"Indefinite Absence for Oliver Bjorkstrand Due to Lower Body Injury"
Tampa Bay Lightning forward Oliver Bjorkstrand is considered week-to-week with a lower-body injury, head coach Jon Cooper announced Sunday.
Bjorkstrand, who will be sidelined into the playoffs, sustained the injury during Tampa Bay\'s 4-3 overtime loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Friday.
\"It\'s difficult because he has really developed into his role with us, and hopefully we will have him back for the playoffs at some point,\" Cooper stated about Bjorkstrand.
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Bjorkstrand, 30, has nine points (five goals, four assists) in 18 games with the Lightning since the team acquired him from Seattle prior to the NHL trade deadline. He tallied 37 points (16 goals, 21 assists) in 61 games with the Kraken in the 2024-25 season.
A third-round selection by Columbus in the 2013 NHL Draft, Bjorkstrand has amassed 384 points (172 goals, 212 assists) in 624 career games with the Blue Jackets, Kraken, and Lightning.
