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Nicklas Backstrom
Washington Capitals
Position
C
Age
38
Height
73"
Weight
202LBS
Shoots
L
Birth Place
Gavle, SWE
Born
Nov 22, 1987
C
Washington Capitals
2009
G33
A68
PTS101
2009 Schedule
All Games
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Career Trajectory
Nicklas
Backstrom
Career Trajectory
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Career Accolades
Career Statistics
| Season | Team | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 |
Washington Capitals
|
82 | 93398 | 14.0 | 55.0 | 69.0 | 13.0 | 24.0 | 153.0 | 9.2% | 34.0 | 34.0 | 50.0 | 72.0 | 46.3% |
| 2008 |
Washington Capitals
|
82 | 98072 | 22.0 | 66.0 | 88.0 | 16.0 | 46.0 | 174.0 | 12.6% | 52.0 | 46.0 | 62.0 | 77.0 | 48.7% |
| 2009 |
Washington Capitals
|
82 | 100532 | 33.0 | 68.0 | 101.0 | 37.0 | 50.0 | 216.0 | 14.9% | 89.0 | 61.0 | 52.0 | 53.0 | 49.9% |
| 2010 |
Washington Capitals
|
77 | 95095 | 18.0 | 47.0 | 65.0 | 24.0 | 40.0 | 202.0 | 8.9% | 68.0 | 63.0 | 40.0 | 73.0 | 52.5% |
| 2011 |
Washington Capitals
|
42 | 48258 | 14.0 | 30.0 | 44.0 | -4.0 | 24.0 | 95.0 | 14.7% | 31.0 | 25.0 | 18.0 | 28.0 | 51.1% |
| 2012 |
Washington Capitals
|
48 | 57312 | 8.0 | 40.0 | 48.0 | 8.0 | 20.0 | 82.0 | 9.8% | 31.0 | 35.0 | 26.0 | 33.0 | 51.4% |
| 2013 |
Washington Capitals
|
82 | 97416 | 18.0 | 61.0 | 79.0 | -20.0 | 54.0 | 196.0 | 9.2% | 89.0 | 54.0 | 24.0 | 54.0 | 50.5% |
| 2014 |
Washington Capitals
|
82 | 100942 | 18.0 | 60.0 | 78.0 | 5.0 | 40.0 | 152.0 | 11.8% | 91.0 | 51.0 | 35.0 | 55.0 | 53.6% |
| 2015 |
Washington Capitals
|
75 | 86250 | 20.0 | 50.0 | 70.0 | 17.0 | 36.0 | 129.0 | 15.5% | 51.0 | 50.0 | 27.0 | 42.0 | 48.6% |
| 2016 |
Washington Capitals
|
82 | 89790 | 23.0 | 63.0 | 86.0 | 17.0 | 38.0 | 162.0 | 14.2% | 45.0 | 33.0 | 54.0 | 61.0 | 51.4% |
| 2017 |
Washington Capitals
|
81 | 95499 | 21.0 | 50.0 | 71.0 | 5.0 | 46.0 | 165.0 | 12.7% | 37.0 | 51.0 | 58.0 | 44.0 | 51.2% |
| 2018 |
Washington Capitals
|
80 | 95760 | 22.0 | 52.0 | 74.0 | 2.0 | 30.0 | 169.0 | 13.0% | 54.0 | 30.0 | 62.0 | 53.0 | 48.6% |
| 2019 |
Washington Capitals
|
61 | 69601 | 12.0 | 42.0 | 54.0 | -1.0 | 14.0 | 132.0 | 9.1% | 30.0 | 45.0 | 42.0 | 34.0 | 49.2% |
| 2020 |
Washington Capitals
|
55 | 61325 | 15.0 | 38.0 | 53.0 | 0.0 | 14.0 | 91.0 | 16.5% | 25.0 | 27.0 | 24.0 | 33.0 | 48.3% |
| 2021 |
Washington Capitals
|
47 | 49303 | 6.0 | 25.0 | 31.0 | -8.0 | 12.0 | 68.0 | 8.8% | 16.0 | 16.0 | 13.0 | 25.0 | 46.4% |
| 2022 |
Washington Capitals
|
39 | 39468 | 7.0 | 14.0 | 21.0 | -25.0 | 14.0 | 59.0 | 11.9% | 24.0 | 23.0 | 22.0 | 16.0 | 50.4% |
| 2023 |
Washington Capitals
|
8 | 6984 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -3.0 | 2.0 | 12.0 | 0.0% | 2.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 52.4% |
| 2007 |
Washington Capitals
|
7 | 8582 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 19.0 | 21.1% | 5.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 50.0% |
| 2008 |
Washington Capitals
|
14 | 18186 | 3.0 | 12.0 | 15.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 33.0 | 9.1% | 16.0 | 9.0 | 12.0 | 10.0 | 49.1% |
| 2009 |
Washington Capitals
|
7 | 8841 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 27.0 | 18.5% | 7.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 46.7% |
| 2010 |
Washington Capitals
|
9 | 12582 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 25.0 | 0.0% | 9.0 | 9.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 46.0% |
| 2011 |
Washington Capitals
|
13 | 16783 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 18.0 | 25.0 | 8.0% | 20.0 | 16.0 | 6.0 | 19.0 | 49.8% |
| 2012 |
Washington Capitals
|
7 | 8302 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | -2.0 | 0.0 | 14.0 | 7.1% | 7.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 54.5% |
| 2014 |
Washington Capitals
|
14 | 18130 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 8.0 | -3.0 | 2.0 | 24.0 | 12.5% | 25.0 | 17.0 | 10.0 | 16.0 | 58.5% |
| 2015 |
Washington Capitals
|
12 | 14424 | 2.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 24.0 | 8.3% | 15.0 | 8.0 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 47.6% |
| 2016 |
Washington Capitals
|
13 | 16172 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 13.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 26.0 | 23.1% | 15.0 | 7.0 | 11.0 | 15.0 | 47.7% |
| 2017 |
Washington Capitals
|
20 | 24740 | 5.0 | 18.0 | 23.0 | -1.0 | 6.0 | 34.0 | 13.9% | 18.0 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 51.7% |
| 2018 |
Washington Capitals
|
7 | 8799 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | -4.0 | 4.0 | 18.0 | 27.8% | 14.0 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 52.7% |
| 2019 |
Washington Capitals
|
5 | 4950 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -2.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 0.0% | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 38.7% |
| 2020 |
Washington Capitals
|
5 | 6260 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -2.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 0.0% | 8.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 47.5% |
| 2021 |
Washington Capitals
|
6 | 6474 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 16.0 | 12.5% | 7.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 35.1% |
Season Totals Distribution
Qualifying Min
50
GP
200
SOG
Career Totals
#91
OF 8,954
Points
1,033
#303
OF 8,954
Goals
271
#47
OF 8,954
Assists
762
#239
OF 8,954
Games
1,105
#331
OF 8,954
Plus/Minus
83
#296
OF 8,954
Shots
2,257
#256
OF 8,954
PP Goals
86
#56
OF 8,954
PP Points
421
#1605
OF 8,954
SH Goals
2
#2414
OF 8,954
SH Points
2
#329
OF 8,954
GW Goals
39
Per Game Averages
#883
OF 8,954
Goals/G
0.24
#120
OF 8,954
Points/G
0.94
Efficiency & Percentages
#1015
OF 8,954
Shooting %
12.0%
#451
OF 8,954
Faceoff %
50.0%
Career Totals
#2
OF 582
Points
1,033
#4
OF 582
Goals
271
#1
OF 582
Assists
762
#3
OF 582
Games
1,105
#6
OF 582
Plus/Minus
83
#5
OF 582
Shots
2,257
#4
OF 582
PP Goals
86
#2
OF 582
PP Points
421
#39
OF 582
SH Goals
2
#79
OF 582
SH Points
2
#4
OF 582
GW Goals
39
Per Game Averages
#54
OF 582
Goals/G
0.24
#7
OF 582
Points/G
0.94
Efficiency & Percentages
#82
OF 582
Shooting %
12.0%
#46
OF 582
Faceoff %
50.0%
Career Totals
#82
OF 4,997
Points
114
#129
OF 4,997
Goals
38
#58
OF 4,997
Assists
76
#146
OF 4,997
Games
139
#544
OF 4,997
Plus/Minus
5
#150
OF 4,997
Shots
301
#176
OF 4,997
PP Goals
10
#57
OF 4,997
PP Points
49
#1024
OF 4,997
SH Goals
0
#1369
OF 4,997
SH Points
0
#118
OF 4,997
GW Goals
7
Per Game Averages
#392
OF 4,997
Goals/G
0.27
#152
OF 4,997
Points/G
0.82
Efficiency & Percentages
#389
OF 4,997
Shooting %
12.6%
#382
OF 4,997
Faceoff %
48.3%
Career Totals
#2
OF 278
Points
114
#2
OF 278
Goals
38
#1
OF 278
Assists
76
#2
OF 278
Games
139
#13
OF 278
Plus/Minus
5
#3
OF 278
Shots
301
#6
OF 278
PP Goals
10
#2
OF 278
PP Points
49
#223
OF 278
SH Goals
0
#226
OF 278
SH Points
0
#2
OF 278
GW Goals
7
Per Game Averages
#18
OF 278
Goals/G
0.27
#6
OF 278
Points/G
0.82
Efficiency & Percentages
#13
OF 278
Shooting %
12.6%
#23
OF 278
Faceoff %
48.3%
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