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Nicklas Lidstrom

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: April 28, 1970 in Vasteras, Sweden

Drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the 3rd round (53rd overall) of the 1989 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 4, 2012, 8:07AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #14. Mike Bossy… #15. Stan Mikita… #16. NICKLAS LIDSTROM… #16. Bryan Trottier… #18. Jaromir Jagr… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1991-92 21 DET NHL 80 11 49 60 20 36 22 6 5 0 1 168 6.5
1992-93 22 DET NHL 84 7 34 41 13 7 28 4 3 0 2 156 4.5
1993-94 23 DET NHL 84 10 46 56 18 43 26 6 4 0 3 200 5.0
1994-95 24 DET NHL 43 10 16 26 10 15 6 3 7 0 0 90 11.1
1995-96 25 DET NHL 81 17 50 67 23 29 20 8 8 1 1 211 8.1
1996-97 26 DET NHL 79 15 42 57 19 11 30 7 8 0 1 214 7.0
1997-98 27 DET NHL 80 17 42 59 21 22 18 9 7 1 1 205 8.3
1998-99 28 DET NHL 81 14 43 57 19 14 14 6 6 2 3 205 6.8 2148 26:31
1999-00 29 DET NHL 81 20 53 73 25 19 18 7 9 4 3 218 9.2 2328 28:45
2000-01 30 DET NHL 82 15 56 71 23 9 18 7 8 0 0 272 5.5 2333 28:27
2001-02 31 DET NHL 78 9 50 59 18 13 20 3 6 0 0 215 4.2 2247 28:49
2002-03 32 DET NHL 82 18 44 62 22 40 38 9 8 1 4 175 10.3 2406 29:20
2003-04 33 DET NHL 81 10 28 38 13 19 18 6 3 1 3 194 5.2 2240 27:39
2005-06 35 DET NHL 80 16 64 80 26 21 50 7 9 0 2 243 6.6 2249 28:07
2006-07 36 DET NHL 80 13 49 62 20 40 46 3 10 0 1 224 5.8 2199 27:29
2007-08 37 DET NHL 76 10 60 70 21 40 40 5 5 0 4 188 5.3 2031 26:43
2008-09 38 DET NHL 78 16 43 59 20 31 30 6 10 0 4 180 8.9 1936 24:49
2009-10 39 DET NHL 82 9 40 49 16 22 24 4 5 0 1 194 4.6 2085 25:26
2010-11 40 DET NHL 82 16 46 62 21 -2 20 9 7 0 1 175 9.1 1924 23:28
2011-12 41 DET NHL 51 10 18 28 10 24 20 6 4 0 0 104 9.6 1214 23:48
Career NHL 1545 263 873 1136 376 453 506 121 132 10 35 3831 6.9 27340 26:58

