Left wing · #24
Oscar Lindberg
- Age
- 34
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 185 cm
- Weight
- 92 kg
- Born
- Skelleftea, SWE
- Draft
- 2010, round 2, #57 (PHX)
Career · 2014–15 to 2018–19
- Games
- 252
- Goals
- 39
- Points
- 79
- TOI per game
- 11:47
- xGF% (5v5)
- 49.3%
- Goals above expected
- +5.6
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2014–15 |   NYR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:18 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.1 | 73.9% |
| 2015–16 | NYR | 68 | 13 | 15 | 28 | +12 | 12:11 | 114 | 11.4% | 3 | 11.3 | 49.2% |
| 2016–17 | NYR | 65 | 8 | 12 | 20 | +2 | 10:50 | 86 | 9.3% | 1 | 6.5 | 46.3% |
| 2017–18 |   VGK | 63 | 9 | 2 | 11 | −11 | 11:47 | 81 | 11.1% | 0 | 7.1 | 52.0% |
| 2018–19 | VGK | 35 | 4 | 8 | 12 | +3 | 12:03 | 66 | 6.1% | 1 | 6.3 | 54.4% |
| 2018–19 |   OTT | 20 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +1 | 13:13 | 25 | 20.0% | 0 | 2.2 | 42.3% |
| 2018–19 | All teams | 55 | 9 | 11 | 20 | +4 | 12:28 | 91 | 9.9% | 1 | 8.5 | 49.7% |
| Total | 3 teams | 252 | 39 | 40 | 79 | +7 | 11:47 | 374 | 10.4% | 5 | 33.4 | 49.3% |
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 2014–15 to 2018–19 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
3rd line
46th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
2nd line- Goals /600.7968th pct
- Assists /600.8146th pct
- ixG /600.6848th pct
- Goals above expected+5.684th pct
Play-driving
4th line- xGF% (5v5)49.3%52nd pct
- CF% (5v5)49.5%55th pct
- Relative xGF%−0.256th pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.536th pct
Usage
4th line- TOI per game11:4728th pct
- PP time share8.1%36th pct
- Offensive zone starts57.0%53rd pct
- Quality of competition23.5%32nd pct
Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).
Most similar players this season
Faceoffs
How often Lindberg wins the draw over 2014–15 to 2018–19, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1015+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
50.1%
635–632 · #106 of 194 regulars, 46th percentile
Against an average centre
49.9%
Opponents won 49.8% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.2% against them.
Wins above average
−1
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
6.3
1,267 draws in all.
By dot, attacking to the right
Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.
By zone
- Offensive zone50.4% 200–197
- Neutral zone47.6% 222–244
- Defensive zone52.7% 213–191
By strength
- Even strength50.0% 593–593
- Power play57.8% 26–19
- Shorthanded44.4% 16–20
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +14 after a win, −14 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.1 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Tyler Bozak50.0% 11–11
- Jay Beagle55.6% 10–8
- John Tavares27.8% 5–13
- Sean Couturier52.9% 9–8
- Nick Bonino56.3% 9–7
- Kyle Turris40.0% 6–9
- Claude Giroux33.3% 5–10
- Casey Cizikas40.0% 6–9
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–15 | 5 | 40.0% | 32.2% |
| 2015–16 | 277 | 48.4% | 48.3% |
| 2016–17 | 575 | 52.0% | 51.6% |
| 2017–18 | 187 | 52.9% | 53.3% |
| 2018–19 | 223 | 45.3% | 45.1% |
Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.
+5.6 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games