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Miro Heiskanen

Position	Left Defense / Right Defense	Current Team	Dallas Stars
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	8 years
Height	6'2"	Expires	2028-29
Weight (lbs)	197	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	29
Age	26 (July 18, 1999)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2017, Round 1, Overall 3 (DAL)

Date	Team	Transaction
May 13, 2025	Dallas Stars	Activated from LTIR
Mar 7, 2025	Dallas Stars	Placed on LTIR
Jan 31, 2025	Dallas Stars	Placed on IR
Jul 17, 2021	Dallas Stars	Signed 8 years @ $8.450M AAV starting in 2021-22
Jul 8, 2017	Dallas Stars	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2018-19	DAL	82	1515:54	0.28	0.55	0.83	0.28	-0.00	4.86	4.95	-0.08	1.61	2.15
2019-20	DAL	68	1206:38	0.15	0.80	0.94	0.27	-0.12	2.78	5.04	-2.26	2.88	3.60
2020-21	DAL	55	1047:30	0.23	0.52	0.74	0.29	-0.06	4.82	6.06	-1.24	2.42	1.61
2021-22	DAL	70	1332:25	0.05	0.90	0.95	0.29	-0.25	0.88	5.80	-4.91	1.27	6.37
2022-23	DAL	79	1525:29	0.20	0.98	1.18	0.28	-0.08	3.57	5.11	-1.54	2.02	5.05
2023-24	DAL	71	1359:03	0.26	0.93	1.19	0.25	0.02	5.04	4.75	0.29	0.58	4.62
2024-25	DAL	50	968:47	0.12	0.68	0.81	0.24	-0.11	2.70	5.16	-2.46	0.00	4.39
2025-26	DAL	3	50:39	0.00	2.37	2.37	0.14	-0.14	0.00	2.88	-2.88	0.00	0.00

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2018-19	DAL	82	1515:54	42.07	2.26	2.66	41.80	2.30	2.36	49.57	53.04	0.38	0.00	3.87
2019-20	DAL	68	1206:38	39.83	2.09	2.48	39.43	1.69	2.20	55.26	52.99	-0.03	-0.17	1.54
2020-21	DAL	55	1047:30	41.47	1.78	2.46	37.75	2.06	2.10	46.27	53.99	0.24	0.13	1.03
2021-22	DAL	70	1332:25	42.46	2.25	2.71	39.36	1.80	2.34	55.56	53.65	0.23	-0.09	3.18
2022-23	DAL	79	1525:29	45.31	2.87	2.84	39.61	2.16	2.36	57.03	54.60	0.31	-0.03	3.15
2023-24	DAL	71	1359:03	48.43	3.05	2.99	37.26	2.60	2.06	53.91	59.23	0.44	-0.20	6.23
2024-25	DAL	50	968:47	42.92	2.48	2.68	40.32	2.29	2.36	51.95	53.10	0.21	0.04	1.56
2025-26	DAL	3	50:39	42.65	3.55	2.42	45.01	2.37	2.51	60.00	49.11	0.38	0.40	-0.14

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

NHL Rank: From 1 to 100, who will be the best players in 2025-26? at ESPN (Tue Oct 14, 2025)
Dallas Stars flex their muscles in the 5-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche at Blackout Dallas (Sun Oct 12, 2025)
Bold Predictions for the 2025-26 Dallas Stars Season at Defending Big D (Thu Oct 9, 2025)
Best NHL Players by Age in 2025–26 at The Hockey Writers (Tue Oct 7, 2025)
Dallas Stars 2025-26 Defense Preview at The Hockey Writers (Mon Oct 6, 2025)
NHL season preview: Strengths, weaknesses, X factors for all 32 teams at ESPN (Mon Oct 6, 2025)
2024-2025 Stars' Injuries You Might Have Forgotten at Blackout Dallas (Wed Oct 1, 2025)
(9-30-25) Stars-Blues Preseason Gameday Lineup at Yahoo Sports NHL (Tue Sep 30, 2025)
The NHL Needs Another Award for Defense at Dallas Sports Nation (Mon Sep 29, 2025)
Fantasy Hockey Power Play Rankings: 2025-26 NHL Projections at Yahoo Sports NHL (Tue Sep 23, 2025)
Expect a heavy veteran-based team tomorrow night against the Wild at Blackout Dallas (Mon Sep 22, 2025)
What Would A Post-Kaprizov Minnesota Wild Team Look Like? at Hockey Wilderness (Sun Sep 14, 2025)
Dallas Stars release their 2025-26 training camp roster at Blackout Dallas (Thu Sep 11, 2025)
Stars Starting Promising Season Soon at Dallas Sports Nation (Wed Sep 10, 2025)
Defense tiers: Elite, roster fillers, everyone in between at ESPN (Tue Sep 9, 2025)
It's time for the Finnish Mafia to be an absolute doomsday unit at Blackout Dallas (Mon Sep 8, 2025)
Ranking NHL Teams By Defensemen at The Hockey Writers (Mon Sep 8, 2025)
2025 Rangers Season Previews: Matt Rempe at Blue Shirt Banter (Mon Sep 8, 2025)
Fantasy Hockey Rankings Tiers: Cale Makar, Quinn Hughes sit atop elite group of NHL defensemen at Yahoo Sports NHL (Mon Sep 8, 2025)
Dallas is becoming everything Blues fans hope their team would be at Bleedin' Blue (Fri Sep 5, 2025)
Ranking the best 5 Dallas Stars contracts in the books at Blackout Dallas (Thu Sep 4, 2025)
Three Potential Trade Destinations For Flames' Rasmus Andersson at The Hockey News (Wed Sep 3, 2025)
Three Potential Trade Destinations For Flames' Rasmus Andersson at Yahoo Sports NHL (Wed Sep 3, 2025)
Dallas Stars Healthy Heading into October at Dallas Sports Nation (Mon Sep 1, 2025)
These 3 draft picks set the Flyers back years at Broad Street Buzz (Thu Aug 28, 2025)