NHL Miscellaneous

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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
1991-92 21 DET NHL 80 0.14 0.61 0.75 0.24 0.28 2.10 10 43 53 17 141 50 80 25 36 4.0 5.5 9.5
1992-93 22 DET NHL 84 0.08 0.40 0.49 0.15 0.33 1.86 6 27 33 11 136 51 100 22 7 1.8 4.3 6.1
1993-94 23 DET NHL 84 0.12 0.55 0.67 0.21 0.31 2.38 9 42 51 16 174 45 111 25 43 3.8 5.4 9.2
1994-95 24 DET NHL 43 0.23 0.37 0.60 0.22 0.14 2.09 17 28 45 17 73 26 41 9 15 2.3 3.2 5.5
1995-96 25 DET NHL 81 0.21 0.62 0.83 0.28 0.25 2.60 16 48 64 22 150 67 73 19 29 5.6 6.5 12.2
1996-97 26 DET NHL 79 0.19 0.53 0.72 0.25 0.38 2.71 15 44 59 20 117 48 87 29 11 5.1 5.3 10.4
1997-98 27 DET NHL 80 0.21 0.53 0.74 0.26 0.23 2.56 19 48 67 23 126 48 75 19 22 6.1 5.5 11.6
1998-99 28 DET NHL 81 0.17 0.53 0.70 0.23 0.17 2.53 16 49 65 22 129 49 93 27 14 5.0 5.3 10.3
1999-00 29 DET NHL 81 0.25 0.65 0.90 0.31 0.22 2.69 22 57 79 28 148 54 103 28 19 7.1 5.8 13.0
2000-01 30 DET NHL 82 0.18 0.68 0.87 0.28 0.22 3.32 16 60 76 25 147 67 106 35 9 6.4 5.8 12.2
2001-02 31 DET NHL 78 0.12 0.64 0.76 0.23 0.26 2.76 10 57 67 21 129 54 94 32 13 5.0 5.5 10.5
2002-03 32 DET NHL 82 0.22 0.54 0.76 0.26 0.46 2.13 20 49 69 24 161 62 100 41 40 6.1 7.1 13.2
2003-04 33 DET NHL 81 0.12 0.35 0.47 0.16 0.22 2.40 12 32 44 15 120 46 81 26 19 2.8 5.5 8.4
2005-06 35 DET NHL 80 0.20 0.80 1.00 0.32 0.63 3.04 16 61 77 25 161 81 93 34 21 6.8 6.1 12.9
2006-07 36 DET NHL 80 0.16 0.61 0.78 0.25 0.58 2.80 14 49 63 21 143 55 85 37 40 5.3 7.9 13.1
2007-08 37 DET NHL 76 0.13 0.79 0.92 0.28 0.53 2.47 11 64 75 23 140 56 75 31 40 6.4 8.1 14.4
2008-09 38 DET NHL 78 0.21 0.55 0.76 0.26 0.38 2.31 17 44 61 21 138 55 89 37 31 5.5 5.7 11.2
2009-10 39 DET NHL 82 0.11 0.49 0.60 0.19 0.29 2.37 10 42 52 17 125 46 74 17 22 3.8 6.9 10.7
2010-11 40 DET NHL 82 0.20 0.56 0.76 0.25 0.24 2.13 18 49 67 23 122 53 98 27 -2 6.2 3.3 9.5
2011-12 41 DET NHL 51 0.20 0.35 0.55 0.20 0.39 2.04 18 31 49 18 24 2.8 4.1 6.9
Career NHL 1545 0.17 0.57 0.74 0.24 0.33 2.48 292 924 1216 411 2580 1013 1658 520 453 97.9 112.9 210.7

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1991-92 21 DET NHL 11 1 2 3 -5 0 0 1 0 0 16 6.3
1992-93 22 DET NHL 7 1 0 1 -2 0 0 1 0 0 8 12.5
1993-94 23 DET NHL 7 3 2 5 4 0 1 1 1 0 20 15.0
1994-95 24 DET NHL 18 4 12 16 4 8 1 3 0 2 37 10.8
1995-96 25 DET NHL 19 5 9 14 2 10 4 1 0 0 50 10.0
1996-97 26 DET NHL SC 20 2 6 8 12 2 2 0 0 0 79 2.5
1997-98 27 DET NHL SC 22 6 13 19 12 8 4 2 0 2 59 10.2
1998-99 28 DET NHL 10 2 9 11 0 4 0 2 0 0 29 6.9 304 30:21
1999-00 29 DET NHL 9 2 4 6 -6 4 1 1 0 0 21 9.5 274 30:28
2000-01 30 DET NHL 6 1 7 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 15 6.7 176 29:17
2001-02 31 DET NHL SC 23 5 11 16 6 2 2 2 1 2 41 12.2 717 31:10
2002-03 32 DET NHL 4 0 2 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.0 134 33:35
2003-04 33 DET NHL 12 2 5 7 4 4 0 2 0 0 27 7.4 324 27:01
2005-06 35 DET NHL 6 1 1 2 -4 2 0 1 0 1 21 4.8 191 31:55
2006-07 36 DET NHL 18 4 14 18 0 6 0 4 0 2 39 10.3 551 30:37
2007-08 37 DET NHL SC 22 3 10 13 8 14 1 1 1 1 41 7.3 590 26:49
2008-09 38 DET NHL 21 4 12 16 11 6 1 3 0 1 59 6.8 539 25:39
2009-10 39 DET NHL 12 4 6 10 7 2 1 3 0 0 39 10.3 316 26:22
2010-11 40 DET NHL 11 4 4 8 8 4 2 2 0 0 26 15.4 240 21:49
Career NHL 4 258 54 129 183 61 76 21 30 3 11 642 8.4 4357 28:17

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1987-88 17 IK VIK Hockey Vasteras Sweden-2 3 0 0 0 0
1987-88 17 Sweden EJC-A 6 1 0 1 0
1988-89 18 Vasteras IK Sweden 34 1 6 7 4
1989-90 19 Vasteras IK Sweden 39 8 8 16 14
1989-90 19 Sweden WJC-A 7 3 3 6 2
1990-91 20 Vasteras IK Sweden 38 4 19 23 2
1990-91 20 Sweden EJC-A 10 3 3 6 4
1991-92 21 Sweden Can-Cup 6 1 1 2 4
1993-94 23 Sweden WC-A 4 1 0 1 2
1994-95 24 Vasteras IK Sweden 13 2 10 12 4
1996-97 26 Sweden W-Cup 4 2 1 3 0
1997-98 27 Sweden Olympics 4 1 1 2 2
2001-02 31 Sweden Olympics 4 1 5 6 2 0 0 1 0 0
2003-04 33 Sweden WC-A 2 0 1 1 0
2004-05 34 Sweden W-Cup 4 1 0 1 0 2
2005-06 35 Sweden Olympics 8 2 4 6 2 2 1 1 0 0
2009-10 39 Sweden Olympics 4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season Can-Cup 6 1 1 2 4
Career 2 Seasons EJC-A 16 4 3 7 4
Career 4 Seasons Olympics 20 4 10 14 3 6 1 2 0 0
Career 4 Seasons Sweden 124 15 43 58 24
Career 1 Season Sweden-2 3 0 0 0 0
Career 2 Seasons W-Cup 8 3 1 4 0 2
Career 2 Seasons WC-A 6 1 1 2 2
Career 1 Season WJC-A 7 3 3 6 2

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1987-88 17 IK VIK Hockey Vasteras Sweden-2 5 0 0 0 6
1988-89 18 Vasteras IK Sweden 5 0 2 2 0
1989-90 19 Vasteras IK Sweden 2 0 1 1 2
1990-91 20 Vasteras IK Sweden 4 0 0 0 4
Career 3 Seasons Sweden 11 0 3 3 6
Career 1 Season Sweden-2 5 0 0 0 6

