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Lukas Bengtsson
Lukas Bengtsson
	Bengtsson playing for Mora IK in 2012
Born	14 April 1994 (age 30); Stockholm, Sweden
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb; 12 st 4 lb)
Position	Defense
Shoots	Right
NL team; Former teams	EV Zug; Frölunda HC; WBS Penguins; Linköping HC; SKA Saint Petersburg; Dinamo Minsk; Växjö Lakers
National team	Sweden
NHL draft	Undrafted
Playing career	2012–present

Lukas Bengtsson (born 14 April 1994) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenseman. He is currently playing with EV Zug in the National League (NL).

Playing career

At the youth level, Bengtsson played for Huddinge IK, Djurgårdens IF, and Mora IK. He logged his first minutes in Sweden’s second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan with Mora’s men’s team during the 2011–12 season.

In February 2015, he signed with Frölunda HC of Sweden’s top-flight SHL.^[1] He made 42 appearances, recording nine goals as well as 12 assists, as Frölunda won the 2016 SHL title. Bengtsson was also influential in the team's success in the Champions Hockey League: He saw the ice in ten contests, scoring two goals and assisting on five more, helping Frölunda capture the CHL title.^[2]

On 27 April 2016, he penned a two-year, entry-level contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL).^[3]

During the 2016 offseason, Bengtsson was diagnosed with Lyme disease and underwent antibiotic treatment. He began training camp with the Penguins, but soon the disease returned, and he was placed on injured reserve. He underwent another antibiotic treatment and played his first AHL game for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on 13 November 2016. After a 6 January 2017 game during which Bengtsson felt exhaustion and intense pain, he was shut down for the season. Further tests revealed he probably never had Lyme disease; instead, in March 2017, Bengtsson was diagnosed with Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. Bengtsson was able to return to play for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton before the 2017–18 season.^[4]^[5]

At the conclusion of his entry-level contract with the Penguins, Bengtsson, an impending restricted free agent, opted to return to Sweden, signing a three-year contract with Linköpings HC of the SHL on 18 May 2018.^[6] In the 2018–19 season, Bengtsson led the defense of Linköpings in scoring with seven goals and 24 points in 42 games.^{[citation needed]}

Opting for a release from his only season with Linköping HC, Bengtsson was signed to a lucrative two-year contract with Russian club SKA Saint Petersburg of the KHL on 21 May 2019.^[7]

Following two seasons with SKA, Bengtsson was traded in the off-season to HC Dinamo Minsk in exchange for Stepan Falkovsky on 16 June 2021.^[8] At the end of the season, March 11 left the team.^[9]

In May 2022, he signed a three-year contract with the Växjö Lakers of the SHL.^[10] In his lone season with the Lakers in 2022–23, Bengstsson was a fixture on the blueline and helped the club claim SHL championship.^{[citation needed]}

International play

Bengtsson represented Sweden at the 2024 IIHF World Championship and won a bronze medal.^[11]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2010–11	Mora IK	J18	33	3	12	15	4	3	0	0	0	0
2010–11	Mora IK II	SWE.2 U20	2	2	0	2	2	—	—	—	—	—
2011–12	Mora IK	J18	9	1	2	3	0	—	—	—	—	—
2011–12	Mora IK	J20	25	3	5	8	37	—	—	—	—	—
2011–12	Mora IK	Allsv	3	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Mora IK	J20	32	4	14	18	18	—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Mora IK	Allsv	22	1	3	4	2	—	—	—	—	—
2013–14	Mora IK	J20	2	2	2	4	0	—	—	—	—	—
2013–14	Mora IK	Allsv	45	13	20	33	10	5	2	3	5	0
2014–15	Mora IK	Allsv	43	8	23	31	10	5	0	2	2	2
2014–15	Frölunda HC	SHL	—	—	—	—	—	9	1	3	4	2
2015–16	Frölunda HC	SHL	30	7	7	14	12	12	2	5	7	0
2016–17	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	AHL	16	1	5	6	6	—	—	—	—	—
2017–18	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	AHL	37	0	15	15	8	3	0	1	1	0
2018–19	Linköping HC	SHL	42	7	17	24	12	—	—	—	—	—
2019–20	SKA Saint Petersburg	KHL	26	2	11	13	8	4	1	2	3	4
2020–21	SKA Saint Petersburg	KHL	39	4	16	20	10	12	1	2	3	8
2021–22	Dinamo Minsk	KHL	42	4	15	19	14	—	—	—	—	—
2022–23	Växjö Lakers	SHL	48	12	18	30	10	18	1	8	9	2
2023–24	EV Zug	NL	48	5	24	29	10	11	2	5	7	6
SHL totals			120	26	42	68	34	39	4	16	20	4
KHL totals			107	10	42	52	32	16	2	4	6	12