Right wing · #38 · Rookie

Joel L'Esperance

Age: 31
Shoots: Right
Height: 188 cm
Weight: 95 kg
Born: Brighton, USA
Draft: Undrafted

Career · 2018–19 to 2020–21

Games: 33
Goals: 5
Points: 5
TOI per game: 10:46
xGF% (5v5): 47.6%
Goals above expected: +1.1

Linemates through the season

Coaches reshuffle lines constantly. The river shows who this player spent 5-on-5 time with, game by game.

Linemates through the season

Each band is a linemate's share of this player's 5-on-5 time in each game; thicker means more time together. Click a band or a name for that pairing.

Most common linemates

With and without each other: the share of 5-on-5 expected goals together, and for each player apart.


Miro HeiskanenD · DAL	102:10	31	47.2%	47.9%	52.7%
John KlingbergD · DAL	95:04	31	51.6%	45.1%	55.4%
Esa LindellD · DAL	81:28	31	47.4%	47.6%	51.1%
Jamie OleksiakD · DAL	74:09	22	48.6%	37.8%	52.0%
Jamie BennL · DAL	63:36	24	52.6%	47.2%	56.2%
Jason DickinsonC · DAL	61:24	22	46.2%	51.8%	58.6%
Taylor FedunD · DAL	60:22	17	59.2%	47.0%	51.9%
Ben LovejoyD · DAL	52:21	14	51.5%	57.5%	37.4%
Rhett GardnerC · DAL	48:26	8	46.4%	22.2%	50.2%
Roman PolakD · DAL	48:03	16	46.3%	56.4%	47.8%
Jason SpezzaC · DAL	47:23	14	48.0%	52.1%	36.1%
Brett RitchieR · DAL	45:13	11	43.0%	46.0%	61.2%

Most frequent opponents

The players this one faced most at 5-on-5 (5+ minutes), and who won the matchup.


Patrick MaroonL · STL/TBL	14:26	4	44.7%
Calvin de HaanD · CAR/CHI	12:54	2	17.2%
Zach WerenskiD · CBJ	12:53	3	38.2%
MacKenzie WeegarD · FLA	12:06	4	74.2%
Trevor van RiemsdykD · CAR	12:00	2	17.7%
Lucas WallmarkC · CAR	11:43	2	46.0%
Duncan KeithD · CHI	11:33	2	37.1%
Seth JonesD · CBJ	11:20	3	31.0%
Gustav ForslingD · CHI/FLA	11:00	5	39.9%
Greg McKeggC · CAR	10:28	2	41.1%
Erik GustafssonD · CHI	10:23	2	21.3%
Warren FoegeleL · CAR	10:22	2	45.2%