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Nicklas Lidstrom

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1    Weight: 189 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.

* Sweater numbers are currently available for the 1998-99 through 2007-08 seasons.
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Detroit Red Wings
1999-2008

Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1987-88 17 IK VIK Hockey Vasteras Sweden-2 3 0 0 0 0.00 0
1987-88 17 Sweden EJC-A 6 1 0 1 0.17 0
1988-89 18 Vasteras IK Sweden 34 1 6 7 0.21 4
1989-90 19 Vasteras IK Sweden 39 8 8 16 0.41 14
1989-90 19 Sweden WJC-A 7 3 3 6 0.86 2
1990-91 20 Vasteras IK Sweden 38 4 19 23 0.61 2
1990-91 20 Sweden EJC-A 10 3 3 6 0.60 4
1991-92 21 Sweden Can-Cup 6 1 1 2 0.33 4
1991-92 21 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 11 49 60 0.75 21 0.26 141 50 80 25 36 22 6 5 0 1 168 2.10 6.5
1992-93 22 Detroit Red Wings NHL 84 7 34 41 0.49 13 0.16 136 51 100 22 7 28 4 3 0 2 156 1.86 4.5
1993-94 23 Detroit Red Wings NHL 84 10 46 56 0.67 19 0.22 174 45 111 25 43 26 6 4 0 3 200 2.38 5.0
1993-94 23 Sweden WC-A 4 1 0 1 0.25 2
1994-95 24 Vasteras IK Sweden 13 2 10 12 0.92 4
1994-95 24 Detroit Red Wings NHL 43 10 16 26 0.60 10 0.22 73 26 41 9 15 6 3 7 0 0 90 2.09 11.1
1995-96 25 Detroit Red Wings NHL 81 17 50 67 0.83 23 0.29 150 67 73 19 29 20 8 8 1 1 211 2.60 8.1
1996-97 26 Sweden W-Cup 4 2 1 3 0.75 0
1996-97 26 Detroit Red Wings NHL 79 15 42 57 0.72 20 0.25 117 48 87 29 11 30 7 8 0 1 214 2.71 7.0
1997-98 27 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 17 42 59 0.74 21 0.26 126 48 75 19 22 18 9 7 1 1 205 2.56 8.3
1997-98 27 Sweden Olympics 4 1 1 2 0.50 2
1998-99 28 Detroit Red Wings NHL 81 14 43 57 0.70 19 0.24 129 49 93 27 14 14 6 6 2 3 205 2.53 6.8 2148 26:31
1999-00 29 Detroit Red Wings NHL 81 20 53 73 0.90 26 0.32 148 54 103 28 19 18 7 9 4 3 218 2.69 9.2 2328 28:45
2000-01 30 Detroit Red Wings NHL 82 15 56 71 0.87 24 0.29 147 67 106 35 9 18 7 8 0 0 272 3.32 5.5 2333 28:27
2001-02 31 Detroit Red Wings NHL 78 9 50 59 0.76 19 0.24 129 54 94 32 13 20 3 6 0 0 215 2.76 4.2 2247 28:49
2001-02 31 Sweden Olympics 4 1 5 6 1.50 0
2002-03 32 Detroit Red Wings NHL 82 18 44 62 0.76 22 0.27 161 62 100 41 40 38 9 8 1 4 175 2.13 10.3 2406 29:20
2003-04 33 Detroit Red Wings NHL 81 10 28 38 0.47 13 0.16 120 46 81 26 19 18 6 3 1 3 194 2.40 5.2 2240 27:39
2003-04 33 Sweden WC-A 2 0 1 1 0.50 0
2004-05 34 Sweden W-Cup 4 1 0 1 0.25 0 2
2005-06 35 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 16 64 80 1.00 27 0.33 161 81 93 34 21 50 7 9 0 2 243 3.04 6.6 2249 28:07
2005-06 35 Sweden Olympics 8 2 4 6 0.75 2
2006-07 36 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 13 49 62 0.78 21 0.26 143 55 85 37 40 46 3 10 0 1 224 2.80 5.8 2199 27:29
2007-08 37 Detroit Red Wings NHL 76 10 60 70 0.92 22 0.29 140 56 75 31 40 40 5 5 0 4 188 2.47 5.3 2031 26:43
Career NHL 1252 212 726 938 0.75 318 0.25 2195 859 1397 439 378 412 96 106 10 29 3178 2.54 6.7 20180 27:59

Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1987-88 17 IK VIK Hockey Vasteras Sweden-2 5 0 0 0 0.00 6
1988-89 18 Vasteras IK Sweden 5 0 2 2 0.40 0
1989-90 19 Vasteras IK Sweden 2 0 1 1 0.50 2
1990-91 20 Vasteras IK Sweden 4 0 0 0 0.00 4
1991-92 21 Detroit Red Wings NHL 11 1 2 3 0.27 -5 0 0 1 0 0 16 1.45 6.3
1992-93 22 Detroit Red Wings NHL 7 1 0 1 0.14 -2 0 0 1 0 0 8 1.14 12.5
1993-94 23 Detroit Red Wings NHL 7 3 2 5 0.71 4 0 1 1 1 0 20 2.86 15.0
1994-95 24 Detroit Red Wings NHL 18 4 12 16 0.89 4 8 1 3 0 2 37 2.06 10.8
1995-96 25 Detroit Red Wings NHL 19 5 9 14 0.74 2 10 4 1 0 0 50 2.63 10.0
1996-97 26 Detroit Red Wings NHL SC 20 2 6 8 0.40 12 2 2 0 0 0 79 3.95 2.5
1997-98 27 Detroit Red Wings NHL SC 22 6 13 19 0.86 12 8 4 2 0 2 59 2.68 10.2
1998-99 28 Detroit Red Wings NHL 10 2 9 11 1.10 0 4 0 2 0 0 29 2.90 6.9 304 30:21
1999-00 29 Detroit Red Wings NHL 9 2 4 6 0.67 -6 4 1 1 0 0 21 2.33 9.5 274 30:28
2000-01 30 Detroit Red Wings NHL 6 1 7 8 1.33 1 0 1 0 0 0 15 2.50 6.7 176 29:17
2001-02 31 Detroit Red Wings NHL SC 23 5 11 16 0.70 6 2 2 2 1 2 41 1.78 12.2 717 31:10
2002-03 32 Detroit Red Wings NHL 4 0 2 2 0.50 -1 0 0 0 0 0 15 3.75 0.0 134 33:35
2003-04 33 Detroit Red Wings NHL 12 2 5 7 0.58 4 4 0 2 0 0 27 2.25 7.4 324 27:01
2005-06 35 Detroit Red Wings NHL 6 1 1 2 0.33 -4 2 0 1 0 1 21 3.50 4.8 191 31:55
2006-07 36 Detroit Red Wings NHL 18 4 14 18 1.00 0 6 0 4 0 2 39 2.17 10.3 551 30:37
2007-08 37 Detroit Red Wings NHL SC 22 3 10 13 0.59 8 14 1 1 1 1 41 1.86 7.3 590 26:49
Career NHL 4 214 42 107 149 0.70 35 64 17 22 3 10 518 2.42 8.1 3262 29:39

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1996 NHL
1998 NHL
1999 NHL
2000 NHL
2001 NHL
2002 NHL
2003 NHL
2004 NHL
2007 NHL
2008 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

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)

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)
Career NHL 1252 (62)

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 726 (7)
Career NHL 726 (42)

Assists Per Game

2001-02 NHL 0.64 (10)
2005-06 NHL 0.80 (8)
2007-08 NHL 0.79 (5)
Career NHL 0.58 (73)

Points

Career NHL 938 (82)

Total Goals 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)
Active 2195 (3)
Career NHL 2195 (17)

Power Play Goals 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)
Active 859 (2)
Career NHL 859 (16)

Total Goals Against

1999-00 NHL 103 (2)
2000-01 NHL 106 (5)
Active 1397 (8)
Career NHL 1397 (41)

Power Play Goals Against

2002-03 NHL 41 (3)
Active 439 (7)
Career NHL 439 (21)

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)
Active 378 (1)
 Career NHL 378 (15)

Short-Handed Goals

1999-00 NHL 4 (3)

Shots on Goal

Career NHL 3178 (53)