St. Louis Blues · #4 · Defence

Theo Lindstein

Age 21 · Shoots left · 6′0″ · 187 lb · Born Gavle, SWE

Drafted 2023, #29 overall by St. Louis

Next game · Thu 8 Octvs San Jose · 8:00 PM ET1 P in the last 2 vs SJSGame preview →
Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-6th on STL
Assists1T-3rd on STL
Points1T-7th on STL
P / GP0.33T-274th in the NHL
Shots20.0% shooting
TOI / GP14:4912th on STL

2025-262025-26: 17 games, 2-2-4, 0.24 points per game Season detail →

Theo Lindstein has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 4 points in 17 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

1 point in 3 games for the 27th-placed St. Louis

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Takeaways498th
Assists / 601.3575th
Points / GP0.3360th
Penalty differential056th
PP points042nd
Goals / 600.0039th
Shooting %0.0%38th
Shots / GP0.6732nd
Hits126th
Blocked shots218th
Ice time14:4914th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.30.31–3

Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points1T-7th on STL
Points per game0.33T-274th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists1T-3rd on STL
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time14:4912th on STL
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Ice time and special teams

A third-pair defenceman who plays mostly at even strength

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of St. Louis's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength14:26
Power play0:01
Shorthanded0:22
Total14:49

21.3 shifts a game, averaging 42 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-2nd on STL
PP assists0T-3rd on STL
PP points0T-4th on STL · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-4th on STL

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP1St. Louis total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every STL PPG
PP TOI share0.4%of STL PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Scoring detail

No goals yet: his one point is an assist

How the 0 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-2nd on STL
Overtime goals0T-1st on STL
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals0
Power-play goals0

Assists

Primary1 · 100%
Secondary0 · 0%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.35
Goals / 600.00
Shots / 602.7
ES points / 601.391 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the point

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot0 att · 0 G
Wing0 att · 0 G
Point3 att · 0 G
Neutral zone1 att · 0 G

4 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.0558th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.0
Unblocked attempts3
xG per attempt.012
ixG per 600.05

2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

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 leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Top speed 20.51 mph, hardest shot 70.93 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.

Tracking percentile among NHL defencemen

Distance / 60, mi8.6158th
Top speed, mph20.5152nd
22+ mph bursts048th
Defensive-zone time41.3%43rd
90+ mph shots042nd
20+ mph bursts139th
Distance skated, mi6.424th
Offensive-zone time38.5%24th
Hardest shot, mph70.938th
Average shot, mph53.31st

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph20.51Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph70.93Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated6.4 mi2.26 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts30.0%30.0% defensive · 40.0% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

40.2%All situations40.2%
39.8%Even strength40.9%
57.0%Power play20.8%
48.7%Shorthanded25.7%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 20.51@DAL2 Oct · 1st 05:26
  2. 19.79@DAL2 Oct · 1st 14:19

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph1 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph6 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 54.08@COL3 Oct · 3rd 05:03
  2. 34.84@DAL2 Oct · 1st 17:49

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph0 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph1 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.08@CHI6 Oct · 14:49 TOI
  2. 2.04@COL3 Oct · 14:26 TOI
  3. 2.26@DAL2 Oct · 15:13 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.13 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Wins the puck back more than he gives it away

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways41st on STL
Giveaways2
TK / GV ratio2.00
Hits1T-16th on STL
Blocked shots2T-7th on STL

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Game log

Against San Jose, a point in one of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
30 Mar 2026@SJSL 4-51012+117:12
26 Mar 2026vsSJSW 2-1 OT0000+117:17

Contract

$941K a season through 2027-28

Cap hit$941K0.9% of the $104M ceiling
Term3 yearsYear 2 of 3
Expires2027-28RFA at 23
Cap value$2.8MCap hit × 3 years

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 St. Louis

One season · 2025-26 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

281st 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.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points5281st for St. Louis
Goals2250th
Assists3284th
Games played20324th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

One season, all with the Blues

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2025-26STL172240.2410.0%
Career172240.2410.0%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2023St. Louis · round 1From Brynas (SWEDEN)#29

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · STL points


Updated after every final · through 6 Oct