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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

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	0.88	0.61	16.00	9.40	6.60	13.33	0.00
2016-17	CBJ	26	310:32	1.16	1.35	2.51	0.97	0.19	13.04	10.96	2.09	7.41	7.41
2017-18	CBJ	82	999:00	0.42	1.20	1.62	0.71	-0.29	5.22	8.87	-3.65	1.04	3.12
2018-19	CBJ	77	832:55	1.22	0.94	2.16	0.89	0.33	12.78	9.34	3.44	6.40	4.07
2019-20	CBJ	49	702:37	1.54	0.77	2.31	0.94	0.60	15.79	9.62	6.17	1.92	3.85
2020-21	CBJ	56	821:07	1.02	1.39	2.41	0.64	0.39	13.86	8.61	5.25	3.50	0.70
2021-22	CBJ	80	1089:47	0.88	0.83	1.71	0.78	0.10	10.60	9.43	1.16	4.15	4.61
2022-23	SEA	81	1031:56	0.81	1.10	1.92	0.90	-0.08	9.09	10.03	-0.94	1.72	4.29
2023-24	SEA	82	1062:39	0.62	1.07	1.69	0.64	-0.02	8.33	8.60	-0.27	3.92	4.90
2024-25	SEA	61	749:34	0.96	1.12	2.08	0.64	0.32	12.90	8.54	4.36	2.33	6.98
2024-25	TBL	18	208:24	0.86	0.29	1.15	0.63	0.24	15.00	10.88	4.12	0.00	17.24
2024-25	SEA, TBL	79	957:58	0.94	0.94	1.88	0.63	0.31	13.27	8.96	4.32	1.90	8.86
2025-26	TBL	4	43:47	0.00	2.74	2.74	0.56	-0.56	0.00	10.24	-10.24	16.67	16.67

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	2.74	42.83	1.49	2.54	69.23	51.85	0.19	0.11	0.71
2016-17	CBJ	26	310:32	41.54	3.28	2.62	34.01	2.32	2.17	58.62	54.75	-0.07	-0.42	3.72
2017-18	CBJ	82	999:00	46.55	2.34	2.63	41.68	2.04	2.45	53.42	51.73	-0.14	-0.10	-0.35
2018-19	CBJ	77	832:55	42.65	2.81	2.52	37.03	2.23	2.32	55.71	52.09	-0.12	-0.14	0.23
2019-20	CBJ	49	702:37	47.65	3.16	2.80	37.66	1.96	1.93	61.67	59.12	0.48	-0.16	6.61
2020-21	CBJ	56	821:07	38.58	2.78	2.11	43.48	3.07	2.48	47.50	45.96	-0.04	0.08	-1.26
2021-22	CBJ	80	1089:47	43.33	2.15	2.50	45.15	3.41	2.72	38.61	47.85	0.13	-0.28	3.74
2022-23	SEA	81	1031:56	45.06	2.79	2.48	37.27	2.44	2.37	53.33	51.08	-0.11	0.05	-1.63
2023-24	SEA	82	1062:39	44.32	2.31	2.49	43.42	2.54	2.29	47.67	52.07	0.18	-0.07	2.59
2024-25	SEA	61	749:34	43.14	2.72	2.17	41.54	2.32	2.43	53.97	47.13	0.02	-0.14	1.64
2024-25	TBL	18	208:24	38.29	2.02	2.29	30.52	1.44	1.77	58.33	56.50	-0.03	-0.63	7.32
2024-25	SEA, TBL	79	957:58	42.09	2.57	2.20	39.15	2.13	2.29	54.67	48.98	0.01	-0.25	2.63
2025-26	TBL	4	43:47	41.11	4.11	2.27	47.96	1.37	2.29	75.00	49.78	0.13	0.06	0.83

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

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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

Fantasy Hockey Waiver Wire: Brent Burns, Cam Talbot lead players to add at Yahoo Sports NHL (Fri Oct 17, 2025)
The subtle art of wall play in the NHL at Sound of Hockey (Thu Oct 16, 2025)
Fantasy hockey lineup tips: How to get a piece of the best scoring NHL lines at ESPN (Tue Oct 14, 2025)
Lightning look to win back-to-back as they take on the Caps at Raw Charge (Tue Oct 14, 2025)
Lightning strikes as Bruins’ undefeated streak gets electrocuted at Bolts by the Bay (Tue Oct 14, 2025)
Lightning score early, defend late to pick up 4-3 victory over the Bruins at Raw Charge (Mon Oct 13, 2025)
New Jersey Devils Goal Breakdown: Connor Brown Redirects Arseny Gritsyuk’s Feed — Devils Place Dadonov on IR, Recall Halonen at All About the Jersey (Mon Oct 13, 2025)
Devils Try For Season’s First Win in Tampa at Devils Army (Sat Oct 11, 2025)
After shanking the first game into the water, Lightning look for first win against Devils at Raw Charge (Sat Oct 11, 2025)
Lightning drop “disappointing” opener to Senators, 5-3 at Raw Charge (Fri Oct 10, 2025)
Highlight: First Tampa Bay Lightning Goal of the Season – Oliver Bjorkstrand at Raw Charge (Fri Oct 10, 2025)
41 reasons to catch a Kraken home game at Sound of Hockey (Thu Oct 9, 2025)
Your 2025-26 Tampa Bay Lightning Roster at Raw Charge (Tue Oct 7, 2025)
3 Lightning Standouts From Orlando Game vs Panthers at The Hockey Writers (Wed Oct 1, 2025)
Lightning strikes in electric 6-5 defeat of the Hurricanes at Bolts by the Bay (Sat Sep 27, 2025)
Lightning Morning News: Bolts make it two in a row at Raw Charge (Wed Sep 24, 2025)
The Lightning Bolt to 2-0 with shootout victory! at Bolts by the Bay (Wed Sep 24, 2025)
Forecasting the Kraken’s 2025–26 Goal Scoring at Sound of Hockey (Tue Sep 23, 2025)
Lightning Morning News: It’s game day for Tampa Bay at Raw Charge (Mon Sep 22, 2025)
A look at the Lightning lines at the beginning of training camp at Raw Charge (Sun Sep 21, 2025)
The Lightning and the very good-but-not-so-great-when-it-mattered power play at Raw Charge (Thu Sep 18, 2025)
Lightning’s Nick Paul Undergoes Surgery, Will Miss Start of Season at The Hockey Writers (Wed Sep 17, 2025)
28 Days Until Opening Night At NWA: The History Of Jersey #28 at Yahoo Sports NHL (Mon Sep 15, 2025)
Tampa Bay is still a problem the Red Wings can’t afford to underestimate at Octopus Thrower (Thu Sep 11, 2025)
Montreal Canadiens’ 2013 Draft Class Revisited at The Hockey Writers (Sat Sep 6, 2025)
Wednesday Caterwaul: Florida Panthers Open Forum at Litter Box Cats (Wed Aug 27, 2025)
Where Do the Ottawa Senators' Forwards Rank in the Atlantic Division? at Silver Seven Sens (Wed Aug 27, 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	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.

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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

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	4	1	2	3	+1		5	20.0	14:00
NHL Career			628	173	214	387	-38	120	1467	11.8	15:39	45	10	10	20	-13		100	10.0	16:04