected+1.0196th of 715
Luck Meter+29186th of 828
Ascension score—

NHL EDGE tracking

Top skating speed22.2398th of 715
20+ mph bursts36490th of 715
Hardest shot95.575th of 715
Offensive-zone time42.0%320th 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 · 51 of 52 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

Method Leaders

: −0.077
Season net: −1.05xG

Offensive TK/600.07 (1)

Offensive GV/600.36 (5)

Neutral TK/600.07 (1)

Neutral GV/600.51 (7)

Defensive TK/600.36 (5)

Defensive GV/602.62 (36)

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

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.66
Attempts: 9
: 0.007

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

Method Leaders

Season: −0.61G
Per 60: −0.043
Drawn / taken: 5 / 8minors

Method Leaders

: 52.8%
: 52.9%
: 52.8%
Transition CF/60: 4.0
Turnovers won/60: 21.7
Turnovers lost/60: 19.7

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

46 shots on goal, 3 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
R Point	35%	6%	1
Outside R	24%	4%	0
Low Slot	7%	23%	1
L Circle	0%	13%	0
R Circle	7%	12%	0
Outside L	0%	4%	0
L Point	2%	5%	0

Role changes

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

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Moved up to D1 from D2Jan 9, 2025 alerts →
Moved up to D1 from D3Feb 18, 2023 alerts →
Moved up to D2 from D3Nov 23, 2022 alerts →

How his goals happened

5 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
Feb 2, 2026 vs WPG	Rebound	carry	0	10.5	5-on-2, rebound
Dec 27, 2025 vs CHI	Forecheck turnover	—	1	76.4	—
Oct 9, 2025 @ WPG	Odd-man rush	carry	1	70.9	3-on-2
Jan 21, 2024 @ NYI	Rush	loose	2	57.6	one-timer
Jan 10, 2024 vs MIN	Odd-man rush	carry	2*	56.7	4-on-3

* 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 Lundkvist

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Lundkvist apart	CF% mate apart
Thomas Harley	D	54	590:12	67%	51.1%	60% (29-19)	45.5% 267:09	50.1% 428:30
Wyatt Johnston	C	56	269:54	30%	45.2%	68% (13-6)	51.9% 616:59	46.6% 562:49
Mavrik Bourque	C	55	264:05	30%	54.9%	74% (17-6)	48.0% 607:25	54.5% 537:35
Jason Robertson	LW	56	263:55	30%	50.7%	79% (15-4)	49.2% 622:58	53.1% 591:36
Matt Duchene	C	55	242:34	27%	45.8%	60% (9-6)	50.6% 633:51	45.8% 480:16
Justin Hryckowian	C	54	199:22	22%	53.4%	67% (8-4)	48.5% 661:40	45.9% 413:53
Sam Steel	C	49	197:32	22%	47.9%	57% (8-6)	50.6% 577:07	48.8% 429:11
Mikko Rantanen	RW	38	197:21	22%	45.3%	69% (9-4)	50.6% 405:27	44.8% 377:53
Jamie Benn	LW	48	171:38	19%	50.7%	67% (6-3)	49.8% 598:47	46.3% 381:07
Oskar Bäck	C	50	170:49	19%	54.7%	67% (8-4)	49.1% 625:31	48.4% 309:14
Colin Blackwell	C	45	136:25	15%	50.5%	42% (5-7)	50.1% 573:37	49.1% 306:28
Roope Hintz	LW	29	120:36	14%	48.9%	67% (6-3)	45.7% 340:47	53.2% 253:40
Radek Faksa	C	34	102:59	12%	47.3%	20% (2-8)	47.6% 437:00	45.3% 220:19
Adam Erne	LW	30	99:24	11%	45.9%	38% (3-5)	53.9% 383:37	50.2% 198:23