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 19 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Nicklas Lidstrom 14.4 13.2 13.1 13.0 12.9 12.2 12.2 11.6 11.2 10.7 10.5 10.4 10.3 9.5 9.5 9.2 8.4 6.1 5.5
Raymond Bourque 95.4 14.5 13.5 13.5 13.2 13.0 12.5 12.2 11.8 11.7 11.6 11.5 11.2 10.1 9.6 9.5 9.4 9.3 7.2 7.1
Al MacInnis 87.7 14.1 13.6 13.3 12.1 11.1 10.5 10.1 9.6 9.4 9.2 8.9 8.7 7.7 7.1 7.0 5.3 4.9 0.8 0.1
Paul Coffey 86.3 16.1 14.8 14.3 12.1 11.7 11.2 11.0 10.3 9.7 9.3 9.0 8.9 7.6 7.2 6.9 6.4 5.1 4.9 1.9
Denis Potvin 84.2 15.9 15.5 14.3 13.7 12.3 11.9 10.9 9.8 9.5 9.2 9.2 8.8 8.5 5.7 5.6
Larry Robinson 81.7 16.9 12.5 11.5 11.4 11.2 11.0 10.0 9.4 9.3 9.2 9.0 8.8 6.9 6.6 6.5 6.4 4.6 4.3 1.6
Larry Murphy 81.4 12.4 11.9 11.3 10.5 9.7 9.7 9.7 9.2 9.0 8.8 8.5 8.4 7.7 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.1 5.7 5.3
Brian Leetch 81.1 13.3 13.2 13.1 11.4 10.5 9.4 9.4 9.0 8.8 8.7 6.9 6.5 6.4 5.5 4.3 4.2 3.9 2.0
Phil Housley 80.7 11.3 11.2 10.6 10.3 10.1 9.8 9.7 9.4 8.9 8.6 8.4 8.0 7.8 7.6 7.2 6.8 5.2 4.4 2.9
Red Kelly 79.5 12.2 12.1 11.8 11.3 11.2 11.1 9.6 8.7 6.7 6.4 6.1 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.0 4.9 4.2 3.7 1.8
Chris Chelios 78.8 11.5 11.3 11.1 10.2 10.0 9.8 9.7 9.2 9.0 8.9 8.9 6.9 6.9 6.8 6.2 6.0 4.7 1.2 0.4
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Nicklas Lidstrom 14.4 13.2 13.1 13.0 12.9 12.2 12.2 11.6 11.2 10.7 10.5 10.4 10.3 9.5 9.5 9.2 8.4 6.1 5.5
Raymond Bourque 94.5 14.5 13.5 13.5 13.2 13.0 12.5 12.2 11.8 11.7 11.6 11.5 11.2 10.2 10.1 10.1 9.7 9.6 9.5 9.4 9.3 7.2 7.1
Al MacInnis 93.2 14.1 13.6 13.3 12.3 12.1 11.1 10.5 10.5 10.1 9.6 9.4 9.2 8.9 8.7 8.6 7.7 7.1 7.0 5.3 4.9 0.8 0.2 0.1
Paul Coffey 86.9 16.1 14.8 14.3 12.1 11.7 11.2 11.0 10.3 9.7 9.3 9.0 8.9 7.6 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.4 5.1 4.9 1.9 0.3
Denis Potvin 84.2 15.9 15.5 14.3 13.7 12.3 11.9 10.9 9.8 9.5 9.2 9.2 8.8 8.5 5.7 5.6
Larry Robinson 81.8 16.9 12.5 11.5 11.4 11.2 11.0 10.0 9.4 9.3 9.2 9.0 8.8 6.9 6.6 6.5 6.4 4.6 4.3 2.7 1.6
Phil Housley 81.3 11.3 11.2 10.6 10.3 10.1 9.8 9.7 9.4 8.9 8.6 8.4 8.0 7.8 7.6 7.2 7.1 6.8 5.4 5.2 4.4 2.9
Larry Murphy 81.2 12.4 11.9 11.3 10.5 9.7 9.7 9.7 9.2 9.0 8.8 8.5 8.4 7.7 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.1 6.9 5.7 5.3 3.1
Brian Leetch 81.1 13.3 13.2 13.1 11.4 10.5 9.4 9.4 9.0 8.8 8.7 6.9 6.5 6.4 5.5 4.3 4.2 3.9 2.0
Red Kelly 79.6 12.2 12.1 11.8 11.3 11.2 11.1 9.6 8.7 6.7 6.4 6.1 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.0 4.9 4.2 3.7 2.9 1.8
Chris Chelios 79.5 11.5 11.3 11.1 10.2 10.0 9.8 9.7 9.2 9.0 8.9 8.9 6.9 6.9 6.8 6.2 6.0 4.7 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.5 3.3 1.2 0.4 0.2 -0.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1996 NHL
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1999 NHL
2000 NHL
2001 NHL
2002 NHL
2003 NHL
2004 NHL
2007 NHL
2008 NHL
2011 NHL

Awards

2000-01 NHL James Norris Memorial Trophy
2001-02 NHL Conn Smythe Trophy
2001-02 NHL James Norris Memorial Trophy
2002-03 NHL James Norris Memorial Trophy
2005-06 NHL James Norris Memorial Trophy
2006-07 NHL James Norris Memorial Trophy
2007-08 NHL James Norris Memorial Trophy
2010-11 NHL James Norris Memorial Trophy

Honors

1991-92 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st)
1997-98 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1998-99 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1999-00 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
2000-01 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
2001-02 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
2002-03 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
2005-06 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
2006-07 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
2007-08 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
2008-09 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
2009-10 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
2010-11 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1997 Detroit Red Wings (NHL)
1998 Detroit Red Wings (NHL)
2002 Detroit Red Wings (NHL)
2008 Detroit Red Wings (NHL)

Games Played

1991-92 NHL 80 (3)
1992-93 NHL 84 (2)
1993-94 NHL 84 (5)
2000-01 NHL 82 (3)
2002-03 NHL 82 (4)
2009-10 NHL 82 (2)
2010-11 NHL 82 (3)
Active 1545 (1)
 Career NHL 1545 (11)

