Lian Bichsel
Age 22 · Shoots left · 6′7″ · 237 lb · Born Olten, CHE
Drafted 2022, #18 overall by Dallas
2025-262025-26: 50 games, 4-4-8, 0.16 points per game Season detail →
Lian Bichsel has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 8 points in 50 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample0 points in 3 games for the 25th-placed Dallas
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A third-pair defenceman who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Dallas's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most attempts from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
5 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 50 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersTop speed in the 77th percentile of defencemen: 21.14 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 21.14vs
SJS5 Oct · 2nd 19:04 - 20.06@
NSH3 Oct · 1st 12:50 - 20.00vsSJS5 Oct · 3rd 07:23
- 20.00@NSH3 Oct · 2nd 01:53
- 19.60vs
STL2 Oct · 1st 17:23 - 18.86@NSH3 Oct · 3rd 08:27
- 18.56vsSTL2 Oct · 2nd 03:02
- 18.28@NSH3 Oct · 1st 05:54
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 81.33@NSH3 Oct · 3rd 08:51
- 76.85vsSTL2 Oct · 2nd 05:19
- 73.28vsSTL2 Oct · 3rd 19:23
- 64.44@NSH3 Oct · 3rd 09:02
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.76vsSJS5 Oct · 19:23 TOI
- 2.03@NSH3 Oct · 15:12 TOI
- 2.26vsSTL2 Oct · 16:02 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.35 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Buffalo, a point in zero of one
BUFW 4-3 SO0001020:37SJSW 5-00000019:23NSHW 2-10000015:12STLL 0-40000−116:028 points in 50 games on a team that finished 3rd
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.2). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A third-pair defenceman who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Dallas's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
2 of 4 goals broke a tie
How the 4 goals and 4 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
2 of 4 goals broke a tie; 0 came with Dallas trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
93 attempts across the 42 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 50 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersHardest shot in the 62nd percentile of defencemen: 94.12 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (7 of 50)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Buffalo, a point in zero of one
BUFW 4-3 SO0001020:37BUFW 4-3 SO0001020:37
NYRW 2-00000014:51
MINW 5-40001020:25
CGYW 4-3 OT0000013:42
COLL 0-20000−115:56
WPGW 3-00111+116:33
BOSL 3-60002−115:12
PHIOTL 1-2 OT0000014:53
PITW 6-31012+314:12
NYIL 1-20001−116:11SJSW 5-00000019:23NSHW 2-10000015:12STLL 0-40000−116:02Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 8.7 points per $1M of cap hit, 46th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.
With Dallas
Two seasons · 2024-25 to 2025-26161st in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsTwo seasons, all with the Stars
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct