Dallas Stars · #4 · Defence

Miro Heiskanen

Age 27 · Shoots left · 6′2″ · 197 lb · Born Espoo, FIN

Drafted 2017, #3 overall by Dallas

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals21st on DAL
Assists0T-9th on DAL
Points2T-1st on DAL
P / GP0.67T-132nd in the NHL
Shots825.0% shooting
TOI / GP23:591st on DAL

2025-262025-26: 77 games, 9-54-63, 0.82 points per game Season detail →

Miro Heiskanen has 2 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 63 points in 77 games last season.

This season

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

2 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.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Goals / 601.6798th
Shots / GP2.6794th
Ice time23:5991st
Shooting %25.0%91st
Penalty differential+186th
Points / GP0.6782nd
Blocked shots567th
PP points042nd
Assists / 600.0026th
Takeaways021st
Hits08th

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

0.70.71–3

Dashed line: season average (0.7). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points2T-1st on DAL
Points per game0.67T-132nd in NHL
Goals2T-21st in NHL
Assists0T-9th on DAL
Shooting %25.0%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time23:591st on DAL
Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A top-pair defenceman who runs the first power play

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength16:52
Power play3:49
Shorthanded3:18
Total23:59

23.3 shifts a game, averaging 62 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-1st on DAL
PP assists0T-1st on DAL
PP points0T-1st on DAL · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-1st on DAL

Scoring detail

2 of 2 goals broke a tie

How the 2 goals and 0 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals11st on DAL
Overtime goals0T-1st on DAL
First goal of the game2
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals2
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st2
2nd0
3rd0
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied2
Leading0
Trailing0

2 of 2 goals broke a tie; 0 came with Dallas trailing.

Assists at 5-on-5

Primary0
Secondary0

Five-on-five only, while the all-situations goal index fills in.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.67
Goals / 601.67
Shots / 606.7
ES points / 602.372 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease1 att · 0 G
Slot7 att · 2 G
Wing5 att · 0 G
Point4 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

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

Expected goals (ixG)0.5227th
Goals2
Goals vs expected+1.5
Unblocked attempts11
xG per attempt.048
ixG per 600.44

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

20+ mph bursts in the 79th percentile of defencemen: 3

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

Defensive-zone time35.0%89th
Offensive-zone time46.5%86th
20+ mph bursts379th
Distance skated, mi10.270th
Top speed, mph20.6359th
22+ mph bursts048th
Distance / 60, mi8.4845th
Hardest shot, mph81.0643rd
90+ mph shots042nd
Average shot, mph67.234th

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, mph20.63Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph81.06Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated10.2 mi3.82 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts40.4%29.8% defensive · 29.8% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

46.5%All situations35.0%
45.2%Even strength34.8%
67.3%Power play21.0%
29.1%Shorthanded52.1%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 20.63vsSTL2 Oct · 2nd 00:24
  2. 20.40vsSTL2 Oct · 2nd 01:52
  3. 20.22@NSH3 Oct · 2nd 19:45
  4. 19.91vsSJS5 Oct · 1st 13:25
  5. 19.52vsSJS5 Oct · 3rd 14:58
  6. 19.33vsSJS5 Oct · 1st 02:02
  7. 19.27vsSTL2 Oct · 3rd 02:31
  8. 19.17vsSJS5 Oct · 2nd 00:17

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph3 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph19 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 81.06vsSTL2 Oct · 3rd 02:23
  2. 80.18@NSH3 Oct · 3rd 16:50
  3. 77.45vsSTL2 Oct · 1st 18:16
  4. 76.94vsSTL2 Oct · 2nd 06:15
  5. 75.58@NSH3 Oct · 3rd 02:57
  6. 73.81@NSH3 Oct · 2nd 02:23
  7. 71.91@NSH3 Oct · 3rd 11:28
  8. 71.25vsSJS5 Oct · 3rd 12:15

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph2 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph7 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.98vsSJS5 Oct · 20:37 TOI
  2. 3.37@NSH3 Oct · 24:35 TOI
  3. 3.82vsSTL2 Oct · 26:45 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.39 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

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

Possession and physical

Takeaways0T-4th on DAL
Giveaways0
TK / GV ratio—
Hits0T-17th on DAL
Blocked shots5T-3rd on DAL

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn1
Net penalties+1drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Buffalo, a point in one of one

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
31 Dec 2025vsBUFL 1-40112−124:50

Prediction markets

3.5% for the Norris Trophy

Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.

Norris TrophyBest defenceman3.5%—Not listed4¢Not listed

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Contract

$8.45M a season through 2028-29

In 2025-26 he scored 7.5 points per $1M of cap hit, 61st of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$8.45M8.1% of the $104M ceiling
Term8 yearsYear 6 of 8
Expires2028-29UFA at 29
Cap value$67.6MCap hit × 8 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 Dallas

Eight seasons · 2018-19 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

Mikko Rantanen sets him up more than anyone

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

Who sets him up

Mikko Rantanen1
Wyatt Johnston1
Roope Hintz1
Jamie Benn1

Assists on his 2 goals, 2026-27.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points34812th for Dallas
Goals6927th
Assists2798th
Games played55515th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Eight seasons, all with the Stars

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2018-19DAL821221330.406.6%
2019-20DAL68827350.514.9%
2020-21DAL55819270.496.6%
2021-22DAL70531360.513.2%
2022-23DAL791162730.925.3%
2023-24DAL71945540.765.6%
2024-25DAL50520250.504.6%
2025-26DAL77954630.826.1%
Career552672793460.635.4%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2017Dallas · round 1From HIFK (FINLAND)#3

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · DAL points

Games99
Goals19
Points710.72 P/GP
Game-winning goals1
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct