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Oliver Bjorkstrand

#28 · Right wing · New York Rangers

Born Apr 10, 1995 in Herning, DNK (age 31) · 6'0", 176 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 89th overall in 2013 by CBJ (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2026-27. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Eeli Tolvanen NYR · 3 P in 5 GP Will Cuylle NYR · 3 P in 5 GP Adam Lowry WPG · 3 P in 4 GP Anders Lee UTA · 3 P in 4 GP Brock Boeser VAN · 3 P in 4 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.

020402015-16: 8 points815-162016-17: 13 points1316-172017-18: 40 points4017-182018-19: 36 points3618-192019-20: 36 points3619-202020-21: 44 points4420-212021-22: 57 points5721-222022-23: 45 points4522-232023-24: 59 points5923-242024-25: 46 points4624-252025-26: 32 points3225-262026-27: 3 points326-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2015-16 CBJ 12 4 4 8 6 0 25 9 0.67 $656K
2016-17 CBJ 26 6 7 13 4 6 55 14 0.50 $656K
2017-18 CBJ 82 11 29 40 4 9 163 64 0.49 $656K
2018-19 CBJ 77 23 13 36 8 8 161 43 0.47 $2.5M
2019-20 CBJ 49 21 15 36 8 12 162 43 0.73 $2.5M
2020-21 CBJ 56 18 26 44 -15 23 143 42 0.79 $2.5M
2021-22 CBJ 80 28 29 57 -35 16 215 85 0.71 $5.4M
2022-23 SEA 81 20 25 45 -1 16 198 63 0.56 $5.4M
2023-24 SEA 82 20 39 59 -20 12 186 67 0.72 $5.4M
2024-25 SEA 61 16 21 37 -1 14 124 61 0.61 $5.4M
2024-25 TBL 18 5 4 9 3 4 30 13 0.50
2025-26 TBL 80 12 20 32 -14 16 130 85 0.40 $5.4M
2026-27 NYR 5 2 1 3 2 5 8 3 0.60 $4.5M
12 seasons Career 709 186 233 419 -51 141 1600 592 0.59

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2016-17 CBJ 5 0 1 1 -2 0 10 7 0.20
2017-18 CBJ 6 1 2 3 0 0 3 4 0.50
2018-19 CBJ 10 2 3 5 -1 0 26 11 0.50
2019-20 CBJ 10 3 0 3 -5 0 25 7 0.30
2022-23 SEA 14 4 4 8 -5 0 36 23 0.57
2025-26 TBL 4 0 0 0 -3 0 5 8 0.00
6 seasons Playoffs 49 10 10 20 -16 0 105 60 0.41

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
5 2 1 3 2 5 8 3 0.60 25.0 11:25

Contract

$4.5MCap hitends in 2027, then UFA
$1.5MCap dollars per point3 points in 5 games
$534KCap dollars per goal above replacement8.4 goals above replacement, projected
$8.9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$4.4MValueworth less cap hit

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. The season is still being played, so each rating is projected over all of it: what the player has done so far, plus the games left at a rate taken from his last three seasons and this one. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 647 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the New York Rangers on Jul 1, 2026, as a new contract: 1 year and $4.5M, beginning in 2026-27. It runs through 2026-27, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2026-27 $4.5M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 1, 2026 New York Rangers New contract 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $4.5M $4.5M
Jan 6, 2021 Columbus Blue Jackets Extension 2021-22 to 2025-26 5 $27M $5.4M
Jul 15, 2018 Columbus Blue Jackets New contract 2018-19 to 2020-21 3 $7.5M $2.5M
Dec 26, 2013 Columbus Blue Jackets Entry-level 2015-16 to 2017-18 signed for 2013-14, slid 3 $2.8M $656K

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 2026-27 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.

2026-27 analytics

Rating, projected over the full season

2026-27 is still being played, so these are a projection of his whole season, not a count so far: what he has done in 5 games (+1.3 goals above replacement), plus the 77 more he is taken to play, going by how much of his team's games he has played before, at a rate set by his last three seasons and this one. The more he plays, the more this season counts, and by the last game it is simply his season.

+8.4Goals above replacement95th of 647 skaters, 74th of 422 forwards
+1.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+5.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 422 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+0.3 55th percentileEven-strength defence+2.1 87th percentilePower play+1.0 87th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 42nd percentilePenalties+1.7 92nd 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.

0510152015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

54.3Corsi for %51 attempts for, 43 against
+9.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
60.7Expected goals for %2.5 expected for, 1.6 against
+13.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
100.0Goals for %2 for, 0 against
107.7PDO7.7% shooting + 100.0% saves
9Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
J.T. Miller · Oliver Bjorkstrand · Pavel Dorofeyev427:2856.166.61-0
Oliver Bjorkstrand · Jaroslav Chmelar · Cole Beaudoin16:1477.8100.00-0
Oliver Bjorkstrand · Joseph Veleno · Jaroslav Chmelar32:5250.0100.00-0
Mika Zibanejad · Oliver Bjorkstrand · Alexis Lafrenière52:350.00.00-0

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.8Expected goalsfrom 10 unblocked attempts
+1.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.81 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 7.7% chance per attempt1st
Finishing +1.2 goals above expected1stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 0 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Goals 2Expected 0.8

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
Oct 6, 2026 vs NYI W 5-2 2 0 2 1 5 3 1 08:58
Oct 4, 2026 vs UTA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:49
Oct 2, 2026 @ DET W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:22
Oct 1, 2026 vs TBL W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 12:25
Sep 29, 2026 @ BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 14:33