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Nicklas Lidstrom

Position: D ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1 ▪ Weight: 192 lbs.
Born: April 28, 1970 in Vasteras, Sweden
Draft: Detroit, 3rd round (53rd overall), 1989 NHL Entry

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Fine Details ▪ Last updated May 25, 2013 5:25 PM
Skater Rank: #11. Raymond Bourque… #12. Steve Yzerman… #13. Jean Beliveau… #14. NICKLAS LIDSTROM… #15. Denis Potvin… #16. Stan Mikita… #17. Mike Bossy… 

NHL Standard

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Scoring Stats Goals Assists Ice Time
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV SH PP S S% TOI ATOI
1991-92 21 DET NHL 80 11 49 60 20 36 22 6 5 0 1 22 1 26 168 6.5
1992-93 22 DET NHL 84 7 34 41 13 7 28 4 3 0 2 13 4 17 156 4.5
1993-94 23 DET NHL 84 10 46 56 18 43 26 6 4 0 3 30 2 14 200 5.0
1994-95 24 DET NHL 43 10 16 26 10 15 6 3 7 0 0 12 0 4 90 11.1
1995-96 25 DET NHL 81 17 50 67 23 29 20 8 8 1 1 17 4 29 211 8.1
1996-97 26 DET NHL 79 15 42 57 19 11 30 7 8 0 1 19 1 22 214 7.0
1997-98 27 DET NHL 80 17 42 59 21 22 18 9 7 1 1 14 2 26 205 8.3
1998-99 28 DET NHL 81 14 43 57 19 14 14 6 6 2 3 18 2 23 205 6.8 2148 26:31
1999-00 29 DET NHL 81 20 53 73 25 19 18 7 9 4 3 30 1 22 218 9.2 2328 28:45
2000-01 30 DET NHL 82 15 56 71 23 9 18 7 8 0 0 20 1 35 272 5.5 2333 28:27
2001-02 31 DET NHL 78 9 50 59 18 13 20 3 6 0 0 26 0 24 215 4.2 2247 28:49
2002-03 32 DET NHL 82 18 44 62 22 40 38 9 8 1 4 21 1 22 175 10.3 2406 29:20
2003-04 33 DET NHL 81 10 28 38 13 19 18 6 3 1 3 8 2 18 194 5.2 2240 27:39
2005-06 35 DET NHL 80 16 64 80 26 21 50 7 9 0 2 23 0 41 243 6.6 2249 28:07
2006-07 36 DET NHL 80 13 49 62 20 40 46 3 10 0 1 23 3 23 224 5.8 2199 27:29
2007-08 37 DET NHL 76 10 60 70 21 40 40 5 5 0 4 30 1 29 188 5.3 2031 26:43
2008-09 38 DET NHL 78 16 43 59 20 31 30 6 10 0 4 19 1 23 180 8.9 1936 24:49
2009-10 39 DET NHL 82 9 40 49 16 22 24 4 5 0 1 22 3 15 194 4.6 2085 25:26
2010-11 40 DET NHL 82 16 46 62 21 -2 20 9 7 0 1 13 1 32 175 9.1 1924 23:28
2011-12 41 DET NHL 70 11 23 34 12 21 28 7 4 0 0 10 0 13 148 7.4 1664 23:46
Career NHL 1564 264 878 1142 378 450 514 122 132 10 35 390 30 458 3875 6.8 27790 26:54

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 70 0.16 0.33 0.49 0.17 0.40 2.11 12 25 37 13 99 33 60 15 21 3.0 4.9 7.9
Career NHL 1564 0.17 0.56 0.73 0.24 0.33 2.48 286 918 1204 406 2679 1046 1718 535 450 98.1 113.6 211.8

