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Oliver Bjorkstrand

Position	Right Wing / Left Wing	Current Team	Tampa Bay Lightning
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	5 years
Height	6'0"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	175	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	31
Age	30 (Apr 10, 1995)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2013, Round 3, Overall 89 (CBJ)

Date	Team	Transaction
Mar 5, 2025	Tampa Bay Lightning	Acquired from Seattle Kraken
Mar 5, 2025	Seattle Kraken	Traded to Tampa Bay Lightning
Jan 6, 2021	Columbus Blue Jackets	Signed 5 years @ $5.400M AAV starting in 2021-22
Jul 15, 2018	Columbus Blue Jackets	Signed 3 years @ $2.500M AAV starting in 2018-19
Dec 26, 2013	Columbus Blue Jackets	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

2025-26 Player Card

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2024-25 Player Card

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2023-24 Player Card

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Notes and Definitions

The numbers represent percentiles so the higher the better.
Percentiles are determined by comparing Forwards to Forwards and Defensemen to Defensemen.
Bursts/mi are calculated from NHL Edge Data are are speed bursts above 20mpg per mile skated. The NHL doesn't adjust for ice time so the players that skate more will naturally have more bursts over 20, or at least more opportunity to have more. The NHL also does not provide ice time in the context of NHL Edge Statistics, however, it does provide distance skated. By adjusting for distance skated it will have a similar effect to adjusting for ice time but also adjust for situationional effect. For example, Players don't typically skate as much on the PK, mostly within the defensive zone, so don't get significant opportunity in that ice time to get speed bursts above 20mph. Adjusting with miles skates would account for this better than adjusting with ice time.
Sh%AE is Shooting Percentage above Expected (Sh% - xSh%) and is an indicator of how good a shooter is at converting chances into goals.
Relative statistics are On Ice - Off Ice statistics and can be an indicator of whether the player makes his teammates better or worse.
All data is 5v5 except Shooting Hardest and Average, Skating Top Speed and Bursts/mi which are all situations, ES Average which is even strength (NHL doesn't give a specific definition).

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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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.
2015-16	CBJ	12	161:05	1.49	1.49	2.98	0.93	0.56	16.00	9.94	6.06	10.00	0.00
2016-17	CBJ	26	310:32	1.16	1.35	2.51	0.99	0.17	13.04	11.16	1.89	7.41	7.41
2017-18	CBJ	82	999:00	0.42	1.20	1.62	0.74	-0.32	5.22	9.20	-3.98	1.04	3.12
2018-19	CBJ	77	832:55	1.22	0.94	2.16	0.90	0.32	12.78	9.40	3.38	6.40	4.07
2019-20	CBJ	49	702:37	1.54	0.77	2.31	0.98	0.56	15.79	10.06	5.73	1.92	3.85
2020-21	CBJ	56	821:07	1.02	1.39	2.41	0.64	0.38	13.86	8.72	5.14	3.50	0.70
2021-22	CBJ	80	1089:47	0.88	0.83	1.71	0.79	0.09	10.60	9.50	1.10	4.15	4.61
2022-23	SEA	81	1031:56	0.81	1.10	1.92	0.95	-0.13	9.09	10.60	-1.50	1.72	4.29
2023-24	SEA	82	1062:39	0.62	1.07	1.69	0.63	-0.01	8.33	8.42	-0.08	3.98	4.98
2024-25	SEA	61	749:34	0.96	1.12	2.08	0.64	0.32	12.90	8.65	4.26	2.34	7.03
2024-25	TBL	18	208:24	0.86	0.29	1.15	0.63	0.24	15.00	10.91	4.09	0.00	17.24
2024-25	SEA, TBL	79	957:58	0.94	0.94	1.88	0.64	0.30	13.27	9.05	4.23	1.91	8.92
2025-26	TBL	22	233:00	0.00	1.03	1.03	0.66	-0.66	0.00	11.65	-11.65	2.56	10.26

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
2015-16	CBJ	12	161:05	40.23	3.35	2.81	42.84	1.49	2.57	69.23	52.21	0.24	0.21	0.11
2016-17	CBJ	26	310:32	41.54	3.28	2.59	34.01	2.32	2.10	58.62	55.26	-0.08	-0.51	4.65
2017-18	CBJ	82	999:00	46.55	2.34	2.66	41.68	2.04	2.47	53.42	51.81	-0.14	-0.11	-0.22
2018-19	CBJ	77	832:55	42.65	2.81	2.57	37.03	2.23	2.33	55.71	52.45	-0.09	-0.14	0.56
2019-20	CBJ	49	702:37	47.65	3.16	2.84	37.66	1.96	1.91	61.67	59.78	0.53	-0.23	7.89
2020-21	CBJ	56	821:07	38.58	2.78	2.13	43.48	3.07	2.47	47.50	46.30	0.01	0.05	-0.44
2021-22	CBJ	80	1089:47	43.33	2.15	2.51	45.15	3.41	2.74	38.61	47.82	0.14	-0.28	3.84
2022-23	SEA	81	1031:56	45.06	2.79	2.54	37.27	2.44	2.43	53.33	51.13	-0.09	0.08	-1.76
2023-24	SEA	82	1062:39	43.93	2.32	2.47	43.08	2.54	2.30	47.67	51.86	0.16	-0.03	2.04
2024-25	SEA	61	749:34	42.58	2.72	2.16	40.74	2.32	2.36	53.97	47.74	0.08	-0.17	2.63
2024-25	TBL	18	208:24	38.29	2.02	2.32	30.23	1.44	1.82	58.33	56.02	-0.00	-0.55	6.49
2024-25	SEA, TBL	79	957:58	41.65	2.57	2.19	38.46	2.13	2.25	54.67	49.41	0.06	-0.25	3.26
2025-26	TBL	22	233:00	35.79	1.80	2.06	35.02	2.32	1.90	43.75	52.09	-0.51	-0.41	-0.59

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 Lines

Season

Season	Teammate	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

Highlight: First Tampa Bay Lightning Goal of the Season – Oliver Bjorkstrand at Raw Charge (Thu Oct 9, 2025)
3 Lightning Standouts From Orlando Game vs Panthers at The Hockey Writers (Wed Oct 1, 2025)
28 Days Until Opening Night At NWA: The History Of Jersey #28 at Yahoo Sports NHL (Mon Sep 15, 2025)
Denmark’s Projected Roster for the 2026 Winter Olympics at The Hockey Writers (Thu Aug 14, 2025)
Lightning Have 4 Key Players on Contract Years in 2025-26 at The Hockey Writers (Sun Jul 27, 2025)
Bjorkstrand and Ehlers give Denmark offensive firepower fans love at Bolts by the Bay (Fri Jun 20, 2025)
The Oliver Bjorkstrand show at Bolts by the Bay (Fri May 30, 2025)
Crunch time in Tampa Bay: trade deadline breakdown at Bolts by the Bay (Mon Mar 31, 2025)
Another blockbuster move for the Kraken at Kraken Chronicle (Wed Mar 5, 2025)

Current Contract

Oliver Bjorkstrand signed a $27,000,000 5-year contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets and General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen on January 6, 2021 with an AAV of $5,400,000. This contract will start in 2021-22 and end after the 2025-26 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 6.63% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	26		$5,400,000	$5,400,000	-	-	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	RFA-arb
2022-23	27	M-NTC	$5,400,000	$5,400,000	-	-	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	UFA
2023-24	28	M-NTC	$5,400,000	$5,400,000	-	-	$5,350,000	$5,350,000	$5,350,000	UFA
2024-25	29	M-NTC	$5,400,000	$5,400,000	-	-	$5,900,000	$5,900,000	$5,900,000	UFA
2025-26	30	M-NTC	$5,400,000	$5,400,000	-	-	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$27,000,000	$27,000,000	$27,000,000

