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Oscar Lindberg

#24 · Left wing · Ottawa Senators

Born Oct 29, 1991 in Skelleftea, SWE · 6'1", 202 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 57th overall in 2010 by PHX (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Travis Boyd WSH · 20 P in 53 GP Zachary Sanford STL · 20 P in 60 GP Carter Rowney ANA · 20 P in 62 GP Adam Erne TBL · 20 P in 65 GP Jesper Fast NYR · 20 P in 66 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.

010202014-15: 0 points014-152015-16: 28 points2815-162016-17: 20 points2016-172017-18: 11 points1117-182018-19: 20 points2018-19

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2014-15 NYR 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.00
2015-16 NYR 68 13 15 28 12 43 114 132 0.41 $650K
2016-17 NYR 65 8 12 20 2 32 86 94 0.31 $650K
2017-18 VGK 63 9 2 11 -11 14 81 72 0.17 $1.7M
2018-19 VGK 35 4 8 12 3 24 66 65 0.34 $1.7M
2018-19 OTT 20 5 3 8 1 4 25 39 0.40
5 seasons Career 252 39 40 79 7 117 374 405 0.31

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2015-16 NYR 2 0 0 0 -1 2 5 6 0.00
2016-17 NYR 12 3 1 4 3 2 17 40 0.33
2017-18 VGK 3 0 1 1 1 2 5 9 0.33
3 seasons Playoffs 17 3 2 5 3 6 27 55 0.29

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
55 9 11 20 4 28 91 104 0.36 9.9 12:28

Contract

$1.7MCap hit2018-19
$85KCap dollars per point20 points in 55 games
$688KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.5 goals above replacement
$2.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$620KValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 696 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2017-18 to 2018-19 $1.7M
2015-16 to 2016-17 $650K

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 2018-19 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.

2018-19 analytics

Rating

+2.5Goals above replacement348th of 699 skaters, 247th of 455 forwards
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 455 ranked forwards: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence+0.7 62nd percentileEven-strength defence+1.6 76th percentilePower play-0.2 32nd percentilePenalty kill+0.1 75th percentilePenalties-1.6 4th percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

00.511.522.52014-152015-162016-172017-182018-19Goals 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

52.7Corsi for %615 attempts for, 553 against
+2.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.3Expected goals for %25.5 expected for, 25.1 against
+0.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
54.2Goals for %32 for, 27 against
101.0PDO9.9% shooting + 91.1% saves
150Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 591 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Cody Eakin · Oscar Lindberg · Ryan CarpenterVGK1398:2758.750.13-3
Oscar Lindberg · Ryan Carpenter · Tomas NosekVGK962:2260.863.03-5
Magnus Paajarvi · Oscar Lindberg · Brian GibbonsOTT1051:1253.155.14-1
Zack Smith · Magnus Paajarvi · Oscar LindbergOTT1137:1339.236.41-0

The lines 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 lines 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. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

9Goalsnot counting empty-netters
8.7Expected goalsfrom 125 unblocked attempts
+0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.76 expected goals per 60 minutes52nd
Shot quality 7.0% chance per attempt21st
Finishing +0.3 goals above expected59thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 426 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Game 40Goals 9Expected 8.7

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 6, 2019 vs CBJ L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:07
Apr 4, 2019 @ BUF L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:27
Apr 3, 2019 @ NYR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 14:39
Apr 1, 2019 vs TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:29
Mar 30, 2019 vs TOR W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 12:30
Mar 28, 2019 vs FLA L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 11:43
Mar 26, 2019 vs BUF W 4-0 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 13:36
Mar 23, 2019 @ EDM W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 5 3 13:52
Mar 21, 2019 @ CGY L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 14:53
Mar 20, 2019 @ VAN L 4-7 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 17:37
Mar 16, 2019 vs TOR W 6-2 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 16:47
Mar 14, 2019 vs STL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:30
Mar 11, 2019 @ PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 10:23
Mar 9, 2019 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:43
Mar 7, 2019 vs NYI L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 12:09
Mar 5, 2019 @ NYI L 4-5 (SO) 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 10:25
Mar 3, 2019 @ FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 11:08
Mar 2, 2019 @ TBL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:15
Feb 28, 2019 vs EDM L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 09:30
Feb 26, 2019 @ WSH L 2-7 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 14:33
Feb 22, 2019 vs WPG L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 11:52
Feb 20, 2019 vs BOS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 15:47
Feb 18, 2019 @ COL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:52
Feb 16, 2019 vs NSH W 5-1 1 1 2 3 0 5 4 12:58
Feb 14, 2019 vs TOR L 3-6 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 12:11
Feb 12, 2019 vs ARI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 13:00
Feb 7, 2019 @ DET W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 14:52
Jan 23, 2019 vs NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 10:13
Jan 21, 2019 vs MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 11:00
Jan 19, 2019 vs PIT W 7-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 12:00
Jan 15, 2019 @ WPG L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 14:39
Jan 12, 2019 @ CHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 13:37
Jan 10, 2019 vs SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 09:51
Jan 8, 2019 vs NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:48
Jan 6, 2019 vs NJD W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:49
Dec 30, 2018 @ ARI W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 11:07
Dec 27, 2018 vs COL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 12:52
Dec 23, 2018 vs LAK L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 12:14
Dec 20, 2018 vs NYI W 4-2 0 0 0 1 4 3 1 11:17
Dec 17, 2018 @ CBJ L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 14:09
Dec 16, 2018 @ NYR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 13:20
Dec 14, 2018 @ NJD L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 14:07
Dec 12, 2018 @ NYI W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 12:55
Dec 9, 2018 vs DAL W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 08:27
Dec 8, 2018 @ LAK L 1-5 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 12:29
Dec 6, 2018 vs CHI W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:58
Dec 4, 2018 vs WSH W 5-3 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 13:49
Nov 19, 2018 @ CGY L 2-7 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 09:46
Nov 18, 2018 @ EDM W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 10:45
Oct 28, 2018 vs OTT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 09:44
Oct 26, 2018 vs TBL L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 16:35
Oct 10, 2018 @ WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12:51
Oct 8, 2018 @ BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 13:22
Oct 6, 2018 @ MIN W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 08:16
Oct 4, 2018 vs PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 10:17