RW · NYR · NHL id 8477416
Oliver Bjorkstrand has played 2 games for the New York Rangers in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 1 assist (1 points) on 5 shots while averaging 13:29 a night (13:03 at even strength, 0:26 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 86% of his 5v5 minutes with Pavel Dorofeyev and 83% with J.T. Miller over the last 2 games, and the Rangers have controlled 56% of shot attempts with Bjorkstrand on the ice (1-0 in goals, 60% offensive-zone starts). In the Rangers' most recent game against TBL he was on L1 with J.T. Miller and Pavel Dorofeyev and on PP2; added to PP2 in the last game. He is shooting 0.0% this season against 11.4% across the 702 games in our data.
Right now
From the Oct 1 game vs TBL, detected from shift data
- On-ice xGF/60 3.63 (was 2.15)
- 83% of 5v5 TOI with Miller (was 0%)
- Top-six in 2 of last 2 (was 5 of 20)
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 2 games, 13:29 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 2 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.
Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.
Shot map
2026-27 · 6 attempts, 5 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at NYR: 6 attempts, 5 on goal, 0 goals, 0.46 expected goals; best chance Oliver Bjorkstrand at 0.15 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 80 GP · 32 points vs 41.6 expected
Last 20 games: -46. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 9.2%
- 98.4
- 50.8%
- G vs xG
- 12 / 18.6
- • Role rose over the last 10 games (6 promotion events): some of the heat may be real.
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.
- 2026-27 so far: 2 GP, 0 G, 1 A, 0 PPP, 5 SOG.
Fantasy box score
- Games played80
- Goals12256th of 715
- Assists20266th of 715
- Points32266th of 715
- Power-play points14125th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal130210th of 715
- Hits85226th of 715
- Blocked shots39350th of 715
- Plus/minus−14622nd of 715
- Penalty minutes16507th of 715
- Faceoffs won7329th of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)50.5%262nd of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)49.3%370th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)50.5%297th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)50.0%314th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)47.9%468th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)51.2%245th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.51503rd of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.034306th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.26419th of 719
- Faceoff win %43.8%
- Draw Equity /100−0.117
Usage
- Ice time per game13:38511th of 715
- Power-play time per game3:0295th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %59.4%161st of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60+0.4761st of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO984500th of 719
- Goals above expected−6.6696th of 715
- Luck Meter−72811th of 828
- Ascension score6043rd of 428
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed22.0484th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts82250th of 715
- Hardest shot85.6481st of 715
- Offensive-zone time44.3%128th of 715
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2025-26 regular season · 78 of 80 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.028
- Season net
- −0.39xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.51
- Attempts
- 7
- 0.021
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Dropped off PP1Mar 12, 2026 alerts →
- Played 7:18 more than his 5-game averageDec 18, 2025 alerts →
