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Oliver Bjorkstrand has 20 points (6 goals, 14 assists) in 42 games for the Tampa Bay Lightning this season.

Selected in the 3rd round (No. 89) of the 2013 NHL Draft by the Columbus Blue Jackets, he has 404 points (178 goals, 226 assists) in 666 regular-season games for the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Seattle Kraken and the Tampa Bay Lightning.

He also has 20 points (10 goals, 10 assists) in 45 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagDEN
    Age: 30.8 yrs (10.04.1995)
    Height / Weight: 183 cm / 79 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: 89th in 2013
    Draft Team: Team logoColumbus Blue Jackets
    Awards: -
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The 30-year-old is an elite play-driver for his team, with the Lightning controlling 69% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Oliver Bjorkstrand is off the ice, the Lightning control 51% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly better when he plays.

He is being deployed in an offense-leaning role, starting 48% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 17% in the defensive zone.

  • 80

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 65th of 253 Wings
    Defense:Def: 5th of 253 Wings
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    42.00
    182
    PlayDriving
    0.18
    -0.140.14
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.69
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    14.13
    1222
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.61
    0.21.5
    PrimaryAssists/60
    1.11
    0.11.5
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.30
    0.11.2
    xGoals/60
    0.88
    0.491.34
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    4.03
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3.74
    1.45.5
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.61
    0.271.56
    OZoneStartPct
    0.48
    0.150.4
    PP_xGoals/60
    1.48
    0.52.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    1.82
    2.54
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.22
    2.54
    Penalties/60
    0.40
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1.82
    13
    Takeaways/60
    0.81
    0.52
    Giveaways/60
    2.32
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.17
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    0.00
    512
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $5.400M
Player Contract Value: $7.900M
Remaining: 1 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2026 UFA
Age at the end: 32.2 yrs (10.04.1995)
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Oliver Bjorkstrand
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
28.12.2025 Team Logo Canadiens 1 0 2 2 2 13:26 1 0.0% 0
31.12.2025 Team Logo Ducks 1 0 0 0 -1 11:34 1 0.0% 0
01.01.2026 Team Logo Kings 1 0 0 0 -1 10:20 2 0.0% 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Sharks 1 0 2 2 1 14:28 3 0.0% 0
06.01.2026 Team Logo Avalanche 1 0 0 0 -2 13:43 2 0.0% 0
Total 5 0 4 4 -1 9 0.0% 0
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2015-16 Team Logo Blue Jackets 12 4 4 8 6 15:58 25 16.0% 0
2016-17 Team Logo Blue Jackets 26 6 7 13 4 14:04 55 10.9% 6
2017-18 Team Logo Blue Jackets 82 11 29 40 4 14:18 163 6.7% 9
2018-19 Team Logo Blue Jackets 77 23 13 36 8 12:19 161 14.3% 8
2019-20 Team Logo Blue Jackets 49 21 15 36 8 17:55 162 13.0% 12
2020-21 Team Logo Blue Jackets 56 18 26 44 -15 17:37 143 12.6% 23
2021-22 Team Logo Blue Jackets 80 28 29 57 -35 17:56 215 13.0% 16
2022-23 Team Logo Kraken 81 20 25 45 -1 15:37 198 10.1% 16
2023-24 Team Logo Kraken 82 20 39 59 -20 16:10 186 10.8% 12
2024-25 Team Logo Kraken 61 16 21 37 -1 15:28 124 12.9% 14
2024-25 Team Logo Lightning 18 5 4 9 3 14:03 30 16.7% 4
2025-26 Team Logo Lightning 42 6 14 20 -7 14:07 68 8.8% 8
Season Projection 82 12 27 39 -14 14:07 133 9.0% 16
Total 666 178 226 404 -46 1530 11.6% 128
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2016-17 Team Logo Blue Jackets 5 0 1 1 -2 12:50 10 0.0% 0
2017-18 Team Logo Blue Jackets 6 1 2 3 0 11:03 3 33.3% 0
2018-19 Team Logo Blue Jackets 10 2 3 5 -1 15:07 26 7.7% 0
2019-20 Team Logo Blue Jackets 10 3 0 3 -5 19:34 25 12.0% 0
2022-23 Team Logo Kraken 14 4 4 8 -5 17:34 36 11.1% 0
Total 45 10 10 20 -13 100 10.0% 0
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Oliver Bjorkstrand Team Logo RW 30.8 yrs 183 cm / 79 kg 0.48 0.61 75 89 $5.400M
89% Victor Olofsson Team Logo LW 30.5 yrs 180 cm / 81 kg 0.44 0.56 75 86 $1.575M
83% Jonathan Drouin Team Logo LW 30.8 yrs 180 cm / 85 kg 0.50 0.61 71 86 $4.000M
83% William Karlsson Team Logo C 33 yrs 183 cm / 86 kg 0.50 0.60 69 88 $3.817M
82% Thomas Novak Team Logo C 28.7 yrs 185 cm / 86 kg 0.50 0.56 72 81 $3.500M
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