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Defence · #6

Lian Bichsel

Age
22
Shoots
Left
Height
201 cm
Weight
108 kg
Born
Olten, CHE
Draft
2022, round 1, #18 (DAL)

Career · 2024–25 to 2026–27

Games
91
Goals
8
Points
17
TOI per game
15:23
xGF% (5v5)
48.8%
Goals above expected
+5.1

On the ice at 5-on-5

Model-based

What happened with this player on the ice, what happened when they sat, and the difference. Adjusted columns correct for score and venue.

On ice1248:2448.1%48.7%48.8%48.8%2.252.3552401,034.6
Team with player off ice2927:4547.8%48.3%50.8%50.8%2.592.51140981,038.7
Relative (on − off)–0.2%–-1.9%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 4 games with incomplete shift data.

Usage

Who the player was trusted to face, and with whom.

Quality of competition
24.2%
Opponents' xGF%: 49.2%
Quality of teammates
22.7%
Teammates' xGF%: 50.3%
Offensive zone starts
41.6%
69.2% of shifts start on the fly
Deployment among teammates

Across: share of zone starts in the attacking end (sheltered usage to the right). Up: quality of the opponents faced. Bubble size is 5-on-5 ice time; colour is relative xGF%, blue when the team does better with the player on the ice.

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%22.023.024.025.026.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsBäckStankovenBennBlackwellSteelRobertsonBourqueHintzMarchmentJohnstonDadonovDucheneHeiskanenLundkvistLindellLyubushkinHarleySmithPetrovicHryckowianDumbaCapobiancoGranlundCeciRantanenBastianFaksaSeguinErneKolyachonokHyryBuntingMyersBichsel

Close and late

Is the player on the ice, and effective, when games are decided?

When it matters

On-ice results in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late
On-ice xGF% at 5v5
48.8%
44.3%