- Moved down to L4 from L3Dec 8, 2025 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1 to PP2Nov 2, 2025 alerts →
- Moved up to L2 from L3Apr 11, 2025 alerts →
- Moved up to PP1 from PP2Apr 9, 2025 alerts →
- Played 6:41 more than his 5-game averageApr 9, 2025 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1 to PP2Dec 22, 2024 alerts →
How his goals happened
40 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2026 vs NYR | Rebound | carry | 0 | 11.0 | rebound | |
| Mar 7, 2026 @ TOR | Cycle | — | 5* | 58.6 | one-timer | |
| Feb 5, 2026 vs FLA | Rush | carry | 0 | 22.1 | — | |
| Feb 3, 2026 vs BUF | Rebound | carry | 0 | 12.6 | 5-on-4, rebound | |
| Feb 1, 2026 vs BOS | Rebound | — | 3* | 26.3 | rebound | |
| Jan 16, 2026 @ STL | Cycle | — | 5* | 64.1 | — | |
| Dec 22, 2025 vs STL | Cycle | — | 6* | 35.4 | one-timer | |
| Dec 18, 2025 vs LAK | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 16.4 | 3-on-2 | |
| Dec 11, 2025 @ NJD | Forecheck turnover | carry | 0 | 27.2 | — | |
| Dec 11, 2025 @ NJD | Cycle | — | 5* | 47.9 | one-timer | |
| Nov 22, 2025 @ WSH | Rebound | — | 0 | 54.9 | rebound | |
| Oct 9, 2025 vs OTT | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 34.5 | one-timer | |
| Apr 9, 2025 vs TOR | Forecheck turnover | — | 2 | 65.7 | one-timer | |
| Apr 1, 2025 @ NYI | Deflection | — | 2 | 30.3 | deflection | |
| Mar 27, 2025 vs UTA | Deflection | carry | 1 | 63.1 | deflection | |
| Mar 27, 2025 vs UTA | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 52.2 | one-timer | |
| Mar 6, 2025 vs BUF | Rebound | — | 0 | 15.5 | rebound | |
| Mar 1, 2025 vs VAN | Deflection | — | 2* | 49.6 | deflection | |
| Jan 30, 2025 vs SJS | Rush | pass | 5 | 23.5 | — | |
| Jan 25, 2025 vs PIT | Odd-man rush | carry | 1 | 60.8 | 2-on-1, one-timer | |
| Jan 12, 2025 @ DET | Odd-man rush | carry | 2* | 67.6 | 3-on-2 | |
| Jan 11, 2025 @ BUF | Rebound | carry | 0 | 3.1 | rebound | |
| Dec 12, 2024 vs BOS | Cycle | — | 1 | 20.2 | — | |
| Dec 12, 2024 vs BOS | Deflection | — | 2 | 34.3 | deflection | |
| Dec 8, 2024 @ NYR | Deflection | — | 2 | 26.5 | deflection | |
| Dec 8, 2024 @ NYR | Rebound | — | 0 | 30.9 | one-timer, rebound | |
| Dec 5, 2024 @ NYI | Deflection | — | 5* | 36.1 | deflection | |
| Nov 29, 2024 @ SJS | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 41.9 | — | |
| Nov 27, 2024 vs ANA | Rush | loose | 1* | 59.9 | one-timer | |
| Nov 8, 2024 vs VGK | Deflection | carry | 0 | 13.7 | rebound | |
| Oct 29, 2024 @ MTL | Rebound | pass | 0 | 63.7 | one-timer, rebound | |
| Oct 17, 2024 vs PHI | Odd-man rush | loose | 0 | 40.6 | 1-on-0 | |
| Oct 15, 2024 @ NSH | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 38.7 | 2-on-1 | |
| Apr 1, 2024 @ SJS | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 55.6 | — | |
| Mar 26, 2024 vs ANA | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 54.7 | 4-on-3 | |
| Mar 14, 2024 vs WSH | Forecheck turnover | carry | 0 | 55.4 | 5-on-4 | |
| Mar 12, 2024 vs VGK | Rush | carry | 0 | 44.0 | — | |
| Mar 4, 2024 @ CGY | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 52.1 | one-timer | |
| Feb 29, 2024 vs PIT | Forecheck turnover | — | 4 | 11.0 | — | |
| Feb 26, 2024 vs BOS | Deflection | carry | 0 | 37.3 | deflection |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2026-27 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Bjorkstrand
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Bjorkstrand apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pavel Dorofeyev | LW | 2 | 22:28 | 86% | 56.3% | 100% (1-0) | 50.0% 3:38 | 0.0% 2:25 |
| J.T. Miller | C | 2 | 21:35 | 83% | 58.7% | 100% (1-0) | 33.3% 4:31 | 66.7% 3:07 |
| Adam Fox | D | 2 | 13:17 | 51% | 68.2% | — (0-0) | 46.7% 12:49 | 50.0% 17:53 |
| Vladislav Gavrikov | D | 2 | 12:46 | 49% | 63.0% | — (0-0) | 48.0% 13:20 | 51.4% 20:40 |
| Marcus Pettersson | D | 2 | 7:27 | 29% | 42.9% | — (0-0) | 60.5% 18:39 | 43.8% 27:11 |
| Sean Durzi | D | 2 | 6:55 | 27% | 40.0% | — (0-0) | 62.2% 19:11 | 51.1% 25:44 |
| Alberts Smits | D | 2 | 6:37 | 25% | 53.8% | 100% (1-0) | 56.4% 19:29 | 32.6% 24:26 |
| Braden Schneider | D | 2 | 5:10 | 20% | 53.8% | 100% (1-0) | 56.4% 20:56 | 31.7% 23:29 |
| Mika Zibanejad | C | 1 | 1:14 | 5% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 47.6% 10:19 | 56.0% 11:17 |
| Joseph Veleno | C | 1 | 1:10 | 4% | 100.0% | — (0-0) | 42.9% 10:23 | 36.4% 6:16 |
| Alexis Lafrenière | LW | 1 | 1:00 | 4% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 47.6% 10:33 | 60.9% 10:43 |
Game log
2 games in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | vs TBL | W 5-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 12:25 | 11:33 | 0:52 | — |
| Sep 29 | @ BOS | L 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14:33 | 14:33 | — | — |
Season splits by strength
2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 2 | 26:58 | 13:29 | 30 | 23 | 56.6% | 59.0% | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1.6 | 1.1 | 60% |
| Even strength | 2 | 26:06 | 13:03 | 29 | 23 | 55.8% | 57.9% | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1.6 | 1.1 | 60% |
| 5v5 | 2 | 26:06 | 13:03 | 29 | 23 | 55.8% | 57.9% | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1.6 | 1.1 | 60% |
| Power play | 1 | 0:52 | 0:52 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0.0 | — |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | NYR | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 5 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 13:29 |
| 2025-26Playoffs | TBL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 5 | 0.0% | 8 | 5 | 11:55 |
| 2025-26 | TBL | 80 | 12 | 20 | 32 | -14 | 16 | 130 | 9.2% | 85 | 39 | 13:38 |
| 2024-25 | TBL, SEA | 79 | 21 | 25 | 46 | +2 | 18 | 154 | 13.6% | 74 | 26 | 15:09 |
| 2023-24 | SEA | 82 | 20 | 39 | 59 | -20 | 12 | 186 | 10.8% | 67 | 29 | 16:11 |
| 2022-23Playoffs | SEA | 14 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 0 | 36 | 11.1% | 23 | 6 | 17:34 |
| 2022-23 | SEA | 81 | 20 | 25 | 45 | -1 | 16 | 198 | 10.1% | 63 | 38 | 15:37 |
| 2021-22 | CBJ | 80 | 28 | 29 | 57 | -35 | 16 | 215 | 13.0% | 85 | 31 | 17:57 |
| 2020-21 | CBJ | 56 | 18 | 26 | 44 | -15 | 23 | 143 | 12.6% | 42 | 30 | 17:37 |
| 2019-20 | CBJ | 49 | 21 | 15 | 36 | +8 | 12 | 162 | 13.0% | 43 | 16 | 17:56 |
| 2018-19Playoffs | CBJ | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 0 | 26 | 7.7% | 11 | 7 | 15:07 |
| 2018-19 | CBJ | 77 | 23 | 13 | 36 | +8 | 8 | 161 | 14.3% | 43 | 34 | 12:20 |
| 2017-18Playoffs | CBJ | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3% | 4 | 3 | 11:03 |
| 2017-18 | CBJ | 82 | 11 | 29 | 40 | +4 | 9 | 163 | 6.7% | 64 | 43 | 14:18 |
Oliver Bjorkstrand news
- Rangers Need Oliver Bjorkstrand to Have a Bounceback Season & Mika Zibanejad Remains the Last of the Blueshirts' Old GuardSubstack
- Oliver Bjorkstrand scores goal for RangersESPN
- What Tye Kartye And Oliver Bjorkstrand Can Bring To Rangers This SeasonYahoo Sports
- Coming off down season, Oliver Bjorkstrand ready to earn meaningful role with RangersYahoo Sports
- Rangers Need Oliver Bjorkstrand to Have a Bounceback SeasonThe Hockey Writers
- Oliver Bjorkstrand StatsNHL.com
- Oliver Bjorkstrand Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- 2026-27 Tampa Bay Lightning Season PreviewNHLRumors.com
Headlines via LineupExperts. Links open the original publisher.
On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.