NHL Playoffs

Scoring Stats Goals Ice Time
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 1 -5 0 0 1 0 0 16 6.3
1992-93 22 DET NHL 7 1 0 1 1 -2 0 0 1 0 0 8 12.5
1993-94 23 DET NHL 7 3 2 5 2 4 0 1 1 1 0 20 15.0
1994-95 24 DET NHL 18 4 12 16 5 4 8 1 3 0 2 37 10.8
1995-96 25 DET NHL 19 5 9 14 5 2 10 4 1 0 0 50 10.0
1996-97 26 DET NHL SC 20 2 6 8 3 12 2 2 0 0 0 79 2.5
1997-98 27 DET NHL SC 22 6 13 19 7 12 8 4 2 0 2 59 10.2
1998-99 28 DET NHL 10 2 9 11 3 0 4 0 2 0 0 29 6.9 304 30:21
1999-00 29 DET NHL 9 2 4 6 2 -6 4 1 1 0 0 21 9.5 274 30:28
2000-01 30 DET NHL 6 1 7 8 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 15 6.7 176 29:17
2001-02 31 DET NHL SC 23 5 11 16 6 6 2 2 2 1 2 41 12.2 717 31:10
2002-03 32 DET NHL 4 0 2 2 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.0 134 33:35
2003-04 33 DET NHL 12 2 5 7 2 4 4 0 2 0 0 27 7.4 324 27:01
2005-06 35 DET NHL 6 1 1 2 1 -4 2 0 1 0 1 21 4.8 191 31:55
2006-07 36 DET NHL 18 4 14 18 6 0 6 0 4 0 2 39 10.3 551 30:37
2007-08 37 DET NHL SC 22 3 10 13 4 8 14 1 1 1 1 41 7.3 590 26:49
2008-09 38 DET NHL 21 4 12 16 5 11 6 1 3 0 1 59 6.8 539 25:39
2009-10 39 DET NHL 12 4 6 10 4 7 2 1 3 0 0 39 10.3 316 26:22
2010-11 40 DET NHL 11 4 4 8 3 8 4 2 2 0 0 26 15.4 240 21:49
2011-12 41 DET NHL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0.0 119 23:43
Career NHL 4 263 54 129 183 64 61 76 21 30 3 11 656 8.2 4475 28:09

Other Standard

Scoring Stats Goals Ice Time
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 -3 0 0 0 0 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 -3 2 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season WJC-A 7 3 3 6 2

Other Playoffs

Scoring Stats Goals Ice Time
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 2012-13)
Thru 20 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 20
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 7.9 6.1 5.5
Raymond Bourque 95.2 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 10.1 9.6 9.5 9.4 9.3 7.2 7.1
Al MacInnis 89.6 14.1 13.6 13.3 12.1 11.1 10.5 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 86.7 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
Denis Potvin 83.8 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 81.5 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
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 6.9 5.7 5.3
Phil Housley 81.1 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 5.2 4.4 2.9
Brian Leetch 80.7 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 79.4 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 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 3.5 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 7.9 6.1 5.5
Raymond Bourque 94.9 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 93.4 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 86.7 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 83.8 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 81.5 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
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 6.9 5.7 5.3 3.1
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
Brian Leetch 80.7 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
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
Red Kelly 79.4 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

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Rate Statistic Requirements
All-Star Games
1996 NHL
1998 NHL
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)
Career NHL 1564 (10)
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)
Career NHL 878 (21)
Points
Career NHL 1142 (50)
Goals Created
Career NHL 378.1 (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)
Career NHL 450 (10)
Power Play Goals
Career NHL 132 (68)
Short-Handed Goals
1999-00 NHL 4 (3)
Shots
Career NHL 3875 (22)
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 (98)
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)
Career NHL 918 (15)
Adjusted Points
Career NHL 1204 (35)
Adjusted Goals Created
Career NHL 406.3 (63)
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)
Career NHL 2679 (6)
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)
Career NHL 1046 (7)
Total Goals On-Ice Against
1999-00 NHL 103 (2)
2000-01 NHL 106 (5)
2010-11 NHL 98 (9)
Career NHL 1718 (13)
Power Play Goals On-Ice Against
2002-03 NHL 41 (3)
Career NHL 535 (6)
Offensive Point Shares
Career NHL 98.1 (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)
Career NHL 113.6 (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)
Career NHL 211.8 (4)
  

Transactions

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May 31, 2012: Officially announced his retirement, May 31, 2012.

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