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Lightning’s Oliver Bjorkstrand Out Week-To-Week

April 13, 2025 at 11:39 am CDT | by Josh Erickson 1 Comment

The Lightning will be without deadline pickup Oliver Bjorkstrand to begin the playoffs. Head coach Jon Cooper told reporters this morning he’s out week-to-week with a lower-body injury, per Eduardo A. Encina of the Tampa Bay Times. They’re not ruling him out for the entirety of the postseason, but his availability anytime during the first round is certainly in doubt.

That offers some context for Tampa opting to recall top prospect Conor Geekie from AHL Syracuse this morning, aside from just giving him another crack at NHL minutes. With Cam Atkinson sent to Syracuse to make room for Geekie’s recall, Bjorkstrand’s absence will force the Bolts to dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen this evening against the Sabres.

Bjorkstrand hasn’t been quite as productive as Tampa hoped for after acquiring him and Yanni Gourde from the Kraken at the trade deadline. He’s posted 5-4–9 through 18 games, down from his point pace with Seattle prior to the trade and, if projecting over a full season, his worst point pace since the 2018-19 campaign. It’s understandable, though, considering his more conservative deployment. While he’s gotten some power play reps, he’s spent virtually all of his even-strength deployment in third-line minutes and is only averaging 14:03 per game overall.

Still, missing Bjorkstrand aggravates Tampa’s most significant weakness before his acquisition: secondary scoring. It makes the Gourde pickup all the more essential to help reduce the workload of players like Nick Paul, Geekie, and Gage Goncalves, with Bjorkstrand likely to miss at least a few playoff games. It won’t mark the end of Bjorkstrand’s Lightning tenure if he does not get into postseason action. He’s signed through next season at a $5.4MM cap hit.

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  1. FeeltheThunder

    5 months ago

    It’s really unfortunate about Oliver Bjorkstrand getting injured as he was beginning to get his groove with the team. Hopefully, he can return during the playoffs sooner rather than later. This definitely hurts a good bit for Tampa’s secondary scoring but everyone just needs to step up even more now.

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