Assists

1999-00 NHL 53 (4)
2000-01 NHL 56 (9)
2001-02 NHL 50 (4)
2005-06 NHL 64 (6)
2007-08 NHL 60 (5)
Active 873 (2)
Career NHL 873 (21)

Points

Active 1136 (3)
Career NHL 1136 (50)

Goals Created

Active 376.4 (5)
Career NHL 376.4 (78)

Plus/Minus

1991-92 NHL 36 (3)
1993-94 NHL 43 (3)
2002-03 NHL 40 (3)
2006-07 NHL 40 (3)
2007-08 NHL 40 (2)
2008-09 NHL 31 (7)
2011-12 NHL 24 (3)
Active 453 (1)
 Career NHL 453 (8)

Power Play Goals

Active 132 (8)
Career NHL 132 (66)

Short-Handed Goals

1999-00 NHL 4 (3)

Shots

Active 3831 (3)
Career NHL 3831 (21)

Assists Per Game

2001-02 NHL 0.64 (10)
2005-06 NHL 0.80 (8)
2007-08 NHL 0.79 (5)
Career NHL 0.56 (90)

Adjusted Assists

1999-00 NHL 57 (4)
2000-01 NHL 60 (9)
2001-02 NHL 57 (4)
2005-06 NHL 61 (6)
2007-08 NHL 64 (5)
Active 924 (2)
Career NHL 924 (14)

Adjusted Points

Active 1216 (3)
Career NHL 1216 (34)

Adjusted Goals Created

Active 411.2 (5)
Career NHL 411.2 (59)

Total Goals On-Ice For

1993-94 NHL 174 (2)
1995-96 NHL 150 (9)
1997-98 NHL 126 (1)
 1998-99 NHL 129 (8)
1999-00 NHL 148 (1)
 2000-01 NHL 147 (4)
2001-02 NHL 129 (1)
 2002-03 NHL 161 (1)
 2003-04 NHL 120 (5)
2005-06 NHL 161 (1)
 2006-07 NHL 143 (4)
2007-08 NHL 140 (3)
2008-09 NHL 138 (5)
2009-10 NHL 125 (9)
2010-11 NHL 122 (9)
Active 2580 (1)
 Career NHL 2580 (8)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

1995-96 NHL 67 (8)
1996-97 NHL 48 (9)
1999-00 NHL 54 (2)
2000-01 NHL 67 (1)
 2001-02 NHL 54 (2)
2002-03 NHL 62 (4)
2005-06 NHL 81 (3)
2007-08 NHL 56 (6)
2008-09 NHL 55 (8)
2010-11 NHL 53 (8)
Active 1013 (1)
 Career NHL 1013 (8)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

1999-00 NHL 103 (2)
2000-01 NHL 106 (5)
2010-11 NHL 98 (9)
Active 1658 (1)
 Career NHL 1658 (15)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

2002-03 NHL 41 (3)
Active 520 (1)
 Career NHL 520 (6)

Offensive Point Shares

Active 97.9 (4)
Career NHL 97.9 (38)

Defensive Point Shares

1991-92 NHL 5.5 (8)
1995-96 NHL 6.5 (2)
1997-98 NHL 5.5 (10)
1998-99 NHL 5.3 (7)
1999-00 NHL 5.8 (7)
2000-01 NHL 5.8 (3)
2001-02 NHL 5.5 (10)
2002-03 NHL 7.1 (2)
2003-04 NHL 5.5 (6)
2005-06 NHL 6.1 (4)
2006-07 NHL 7.9 (1)
 2007-08 NHL 8.1 (1)
 2008-09 NHL 5.7 (6)
2009-10 NHL 6.9 (2)
2011-12 NHL 4.1 (5)
Active 112.9 (1)
 Career NHL 112.9 (3)

Point Shares

1999-00 NHL 13.0 (6)
2000-01 NHL 12.2 (9)
2002-03 NHL 13.2 (8)
2005-06 NHL 12.9 (7)
2006-07 NHL 13.1 (10)
2007-08 NHL 14.4 (5)
Active 210.7 (1)
 Career NHL 210.7 (4)
  

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