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Oskar Lindblom

#23 · Left wing · San Jose Sharks

Born Aug 15, 1996 in Gavle, SWE · 6'1", 191 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 138th overall in 2014 by PHI (round 5)

Trophy case

Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy Perseverance, Sportsmanship and Dedication 2020-21

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brendan Lemieux NYR · 18 P in 59 GP Cedric Paquette TBL · 18 P in 61 GP Johan Larsson BUF · 18 P in 62 GP Marcus Sorensen SJS · 18 P in 66 GP Josh Leivo VAN · 19 P in 36 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.

01020302017-18: 6 points617-182018-19: 33 points3318-192019-20: 18 points1819-202020-21: 14 points1420-212021-22: 26 points2621-222022-23: 15 points1522-232023-24: 0 points023-24

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2017-18 PHI 23 2 4 6 4 8 36 27 0.26 $925K
2018-19 PHI 81 17 16 33 -9 20 162 68 0.41 $925K
2019-20 PHI 30 11 7 18 4 4 72 31 0.60 $925K
2020-21 PHI 50 8 6 14 -9 9 58 43 0.28 $3M
2021-22 PHI 79 12 14 26 -11 22 127 83 0.33 $3M
2022-23 SJS 73 6 9 15 -16 18 75 64 0.21 $2.5M
2023-24 SJS 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0.00
7 seasons Career 337 56 56 112 -38 81 530 317 0.33

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2017-18 PHI 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 0.00
2019-20 PHI 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 0.00
2 seasons Playoffs 6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 12 0.00

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
30 11 7 18 4 4 72 31 0.60 15.3 17:37

Contract

$925KCap hitends in 2020, then RFA
$51KCap dollars per point18 points in 30 games
$194KCap dollars per goal above replacement4.8 goals above replacement
$4.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$3.7MValueworth 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 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2019-20, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2019-20 $925K

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
2022-23 to 2022-23 $2.5M
2020-21 to 2021-22 $3M
2018-19 to 2019-20 $925K
2017-18 to 2017-18 $925K

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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+4.8Goals above replacement185th of 670 skaters, 136th of 439 forwards
+0.8Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+3.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 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+2.5 79th percentileEven-strength defence+0.1 48th percentilePower play0.0 53rd percentilePenalty kill+0.0 59th percentilePenalties+0.7 69th 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-505102017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-24Goals 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

54.1Corsi for %384 attempts for, 326 against
+3.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.5Expected goals for %18.0 expected for, 15.7 against
+4.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
52.5Goals for %21 for, 19 against
99.1PDO9.7% shooting + 89.4% saves
96Attempts 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
Sean Couturier · Oskar Lindblom · Travis Konecny23177:1758.454.59-10
Jakub Voracek · Sean Couturier · Oskar Lindblom12109:0152.860.26-1
Sean Couturier · Oskar Lindblom · Joel Farabee423:2848.149.92-1
Jakub Voracek · Kevin Hayes · Oskar Lindblom518:0253.637.21-2

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.

11Goalsnot counting empty-netters
7.9Expected goalsfrom 96 unblocked attempts
+3.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.89 expected goals per 60 minutes71st
Shot quality 8.2% chance per attempt57th
Finishing +3.1 goals above expected82ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Goals 11Expected 7.9

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
Dec 7, 2019 vs OTT W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:38
Dec 5, 2019 vs ARI L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 20:11
Dec 3, 2019 vs TOR W 6-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:49
Nov 30, 2019 @ MTL W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 17:34
Nov 29, 2019 vs DET W 6-1 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 17:52
Nov 27, 2019 @ CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17:46
Nov 25, 2019 vs VAN W 2-1 0 0 0 2 2 3 2 18:27
Nov 23, 2019 vs CGY L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 20:26
Nov 21, 2019 @ CAR W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:23
Nov 19, 2019 @ FLA L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 17:55
Nov 16, 2019 vs NYI L 3-4 (SO) 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 19:17
Nov 15, 2019 @ OTT L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 17:10
Nov 13, 2019 vs WSH L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18:41
Nov 10, 2019 @ BOS W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 18:29
Nov 9, 2019 @ TOR W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 17:00
Nov 7, 2019 vs MTL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 18:55
Nov 5, 2019 vs CAR W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 16:02
Nov 2, 2019 vs TOR L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 20:12
Nov 1, 2019 @ NJD W 4-3 (SO) 1 1 2 2 0 3 2 13:55
Oct 29, 2019 @ PIT L 1-7 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 16:05
Oct 27, 2019 @ NYI L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 16:48
Oct 26, 2019 vs CBJ W 7-4 0 0 0 -3 0 2 2 16:17
Oct 24, 2019 @ CHI W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 15:56
Oct 21, 2019 vs VGK W 6-2 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 18:20
Oct 19, 2019 vs DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 16:49
Oct 16, 2019 @ EDM L 3-6 1 0 1 -2 0 1 2 15:55
Oct 15, 2019 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:41
Oct 12, 2019 @ VAN L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 3 2 17:11
Oct 9, 2019 vs NJD W 4-0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 18:58
Oct 4, 2019 vs CHI W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 16:33