Bjorkstrand is expected to miss 8-10 weeks with a sprained and fractured ankle.
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Oliver Bjorkstrand
Age: 31Position: R
TOI
29%
Fantasy
43%
Fantasy Positional Rank
Goals
59%
Assists
60%
Power-Play
81%
SOG
70%
Plus/Minus
11%
Hits
46%
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The Blue Jackets have activated Oliver Bjorkstrand from IR.
Bjorkstrand has missed the last 13 games but is set to return Sunday in New York. Bjorkstrand was red-hot before getting hurt, scoring six goals with two assists (eight points) in his last seven games. His shot volume has been extremely impressive as well, setting him up for a potentially huge second half of the season.
Bjorkstrand will miss 4-to-6 weeks with rib/cartilage contusion and oblique strain.
Bjorkstrand took a cross-check against the Devils on Saturday and will miss at least one month with a mid-body injury. Bjorkstrand was red-hot before getting hurt, scoring five goals with two assists in his previous four games. Nathan Gerbe was called up from Cleveland (AHL) to replace Bjorkstrand.
Bjorkstrand will be a healthy scratch on Tuesday.
Bjorkstrand played just 5:33 TOI in Sunday’s game in Anaheim and will come out of the lineup tonight. Lukas Sedlak will replace him on the fourth line.
The Blue Jackets re-signed Oliver Bjorkstrand to a three-year deal worth $7.5M ($2.5M AAV).
Bjorkstrand (upper-body) will be back in the Blue Jackets' lineup on Tuesday.
Bjorkstrand (undisclosed) will miss his second straight game.
Call up / Send down
The Blue Jackets have recalled Oliver Bjorkstrand from Cleveland (AHL).
The Blue Jackets have sent Oliver Bjorkstrand to Cleveland (AHL).
Bjorkstrand has been a healthy scratch for the last five games, so he will swap places with Dalton Prout, who had reached the end of his conditioning stint. Bjorkstrand has picked up 10 goals and four assists (14 points) in 20 AHL games this season.
Call up / Send down
The Blue Jackets have recalled Oliver Bjorkstrand from Cleveland.
Bjorkstrand has been recalled on an emergency basis, so someone is likely out tonight. Bjorkstrand made the team out of the training camp, but failed to record a point in three games. The 21-year-old has 12 points (8G / 4A) in 19 games since being sent down.
Call up / Send down
The Blue Jackets have recalled Oliver Bjorkstrand from Lake Erie (AHL).