Dallas Stars · #12 · Centre

Radek Faksa

Age 32 · Shoots left · 6′3″ · 216 lb · Born Vitkov, CZE

Drafted 2012, #13 overall by Dallas

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-6th on DAL
Assists1T-2nd on DAL
Points1T-6th on DAL
P / GP0.33T-274th in the NHL
Shots30.0% shooting
TOI / GP11:2216th on DAL

2025-262025-26: 58 games, 2-15-17, 0.29 points per game Season detail →

Radek Faksa has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 17 points in 58 games last season.

This season

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

1 point in 3 games for the 25th-placed Dallas

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

Percentile among NHL forwards

Blocked shots493rd
Assists / 601.7671st
Hits563rd
Penalty differential048th
Points / GP0.3340th
PP points036th
Shots / GP1.0029th
Takeaways027th
Goals / 600.0026th
Shooting %0.0%25th
Ice time11:2214th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards 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-6th on DAL
Points per game0.33T-274th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists1T-2nd on DAL
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time11:2216th on DAL
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Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who kills penalties

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength8:46
Power play0:01
Shorthanded2:34
Total11:22

15.3 shifts a game, averaging 44 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

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 DAL
Overtime goals0T-1st on DAL
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals0
Power-play goals0

Assists

Primary0 · 0%
Secondary1 · 100%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.76
Goals / 600.00
Shots / 605.3
ES points / 602.281 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease1 att · 0 G
Slot2 att · 0 G
Wing2 att · 0 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone1 att · 0 G

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

Expected goals (ixG)0.4305th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.4
Unblocked attempts5
xG per attempt.074
ixG per 600.65

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

Distance per 60 in the 77th percentile of forwards: 10.03 miles

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

Distance / 60, mi10.0377th
20+ mph bursts450th
90+ mph shots048th
22+ mph bursts041st
Top speed, mph20.7528th
Average shot, mph48.224th
Offensive-zone time38.1%23rd
Distance skated, mi5.722nd
Defensive-zone time43.9%18th
Hardest shot, mph59.288th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards 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, mph20.75Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph59.28Forward average 74.7
Distance skated5.7 mi2.07 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts20.0%46.7% defensive · 33.3% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

38.1%All situations43.9%
40.4%Even strength41.3%
0.0%Power play100.0%
30.8%Shorthanded52.5%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 20.75vsSTL2 Oct · 3rd 18:03
  2. 20.41@NSH3 Oct · 1st 04:05
  3. 20.14vsSJS5 Oct · 2nd 03:04
  4. 20.02vsSJS5 Oct · 1st 19:55
  5. 19.66@NSH3 Oct · 2nd 10:48
  6. 19.53vsSTL2 Oct · 1st 03:06
  7. 19.42vsSJS5 Oct · 1st 02:34
  8. 19.32@NSH3 Oct · 2nd 04:42

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph4 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph17 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 59.28@NSH3 Oct · 2nd 11:08
  2. 37.06vsSTL2 Oct · 1st 06:00

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph0 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph0 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.07vsSJS5 Oct · 12:30 TOI
  2. 1.80@NSH3 Oct · 10:28 TOI
  3. 1.83vsSTL2 Oct · 11:07 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.90 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—
Hits54th on DAL
Blocked shots4T-5th on DAL

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken227.3 a game
Won7
Win %31.8%
Offensive zone2 of 3

A part-time centre on the draw.


Game log

Against Buffalo, a point in zero of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
15 Apr 2026@BUFW 4-3 SO0003013:09
31 Dec 2025vsBUFL 1-40002012:33

Contract

$2M a season through 2027-28

In 2025-26 he scored 8.5 points per $1M of cap hit, 198th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$2M1.9% of the $104M ceiling
Term3 yearsYear 2 of 3
Expires2027-28UFA at 34
Cap value$6MCap 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 Dallas

Ten seasons · 2015-16 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

24th 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

Points21824th for Dallas
Goals9116th
Assists12727th
Games played69912th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Eleven seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2015-16DAL4557120.277.5%
2016-17DAL801221330.419.1%
2017-18DAL791716330.4214.4%
2018-19DAL811515300.3713.2%
2019-20DAL66119200.3010.1%
2020-21DAL5568140.256.4%
2021-22DAL77514190.255.6%
2022-23DAL81119200.2512.5%
2023-24DAL74712190.269.9%
2024-25STL70510150.217.4%
2025-26DAL58215170.295.3%
Career766961362320.309.7%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2012Dallas · round 1From Kitchener (OHL)#13

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · DAL points

Games92
Goals10
Points250.27 P/GP
Game-winning goals4
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct