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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 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Noel Acciari BOS · 11 P in 60 GP Torrey Mitchell LAK · 11 P in 60 GP Gabriel Bourque COL · 11 P in 58 GP Byron Froese MTL · 11 P in 48 GP David Kampf CHI · 11 P in 46 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

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
63 9 2 11 -11 14 81 72 0.17 11.1 11:47

Contract

$1.7MCap hit2017-18
$155KCap dollars per point11 points in 63 games
$754KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.3 goals above replacement
$2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$349KValueworth 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 691 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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+2.3Goals above replacement352nd of 691 skaters, 239th of 451 forwards
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 451 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-2.7 12th percentileEven-strength defence+2.8 92nd percentilePower play-0.1 43rd percentilePenalty kill+0.1 77th percentilePenalties+0.1 42nd 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

50.2Corsi for %628 attempts for, 622 against
-0.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.9Expected goals for %24.0 expected for, 21.4 against
+3.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
39.5Goals for %17 for, 26 against
97.0PDO5.2% shooting + 91.8% saves
134Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 600 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 lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Cody Eakin · Oscar Lindberg · Alex Tuch18113:0953.361.31-3
Oscar Lindberg · Pierre-Edouard Bellemare · Tomas Nosek1796:1654.064.82-3
Oscar Lindberg · William Carrier · Pierre-Edouard Bellemare749:3866.371.01-0
Reilly Smith · Oscar Lindberg · Jonathan Marchessault648:1351.344.71-1

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.

8Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.5Expected goalsfrom 114 unblocked attempts
+1.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.53 expected goals per 60 minutes14th
Shot quality 5.7% chance per attempt6th
Finishing +1.5 goals above expected68thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 423 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 8Expected 6.5

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. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 7, 2018 @ CGY L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 12:35
Apr 5, 2018 @ EDM L 3-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 11:03
Apr 3, 2018 @ VAN W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 10:21
Mar 31, 2018 vs SJS W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 10:08
Mar 30, 2018 vs STL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:01
Mar 28, 2018 vs ARI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 09:52
Feb 26, 2018 @ LAK L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01:25
Feb 23, 2018 vs VAN W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:13
Feb 21, 2018 vs CGY W 7-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 05:05
Feb 19, 2018 vs ANA L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:24
Feb 15, 2018 vs EDM W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 10:01
Feb 13, 2018 vs CHI W 5-2 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 15:49
Feb 11, 2018 vs PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 14:10
Feb 8, 2018 @ SJS W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 10:13
Feb 6, 2018 @ PIT L 4-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 09:50
Feb 4, 2018 @ WSH W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:22
Feb 2, 2018 @ MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:33
Feb 1, 2018 @ WPG W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:13
Jan 30, 2018 @ CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:06
Jan 25, 2018 vs NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:31
Jan 23, 2018 vs CBJ W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 07:04
Jan 21, 2018 @ CAR W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 13:43
Jan 19, 2018 @ FLA L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:21
Jan 18, 2018 @ TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:16
Jan 16, 2018 @ NSH L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:59
Jan 4, 2018 @ STL L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 08:36
Jan 2, 2018 vs NSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 11:36
Dec 31, 2017 vs TOR W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 11:29
Dec 28, 2017 @ LAK W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 09:16
Dec 27, 2017 @ ANA W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 11:23
Dec 23, 2017 vs WSH W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 12:14
Dec 19, 2017 vs TBL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 09:53
Dec 17, 2017 vs FLA W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:08
Dec 14, 2017 vs PIT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:52
Dec 12, 2017 vs CAR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:40
Dec 9, 2017 @ DAL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:20
Dec 8, 2017 @ NSH W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:14
Dec 5, 2017 vs ANA W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 4 2 1 14:42
Dec 3, 2017 vs ARI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:38
Dec 1, 2017 @ WPG L 4-7 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 11:34
Nov 30, 2017 @ MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 12:23
Nov 28, 2017 vs DAL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:44
Nov 25, 2017 @ ARI W 4-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 12:40
Nov 24, 2017 vs SJS W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:21
Nov 22, 2017 @ ANA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 10:48
Nov 16, 2017 @ VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:55
Nov 14, 2017 @ EDM L 2-8 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:11
Nov 10, 2017 vs WPG W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:14
Nov 7, 2017 @ MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 13:45
Nov 6, 2017 @ TOR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 16:08
Nov 4, 2017 @ OTT W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:08
Nov 2, 2017 @ BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 12:58
Oct 31, 2017 @ NYR L 4-6 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 13:47
Oct 30, 2017 @ NYI L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:39
Oct 27, 2017 vs COL W 7-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 13:48
Oct 24, 2017 vs CHI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:35
Oct 21, 2017 vs STL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:23
Oct 17, 2017 vs BUF W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 13:33
Oct 15, 2017 vs BOS W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 11:57
Oct 13, 2017 vs DET L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:35
Oct 10, 2017 vs ARI W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 15:30
Oct 7, 2017 @ ARI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:02
Oct 6, 2017 @ DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12:55