Current Contract

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	22		$8,450,000	$8,450,000	-	$3,000,000	$2,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	RFA
2022-23	23		$8,450,000	$8,450,000	-	-	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	RFA-arb
2023-24	24		$8,450,000	$8,450,000	-	-	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	RFA-arb
2024-25	25		$8,450,000	$8,450,000	-	-	$11,000,000	$11,000,000	$11,000,000	RFA-arb
2025-26	26	NMC	$8,450,000	$8,450,000	-	-	$11,000,000	$11,000,000	$11,000,000	UFA
2026-27	27	NMC	$8,450,000	$8,450,000	-	-	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	UFA
2027-28	28	NMC	$8,450,000	$8,450,000	-	-	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	UFA
2028-29	29	NMC	$8,450,000	$8,450,000	-	-	$6,600,000	$6,600,000	$6,600,000	UFA
Total					-	$3,000,000	$64,600,000	$67,600,000	$67,600,000

Signed: July 17, 2021

Team: Dallas Stars

GM: Jim Nill

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 10.37

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Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2017-18	18	$925,000	$3,425,000	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2018-19	19	$894,167	$3,394,167	$2,500,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2019-20	20	$894,167	$3,394,167	$2,500,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2020-21	21	$894,167	$3,394,167	$2,500,000	-	$832,500	$832,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				$7,500,000	$277,500	$2,497,500	$2,775,000	$210,000

Signed: July 8, 2017

Team: Dallas Stars

GM: Jim Nill

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid one season as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2010-11	QC Int PW	Finland Selects U13	4	2	1	3						4	2	1	3
2011-12	QC Int PW	Finland Selects U13	3	1	4	5						3	1	4	5
2013-14	Jr. C Mestis	HJK U16	1	0	0	0
2013-14	Jr. C SM-sarja	HIFK U16	22	4	9	13		4				3
2014-15	Jr. B SM-sarja	HIFK U18	35	7	13	20		8				12		2	2		2
2014-15	Jr. C SM-sarja	HIFK U16	9	2	2	4		6				1		1	1
2015-16	U20 SM-sarja	HIFK U20	30	3	11	14	+14	6
2015-16	WJC-18	Finland U18	7	0	1	1	+1
2015-16	WHC-17	Finland U17	5	0	4	4		2
2015-16	U18 SM-sarja	HIFK U18	7	0	7	7						2					2
2016-17	WJC-18	Finland U18	7	2	10	12	+8
2016-17	Champions HL	HIFK	6	0	3	3	+3
2016-17	WJC-20	Finland U20	6	0	1	1	-2
2016-17	Liiga	HIFK	37	5	5	10	-1	4				8		3	3	-1
2017-18	WC	Finland	8	0	2	2	+7
2017-18	WJC-20	Finland U20	5	0	2	2	+1
2017-18	OG	Finland	5	1	0	1		2
2017-18	EHT	Finland	3	2	0	2
2017-18	Champions HL	HIFK	3	0	1	1
2017-18	Liiga	HIFK	30	11	12	23	+17	8				14	3	6	9	+6	18
2018-19	NHL	Dallas Stars	82	12	21	33	-14	16	182	6.6	23:07	13	2	2	4		2	31	6.4	25:31
2019-20	NHL	Dallas Stars	68	8	27	35	+14	12	163	4.9	23:46	27	6	20	26	+8	2	59	10.2	25:58
2020-21	NHL	Dallas Stars	55	8	19	27	-9	12	121	6.6	24:58
2021-22	WC	Finland	6	1	6	7	+4	2
2021-22	NHL	Dallas Stars	70	5	31	36	+3	24	156	3.2	24:53	7	1	2	3		4	20	5.0	25:35
2022-23	NHL	Dallas Stars	79	11	62	73	+12	32	206	5.3	25:29	19	1	11	12	-6	8	35	2.9	27:48
2023-24	NHL	Dallas Stars	71	9	45	54	+8	36	162	5.6	24:32	19	6	10	16		8	44	13.6	28:11
2024-25	NHL	Dallas Stars	50	5	20	25	+7	10	108	4.6	25:10	8	1	3	4	-4		14	7.1	21:49
2025-26	NHL	Dallas Stars	3	0	2	2	+1		8	0.0	24:37
NHL Career			478	58	227	285	+22	142	1106	5.2	24:30	93	17	48	65	-2	24	203	8.4	26:21