Signed: Jan 6, 2021

Team: Columbus Blue Jackets

GM: Jarmo Kekalainen

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 6.63

Clause: Starting in 2022-23 player has a 10 team no trade list.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Oliver Bjorkstrand signed a $7,500,000 3-year contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets and General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen on July 15, 2018 with an AAV of $2,500,000. This contract will start in 2018-19 and end after the 2020-21 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 3.14% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2018-19	23	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	-	-	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	RFA
2019-20	24	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	-	-	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	RFA-arb
2020-21	25	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	-	-	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	$7,500,000

Signed: July 15, 2018

Team: Columbus Blue Jackets

GM: Jarmo Kekalainen

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 3.14

Oliver Bjorkstrand signed a $2,152,500 3-year contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets and General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen on December 26, 2013 with an AAV of $709,167. This contract will start in 2013-14 and end after the 2017-18 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.10% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2013-14	18	$709,167	$925,000	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2014-15	19	$678,333	$894,167	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2015-16	20	$655,833	$871,667	$282,500	$92,500	$575,000	$667,500	$70,000	ELC
2016-17	21	$655,833	$871,667	$232,500	-	$600,000	$600,000	$70,000	ELC
2017-18	22	$655,833	$871,667	$132,500	-	$700,000	$700,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				$647,500	$277,500	$1,875,000	$2,152,500	$210,000

Signed: Dec 26, 2013

Team: Columbus Blue Jackets

GM: Jarmo Kekalainen

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid two seasons 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
2009-10	Den-U17	Herning U17	10	7	9	16		2
2010-11	Den-U17	Herning U17	19	28	26	54		39
2010-11	Den-Jr.	Herning Jr.	11	13	6	19		2				6	1	7	8
2010-11	Den-2	Herning II										1
2011-12	Den-2	Herning II	5	1	2	3
2011-12	Denmark	Herning	36	13	13	26		10				10	1	2	3		4
2012-13	WHL	Portland	65	31	32	63	+38	10				21	8	11	19	+11	4
2012-13	M-Cup	Portland										5	1	2	3	+1	4
2013-14	WHL	Portland	69	50	59	109	+44	36				21	16	17	33	+17	8
2014-15	WJC-A	Denmark	5	4	1	5	-4	2	25
2014-15	WC-A	Denmark	3	0	0	0	-2	2	10
2014-15	WHL	Portland	59	63	55	118	+60	35				17	13	12	25	+8	10
2015-16	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	12	4	4	8	+6		25	16.0	15:59
2015-16	AHL	Lake Erie	51	17	12	29		10	144	1,180.0		17	10	6	16	+9	2	53	1,890.0
2016-17	AHL	Cleveland Monsters	37	14	12	26	-1	6
2016-17	OGQ	Denmark	3	0	1	1	+1
2016-17	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	26	6	7	13	+4	6	55	10.9	14:05	5		1	1	-2		10	0.0	12:51
2017-18	WC	Denmark	7	1	2	3	-4
2017-18	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	11	29	40	+4	9	163	6.8	14:18	6	1	2	3			3	33.3	11:03
2018-19	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	77	23	13	36	+8	8	161	14.3	12:20	10	2	3	5	-1		26	7.7	15:07
2019-20	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	49	21	15	36	+8	12	162	13.0	17:56	10	3		3	-5		25	12.0	19:34
2020-21	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	56	18	26	44	-15	23	143	12.6	17:37
2021-22	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	80	28	29	57	-35	16	215	13.0	17:57
2021-22	OGQ	Denmark	3	3	2	5	+3	2
2022-23	NHL	Seattle Kraken	81	20	25	45	-1	16	198	10.1	15:37	14	4	4	8	-5		36	11.1	17:34
2023-24	NHL	Seattle Kraken	82	20	39	59	-20	12	186	10.8	16:11
2024-25	NHL	Seattle Kraken	61	16	21	37	-1	14	124	12.9	15:28
2024-25	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	18	5	4	9	+3	4	30	16.7	14:03
2025-26	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	24	2	7	9	-6	2	39	5.1	14:18
NHL Career			648	174	219	393	-45	122	1501	11.6	15:36	45	10	10	20	-13		100	10.0	16:04