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Theo Lindstein

#4 · Defence · St. Louis Blues

Born Jan 5, 2005 in Gavle, SWE (age 21) · 6'0", 187 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 29th overall in 2023 by STL (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Tobias Bjornfot FLA · 4 P in 19 GP Colton White NJD · 4 P in 23 GP Adam Boqvist NYI · 4 P in 28 GP Haydn Fleury WPG · 4 P in 38 GP Arber Xhekaj MTL · 4 P in 65 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

012342025-26: 4 points425-262026-27: 1 points126-27

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2025-26 STL 17 2 2 4 6 6 20 8 0.24 $950K
2026-27 STL 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0.33 $950K
2 seasons Career 20 2 3 5 7 6 22 9 0.25

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
17 2 2 4 6 6 20 8 0.24 10.0 15:46

Contract

$950KCap hitends in 2028, then RFA
$238KCap dollars per point4 points in 17 games
$989KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.0 goals above replacement

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up.

The contract

Signed by the St. Louis Blues on Mar 20, 2024, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.85M, beginning in 2025-26. It runs through 2027-28, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $950K
2026-27 $950K
2027-28 $950K

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Mar 20, 2024 St. Louis Blues Entry-level 2025-26 to 2027-28 signed for 2024-25, slid 3 $2.85M $950K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2025-26 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2025-26 analytics

Rating

+1.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.6Even-strength defence-0.3Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties-0.3

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked.

00.20.40.60.812025-262026-27Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

51.7Corsi for %244 attempts for, 228 against
+3.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.1Expected goals for %11.7 expected for, 10.4 against
+1.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
68.8Goals for %11 for, 5 against
104.0PDO8.9% shooting + 95.1% saves
47Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Colton Parayko · Theo Lindstein17224:4850.452.110-4
Justin Holl · Theo Lindstein46:1273.359.90-0
Philip Broberg · Theo Lindstein85:5880.094.01-0
Cam Fowler · Theo Lindstein95:4642.923.90-0

The pairs he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's pairs that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.5Expected goalsfrom 31 unblocked attempts
+0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.33 expected goals per 60 minutes89th
Shot quality 4.7% chance per attempt93rd
Finishing +0.5 goals above expected62ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 240 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Goals 2Expected 1.5

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 13, 2026 vs MIN W 6-3 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 15:34
Apr 11, 2026 @ CHI W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:09
Apr 9, 2026 vs WPG L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 18:45
Apr 7, 2026 vs COL L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 15:59
Apr 5, 2026 @ COL W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:01
Apr 3, 2026 @ ANA W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:01
Apr 1, 2026 @ LAK L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:59
Mar 30, 2026 @ SJS L 4-5 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 17:12
Mar 28, 2026 vs TOR W 5-1 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 16:31
Mar 26, 2026 vs SJS W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 17:17
Mar 24, 2026 vs WSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15:20
Mar 21, 2026 @ VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:39
Mar 18, 2026 @ CGY L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 14:11
Mar 15, 2026 @ WPG L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:12
Mar 13, 2026 vs EDM W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:28
Mar 12, 2026 @ CAR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 14:59
Mar 10, 2026 vs NYI L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 13:39