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Nicklas Backstrom

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: November 23, 1987 in Gavle, Sweden

Drafted by the Washington Capitals in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2007-08 20 WSH NHL 82 14 55 69 23 13 24 11 3 0 4 153 9.2 1557 18:60
2008-09 21 WSH NHL 82 22 66 88 30 16 46 8 14 0 1 174 12.6 1635 19:57
2009-10 22 WSH NHL 82 33 68 101 37 37 50 22 11 0 4 222 14.9 1677 20:27
2010-11 23 WSH NHL 77 18 47 65 23 24 40 13 4 1 2 202 8.9 1586 20:36
2011-12 24 WSH NHL 38 13 29 42 15 -2 22 10 3 0 4 90 14.4 728 19:10
Career NHL 361 100 265 365 126 88 182 64 35 1 15 841 11.9 7184 19:54

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
2007-08 20 WSH NHL 82 0.17 0.67 0.84 0.27 0.29 1.87 15 59 74 24 115 46 57 1 13 4.7 2.1 6.8
2008-09 21 WSH NHL 82 0.27 0.80 1.07 0.37 0.56 2.12 23 67 90 31 138 65 61 4 16 7.0 2.2 9.2
2009-10 22 WSH NHL 82 0.40 0.83 1.23 0.45 0.61 2.71 36 71 107 39 150 58 64 9 37 10.0 2.2 12.2
2010-11 23 WSH NHL 77 0.23 0.61 0.84 0.29 0.52 2.62 20 50 70 25 93 29 50 10 24 4.7 2.9 7.5
2011-12 24 WSH NHL 38 0.34 0.76 1.11 0.39 0.58 2.37 23 49 72 26 -2 4.2 0.7 4.8
Career NHL 361 0.28 0.73 1.01 0.35 0.50 2.33 117 296 413 145 496 198 232 24 88 30.5 10.1 40.6

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2007-08 20 WSH NHL 7 4 2 6 3 2 1 3 0 0 19 21.1 143 20:26
2008-09 21 WSH NHL 14 3 12 15 3 8 1 2 0 0 33 9.1 303 21:40
2009-10 22 WSH NHL 7 5 4 9 7 4 5 0 0 1 27 18.5 147 21:03
2010-11 23 WSH NHL 9 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 25 0.0 210 23:19
Career NHL 37 12 20 32 13 18 7 5 0 1 104 11.5 804 21:43

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2001-02 14 Brynas IF Gavle U18 Swe-U18 2 0 0 0 0
2003-04 16 Brynas IF Gavle U18 Swe-U18 6 9 5 14 4
2003-04 16 Brynas IF Gavle Jr. Swe-Jr. 21 2 6 8 2
2004-05 17 Brynas IF Gavle Jr. Swe-Jr. 29 17 17 34 24
2004-05 17 Brynas IF Gavle Sweden 19 0 0 0 -5 2 0 0 0 0
2005-06 18 Brynas IF Gavle Sweden 46 10 16 26 -1 30 3 4 3 3
2005-06 18 Sweden WC-A 4 0 0 0 0
2006-07 19 Brynas IF Gavle Sweden 45 12 28 40 -1 46 5 7 0 1
2006-07 19 Sweden WJC-A 7 0 7 7 20
2006-07 19 Sweden WC-A 9 1 5 6 4
2007-08 20 Sweden WC-A 9 3 4 7 1 4 3 0 0 0
2009-10 22 Sweden Olympics 4 1 5 6 3 0 1 0 0 0
Career 1 Season Olympics 4 1 5 6 3 0 1 0 0 0
Career 2 Seasons Swe-Jr. 50 19 23 42 26
Career 2 Seasons Swe-U18 8 9 5 14 4
Career 3 Seasons Sweden 110 22 44 66 -7 78 8 11 3 4
Career 3 Seasons WC-A 22 4 9 13 1 8 3 0 0 0
Career 1 Season WJC-A 7 0 7 7 20

