# Lukas Vejdemo

Lukas Vejdemo (born 25 January 1996) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward for Leksands IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He was selected in the third round, 87th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2015 NHL entry draft.

## Playing career

Vejdemo made his Swedish Hockey League (SHL) debut playing with Djurgårdens IF during the 2014–15 SHL season. Following the campaign, the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL) selected Vejdemo in the third round, 87th overall, during the 2015 NHL entry draft.
In the 2017–18 season, Vejdemo established career highs of 10 goals and 22 assists in 47 games. On 2 May 2018, the Canadiens signed him to a two-year, entry-level contract. Vejdemo spent the 2018-19 season with the Canadiens' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Laval Rocket. In 66 games, he recorded 13 goals and 16 assists for 29 points.
On 31 December 2019, Vejdemo made his NHL debut in a 3–1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes. On 10 March 2020, he scored his first career NHL goal in a 4–2 loss to the Nashville Predators. Vejdemo finished the season with seven appearances for the Canadiens, as well as 47 for the Rocket. On 4 September 2020, the Canadiens re-signed Vejdemo to a one-year, two-way contract extension. Two days later, the team loaned him to Södertälje SK of HockeyAllsvenskan, with the expectation he would return to North America to attend the Canadiens' and Rocket's training camps for the 2020–21 season.
Following the 2021–22 season, after three seasons within the Canadiens organization, Vejdemo left as an unrestricted free agent. Having suffered a serious injury during the AHL playoff run with the Rocket, Vejdemo underwent surgery going unsigned into the 2022–23 season. In recovering from injury, Vejdemo belatedly signed an optional two-year contract in a return to hometown club, Djurgårdens IF, playing in HockeyAllsvenskan on 8 February 2023. He got into four games with Djurgårdens IF during the regular season and 15 games in the playoffs as the team was knocked out by MoDo in the final.
On 3 June 2023, Vejdemo agreed to a four-year contract with Leksands IF of the SHL, beginning in the 2023–24 season.

## Career statistics

| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 2012–13 | Djurgårdens IF | J20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013–14 | Djurgårdens IF | J20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014–15 | Djurgårdens IF | J20 | 34 | 23 | 25 | 48 | 51 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| 2014–15 | Djurgårdens IF | SHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015–16 | Djurgårdens IF | SHL | 52 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015–16 | Djurgårdens IF | J20 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016–17 | Djurgårdens IF | SHL | 48 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017–18 | Djurgårdens IF | SHL | 47 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018–19 | Laval Rocket | AHL | 66 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019–20 | Laval Rocket | AHL | 47 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019–20 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020–21 | Södertälje SK | Allsv | 16 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020–21 | Laval Rocket | AHL | 27 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021–22 | Laval Rocket | AHL | 34 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021–22 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022–23 | Djurgårdens IF | Allsv | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 35 |
| 2023–24 | Leksands IF | SHL | 40 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| SHL totals | SHL totals | SHL totals | 190 | 29 | 41 | 70 | 75 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| NHL totals | NHL totals | NHL totals | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |