Nicklas Backstrom Career Stats and Season Totals

TotalsPer gameFantasy

Career regular season

GP: 1,105
G: 271
A: 762
PTS: 1,033
+/-: 83
PIM: 504
S: 2,264
HIT: 737
BLK: 618

Ranked among NHL players with 20+ games that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Totals by season

2007-08	WSH	82	14	55	69	13	24	153	—	—
2008-09	WSH	82	22	66	88	16	46	174	52	46
2009-10	WSH	82	33	68	101	37	50	222	90	62
2010-11	WSH	77	18	47	65	24	40	202	69	64
2011-12	WSH	42	14	30	44	-4	24	95	31	25
2012-13	WSH	48	8	40	48	8	20	82	31	35
2013-14	WSH	82	18	61	79	-20	54	196	89	54
2014-15	WSH	82	18	60	78	5	40	153	91	52
2015-16	WSH	75	20	50	70	17	36	129	51	50
2016-17	WSH	82	23	63	86	17	38	162	45	33
2017-18	WSH	81	21	50	71	5	46	165	37	51
2018-19	WSH	80	22	52	74	2	30	169	54	30
2019-20	WSH	61	12	42	54	-1	14	132	30	45
2020-21	WSH	55	15	38	53	0	14	91	25	27
2021-22	WSH	47	6	25	31	-8	12	68	16	16
2022-23	WSH	39	7	14	21	-25	14	59	24	23
2023-24	WSH	8	0	1	1	-3	2	12	2	5

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM · S · HIT · BLK

Career Postseason

GP: 139
G: 38
A: 76
PTS: 114
+/-: 5
PIM: 62
S: 303
HIT: 165
BLK: 94

Career regular season

GP: 1,105
G: 0.2
A: 0.7
PTS: 0.9
+/-: 83
PIM: 0.5
S: 2.0
HIT: 0.7
BLK: 0.6

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — percentages, plus/minus, goals-against average and time on ice are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season

2007-08	WSH	82	0.2	0.7	0.8	13	0.3	1.9	—	—
2008-09	WSH	82	0.3	0.8	1.1	16	0.6	2.1	0.6	0.6
2009-10	WSH	82	0.4	0.8	1.2	37	0.6	2.7	1.1	0.8
2010-11	WSH	77	0.2	0.6	0.8	24	0.5	2.6	0.9	0.8
2011-12	WSH	42	0.3	0.7	1.0	-4	0.6	2.3	0.7	0.6
2012-13	WSH	48	0.2	0.8	1.0	8	0.4	1.7	0.6	0.7
2013-14	WSH	82	0.2	0.7	1.0	-20	0.7	2.4	1.1	0.7
2014-15	WSH	82	0.2	0.7	1.0	5	0.5	1.9	1.1	0.6
2015-16	WSH	75	0.3	0.7	0.9	17	0.5	1.7	0.7	0.7
2016-17	WSH	82	0.3	0.8	1.0	17	0.5	2.0	0.5	0.4
2017-18	WSH	81	0.3	0.6	0.9	5	0.6	2.0	0.5	0.6
2018-19	WSH	80	0.3	0.7	0.9	2	0.4	2.1	0.7	0.4
2019-20	WSH	61	0.2	0.7	0.9	-1	0.2	2.2	0.5	0.7
2020-21	WSH	55	0.3	0.7	1.0	0	0.3	1.7	0.5	0.5
2021-22	WSH	47	0.1	0.5	0.7	-8	0.3	1.4	0.3	0.3
2022-23	WSH	39	0.2	0.4	0.5	-25	0.4	1.5	0.6	0.6
2023-24	WSH	8	0.0	0.1	0.1	-3	0.3	1.5	0.3	0.6

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM · S · HIT · BLK

Career regular season

GP: 1,023
ESPN: 2,013.8
YAHOO: 7,819.9
ESPN/G: 2.0
YAHOO/G: 7.6

Fantasy points in ESPN’s and Yahoo’s default points leagues, worked out here from the season lines. A season before 2009-10 is not scored: ESPN has no hits or blocked shots for it.

Ranked among NHL players with 15+ games that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Fantasy by season

2008-09	WSH	82	176.6	714.6	2.2	8.7
2009-10	WSH	82	214.7	879.8	2.6	10.7
2010-11	WSH	77	153.6	633.8	2.0	8.2
2011-12	WSH	42	92.6	344.5	2.2	8.2
2012-13	WSH	48	93.8	368.8	2.0	7.7
2013-14	WSH	82	175.0	630.4	2.1	7.7
2014-15	WSH	82	162.9	613.7	2.0	7.5
2015-16	WSH	75	148.0	580.1	2.0	7.7
2016-17	WSH	82	163.7	672.8	2.0	8.2
2017-18	WSH	81	150.7	587.5	1.9	7.3
2018-19	WSH	80	145.8	576.1	1.8	7.2
2019-20	WSH	61	113.7	437.8	1.9	7.2
2020-21	WSH	55	104.1	394.9	1.9	7.2
2021-22	WSH	47	60.4	225.2	1.3	4.8
2022-23	WSH	39	53.3	146.1	1.4	3.7
2023-24	WSH	8	4.9	13.8	0.6	1.7

What the columns mean: ESPN/G

Age: 38 yearsNov 23, 1987
Height: 6' 1"
Debut: 2007
Birthplace: Gavle, SWE
Draft: 2006Rd 1, Pk 4

Latest performance

Nicklas Backstrom

Oct 29 · vs SJ · W 3-1

A: 0
G: 0
S: 0
+/-: 0
GWG: 0
PIM: 0
PPA: 0
PPG: 0

Games

All games

Most recent games
Date	Opponent	A	PTS	+/-	S
Sun, Oct 29	vsSJW 3-1	0	0	0	0
Fri, Oct 27	vsMINW 3-2 SO	0	0	-1	1
Wed, Oct 25	atNJW 6-4	1	1	1	1
Tue, Oct 24	vsTORL 4-1	0	0	-1	3
Sat, Oct 21	atMTLL 3-2 OT	0	0	0	5
Wed, Oct 18	atOTTL 6-1	0	0	-1	0

What were Nicklas Backstrom's career stats?

Nicklas Backstrom played 17 seasons for the Capitals. He had 271 goals and 762 assists for 1,033 points in 1,105 games.

League leaderboards and awards

17 seasons, 14 postseasons, 2007-08 to 2023-24

Championships

2017-18 Stanley Cup Final with the Washington Capitals

All-time career rank

89th in points (1,033)
262nd in goals (271)
47th in assists (762)
234th in power-play goals (86)
293rd in game-winning goals (39)

Among the 4,163 NHL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Playoff series

Nicklas Backstrom played 139 games across 14 NHL postseasons in 26 series — 9 won, 17 lost.

Nicklas Backstrom's line in each playoff series

2021-22	FLA	Lost 2-4	6	2	4	6
2020-21	BOS	Lost 1-4	5	0	1	1
2019-20	TB	Lost 0-1	1	0	1	1
2019-20	PHI	Lost 0-1	1	0	0	0
2019-20	BOS	Won 1-0	1	0	0	0
2019-20	NYI	Lost 0-2	2	0	0	0
2018-19	CAR	Lost 3-4	7	5	3	8
2017-18	CBJ	Won 4-2	6	2	6	8
2017-18	PIT	Won 3-2	5	1	4	5
2017-18	TB	Lost 2-2	4	1	2	3
2017-18	VGK	Won 4-1	5	1	6	7
2016-17	TOR	Won 4-2	6	2	4	6
2016-17	PIT	Lost 3-4	7	4	3	7
2015-16	PHI	Won 4-2	6	2	5	7
2015-16	PIT	Lost 2-4	6	0	4	4
2014-15	NYI	Won 4-3	7	3	3	6
2014-15	NYR	Lost 3-4	7	0	2	2
2012-13	NYR	Lost 3-4	7	1	2	3
2011-12	BOS	Lost 3-3	6	1	3	4
2011-12	NYR	Lost 3-4	7	1	3	4
2010-11	NYR	Won 4-1	5	0	1	1
2010-11	TB	Lost 0-4	4	0	1	1
2009-10	MTL	Lost 3-4	7	5	4	9
2008-09	NYR	Won 4-3	7	0	7	7
2008-09	PIT	Lost 3-4	7	3	5	8
2007-08	PHI	Lost 3-4	7	4	2	6