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Career Trajectory

Nicklas

Backstrom

Career Trajectory

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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

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

#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%

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