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2003-04 16 Brynas IF Gavle U18 Swe-U18 3 0 3 3 0
2003-04 16 Brynas IF Gavle Jr. Swe-Jr. 5 0 0 0 4
2005-06 18 Brynas IF Gavle Sweden 4 1 0 1 -2 2 1 0 0 0
2005-06 18 Brynas IF Gavle Jr. Swe-Jr. 1 0 0 0 2
2006-07 19 Brynas IF Gavle Sweden 7 3 3 6 0 6 2 1 0 1
Career 2 Seasons Swe-Jr. 6 0 0 0 6
Career 1 Season Swe-U18 3 0 3 3 0
Career 2 Seasons Sweden 11 4 3 7 -2 8 3 1 0 1

Similarity Scores

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Thru 4 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4
Nicklas Backstrom 12.2 9.2 7.5 6.8
George Hay 92.5 9.8 6.4 5.1 4.6
Sergei Fedorov 92.1 13.8 7.8 7.7 6.8
Dale Hawerchuk 91.5 11.1 7.9 7.1 7.0
Patrick Kane 91.3 10.3 8.6 7.2 6.9
Pavel Bure 91.1 12.3 11.4 5.7 4.3
Luc Robitaille 90.6 9.8 9.0 8.2 6.8
Thomas Vanek 90.5 11.6 8.7 7.8 4.7
Ilya Kovalchuk 90.3 11.2 10.6 7.8 6.1
Marcel Dionne 89.9 11.0 8.6 7.2 6.0
Bill Barber 89.9 12.3 7.5 7.2 5.9
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Nicklas Backstrom 12.2 9.2 7.5 6.8
Patrick Kane 90.5 10.3 8.6 7.2 6.9
Jonathan Toews 88.4 9.8 8.2 8.0 6.8
George Hay 85.4 9.8 6.4 5.1 4.6 2.1 0.1 0.0
Joe Malone 85.1 7.3 5.3 4.8 3.9 1.1 -0.4 -0.6
Jonathan Cheechoo 83.3 12.7 9.2 6.3 5.4 2.5 1.3 0.3
Zach Parise 80.8 12.8 11.5 8.9 7.2 2.7 0.6
Mike Richards 80.6 9.4 9.2 7.3 7.2 2.3 2.0
Jeff Carter 80.2 11.7 9.5 8.0 6.6 4.9 2.6
Newsy Lalonde 79.7 6.3 6.0 4.6 4.1 1.2 0.0
Jack Adams 78.5 6.7 6.5 4.1 3.6 0.8 -0.3 -0.5

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Honors

2007-08 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st)

Games Played

2007-08 NHL 82 (3)
2008-09 NHL 82 (2)
2009-10 NHL 82 (2)

Assists

2008-09 NHL 66 (3)
2009-10 NHL 68 (3)

Points

2008-09 NHL 88 (9)
2009-10 NHL 101 (4)

Goals Created

2009-10 NHL 36.5 (5)

Plus/Minus

2009-10 NHL 37 (4)

Power Play Goals

2008-09 NHL 14 (8)

Assists Per Game

2008-09 NHL 0.80 (4)
2009-10 NHL 0.83 (5)
2011-12 NHL 0.76 (3)

Points Per Game

2009-10 NHL 1.23 (5)
2011-12 NHL 1.11 (4)

Goals Created Per Game

2009-10 NHL 0.45 (8)
2011-12 NHL 0.39 (8)

Adjusted Assists

2008-09 NHL 67 (3)
2009-10 NHL 71 (3)

Adjusted Points

2008-09 NHL 90 (9)
2009-10 NHL 107 (4)

Adjusted Goals Created

2009-10 NHL 39.0 (5)

Total Goals On-Ice For

2008-09 NHL 138 (5)
2009-10 NHL 150 (2)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

2008-09 NHL 65 (3)
2009-10 NHL 58 (3)

Offensive Point Shares

2009-10 NHL 10.0 (5)

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