Game log

56 games in 2025-26, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Apr 25PO	@ MIN	OTL 2-3	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	—	10:32	10:21	—	0:11
Apr 22PO	@ MIN	W 4-3	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2	—	23:06	23:05	0:01	—
Apr 20PO	vs MIN	W 4-2	2	2	+2	0	0	0	1	—	15:25	14:29	0:32	0:24
Apr 18PO	vs MIN	L 1-6	0	0	-2	1	0	1	2	—	17:55	17:41	0:03	0:11
Apr 15	@ BUF	W 4-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	—	20:26	18:42	1:44	—
Apr 7	vs CGY	W 4-3	1	1	+2	0	0	0	3	—	14:00	13:55	0:05	—
Apr 4	vs COL	L 0-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	13:43	13:43	—	—
Apr 2	vs WPG	W 3-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	15:39	15:39	—	—
Mar 31	@ BOS	L 3-6	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	—	17:53	17:53	—	—
Mar 29	@ PHI	OTL 1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	17:56	17:52	—	0:04
Mar 28	@ PIT	W 6-3	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	—	14:47	14:47	—	—
Mar 26	@ NYI	L 1-2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	—	18:14	17:58	—	0:10
Mar 24	vs NJD	L 4-6	1	1	+2	3	0	1	1	—	15:53	15:53	—	—
Mar 22	vs VGK	L 2-3	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2	—	15:50	15:42	—	0:08
Mar 21	@ MIN	OTL 1-2	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	—	16:44	16:27	0:17	—
Mar 18	@ COL	W 2-1	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	—	18:15	18:10	—	—
Mar 16	vs UTA	L 3-6	0	0	-4	2	0	1	2	—	14:32	13:25	—	0:17
Mar 14	vs DET	W 3-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	12:56	12:30	—	0:26
Mar 12	vs EDM	W 7-2	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	—	18:08	17:55	0:13	—
Mar 10	vs VGK	W 2-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	14:20	13:53	0:15	0:12

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	52	857:02	16:29	731	752	49.3%	49.7%	340	340	40	26	61%	37.4	32.7	43%
Even strength	52	842:39	16:12	721	747	49.1%	49.5%	335	336	38	25	60%	36.7	31.8	43%
5v5	52	823:44	15:50	709	739	49.0%	49.3%	327	335	36	25	59%	35.1	31.4	42%
Power play	17	5:27	0:19	6	1	85.7%	83.3%	4	1	2	0	100%	0.5	0.0	100%
Penalty kill	17	5:13	0:18	1	2	33.3%	33.3%	0	2	0	0	—	0.2	0.1	0%
4v4	15	17:50	1:11	12	8	60.0%	62.5%	8	1	2	0	100%	1.6	0.5	50%
5v4	17	5:27	0:19	6	1	85.7%	83.3%	4	1	2	0	100%	0.5	0.0	100%
4v5	17	5:13	0:18	1	2	33.3%	33.3%	0	2	0	0	—	0.2	0.1	0%
6v5, own net empty	9	2:44	0:18	3	2	60.0%	66.7%	1	1	0	1	0%	0.1	0.7	—

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	4	0	2	2	+1	2	2	0.0%	2	6	16:45
2025-26	DAL	52	3	8	11	+12	16	46	6.5%	26	48	16:29
2024-25	DAL	39	0	5	5	+4	20	52	0.0%	23	34	15:01
2023-24Playoffs	DAL	12	0	1	1	0	2	4	0.0%	6	3	4:28
2023-24	DAL	59	2	17	19	+13	16	73	2.7%	44	38	14:06
2022-23	DAL	60	6	10	16	-5	26	94	6.4%	49	67	16:19
2021-22	NYR	25	1	3	4	+4	0	32	3.1%	15	15	13:56

Nils Lundkvist news

STL@DAL: Lundkvist scores goal against Nils Lundkvist | Dallas Stars
NHL.comSep 21, 2026
STL@DAL Postgame: Nils Lundkvist
NHL.comSep 21, 2026
9/18/26 Training Camp: Nils Lundkvist
NHL.comSep 18, 2026
Nils Lundkvist Home
nhl.comSep 13, 2026
Nils Lundkvist Stats
NHL.comSep 10, 2026
Nils Lundkvist Bio, Awards & Draft Info
NHL.comSep 10, 2026
2026-27 Player Profile: Nils Lundkvist
NHL.comAug 29, 2026
NHL News: A Few Players Signings, and Injury Notes
NHLRumors.comMay 8, 2026

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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 →

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

Nils Lundkvist news