Career profile Last roster: 2024-25 PHL
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Nicklas Backstrom

C · SWE
+ 7 other teams
Status
Retired 1 yr ago
Career
2007–2025 (18 yrs)
Age
38 (37 in 2025)
Vitals
6'1" · 205 lb
Drafted
2006 Rd 1 (#4) MIN

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2007-08 MIN 73 9 19 28 0.38 -13 43 1 1 0 98 9.2% 63
2008-09 MIN 81 14 28 42 0.52 -16 30 1 2 1 162 8.6% 50
2009-10 MIN 82 28 40 68 0.83 +23 32 3 6 0 223 12.6% 36
2010-11 WSH 79 30 40 70 0.89 +10 37 4 10 0 216 13.9% 105
2011-12 WSH 82 30 43 73 0.89 -16 50 5 7 0 316 9.5% 153
2012-13 WSH 73 25 35 60 0.82 -2 24 1 2 0 219 11.4% 82
2013-14 ANH 73 18 56 74 1.01 +18 31 5 4 0 178 10.1% 65
2014-15 ANH / PIT 66 13 28 41 0.62 +3 18 1 1 0 138 9.4% 30
2015-16 PIT 82 28 61 89 1.09 +22 31 6 5 0 218 12.8% 41
2016-17 PIT 82 39 41 80 0.98 +1 16 1 9 2 275 14.2% 73
2017-18 PIT / MTL 76 29 33 62 0.82 +3 8 3 4 1 237 12.2% 45
2018-19 VGK 81 27 45 72 0.89 +7 8 3 3 1 297 9.1% 44
2019-20 VGK 76 23 24 47 0.62 -1 8 3 6 0 242 9.5% 42
2020-21 VGK 78 20 43 63 0.81 -7 8 2 6 0 212 9.4% 27
2021-22 VGK / TOR 71 20 47 67 0.94 +16 8 4 3 0 209 9.6% 20
2022-23 TOR 82 24 42 66 0.80 +19 4 4 9 0 202 11.9% 47
2023-24 PHL 82 9 27 36 0.44 -34 24 0 2 0 159 5.7% 84
2024-25 PHL 80 3 9 12 0.15 -21 4 1 2 0 63 4.8% 11
CAREER 18 yrs 1399 389 661 1050 0.75 +12 384 48 82 5 -- 10.6% 1018
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2007-08 MIN 11 2 6 8 0.73 -4 7 0 1 0 28 7.1% 18
2009-10 MIN 4 1 0 1 0.25 -4 0 0 1 0 11 9.1% 2
2010-11 WSH 6 2 3 5 0.83 -2 8 0 0 0 24 8.3% 8
2013-14 ANH 22 5 10 15 0.68 -7 4 0 1 0 39 12.8% 11
2015-16 PIT 18 4 12 16 0.89 -1 0 1 1 0 44 9.1% 14
2017-18 MTL 13 4 5 9 0.69 -1 4 1 1 0 41 9.8% 13
2018-19 VGK 20 2 10 12 0.60 -3 0 1 0 0 49 4.1% 16
2021-22 TOR 14 0 10 10 0.71 -7 0 0 0 0 31 0.0% 3
2022-23 TOR 16 4 5 9 0.56 0 2 2 1 0 35 11.4% 6
CAREER 9 app. 124 24 61 85 0.69 -29 25 5 6 0 -- 7.9% 91
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2007-08 WSH 82 14 55 69 0.84 13 24 4 3 25 9.2% 19:00
2008-09 WSH 82 22 66 88 1.07 16 46 1 14 42 12.6% 19:57
2009-10 WSH 82 33 68 101 1.23 37 50 4 11 37 14.9% 20:27
2010-11 WSH 77 18 47 65 0.84 24 40 2 4 22 8.9% 20:36
2011-12 WSH 42 14 30 44 1.05 -4 24 4 3 19 14.7% 19:10
2012-13 WSH 48 8 40 48 1.00 8 20 1 3 18 9.8% 19:54
2013-14 WSH 82 18 61 79 0.96 -20 54 1 6 44 9.2% 19:48
2014-15 WSH 82 18 60 78 0.95 5 40 3 3 33 11.8% 20:32
2015-16 WSH 75 20 50 70 0.93 17 36 4 3 30 15.5% 19:11
2016-17 WSH 82 23 63 86 1.05 17 38 5 8 35 14.2% 18:16
2017-18 WSH 81 21 50 71 0.88 5 46 4 7 26 12.7% 19:40
2018-19 WSH 80 22 52 74 0.93 2 30 5 7 25 13.0% 19:57
2019-20 WSH 61 12 42 54 0.89 -1 14 0 2 18 9.1% 19:01
2020-21 WSH 55 15 38 53 0.96 0 14 0 5 22 16.5% 18:36
2021-22 WSH 47 6 25 31 0.66 -8 12 1 1 14 8.8% 17:29
2022-23 WSH 39 7 14 21 0.54 -25 14 0 6 11 11.9% 16:53
2023-24 WSH 8 0 1 1 0.13 -3 2 0 0 0 0.0% 14:34
Career NHL 1105 271 762 1033 0.93 83 504 39 86 421 12.0% -

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Forwards, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2007-08 20 C MIN - - 78 70 63 74 69 - - 79 70 64 - 43 39 73
2008-09 21 C MIN 54 50 83 82 76 - 86 83 70 87 69 65 - 64 61 -
2009-10 22 C MIN 58 40 78 95 63 - 92 91 75 92 77 67 - 66 63 74
2010-11 23 C WSH 71 40 80 95 63 - 92 93 83 97 82 70 - 68 65 78
2011-12 24 C WSH 67 45 80 84 80 89 95 87 86 90 75 73 82 67 67 77
2012-13 25 C WSH 55 36 77 82 75 88 64 85 78 87 70 68 75 62 75 73
2013-14 26 C ANH 54 36 78 82 75 89 85 86 79 95 65 72 85 64 76 75
2014-15 27 C PIT 58 37 74 83 74 89 93 87 78 98 69 66 90 66 76 76
2015-16 28 C PIT 57 36 78 82 74 92 96 87 82 97 69 67 84 68 76 76
2016-17 29 C PIT 69 43 85 90 77 73 96 87 86 93 78 74 68 76 80 78
2017-18 30 C MTL 65 42 86 89 77 78 96 86 92 98 79 66 45 78 83 77
2018-19 31 C VGK 65 42 83 89 77 81 99 90 91 91 77 69 64 80 85 78
2019-20 32 C VGK 69 43 88 89 77 84 98 92 86 92 79 69 69 80 86 79
2020-21 33 C VGK 65 42 92 87 77 80 88 92 87 94 72 62 72 82 88 76
2021-22 34 C TOR 65 42 91 87 77 79 88 83 84 89 78 59 69 84 90 75
2022-23 35 C TOR 63 42 91 85 77 77 82 86 83 86 71 61 67 85 91 74
2023-24 36 C PHL 67 43 88 84 75 74 62 80 88 78 71 63 65 86 93 71
2024-25 37 C PHL 67 43 88 81 75 74 62 48 88 74 68 63 65 86 93 66
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2007-08 20 C MIN - - 78 70 63 74 69 - - 79 70 64 - 43 39 73
2008-09 21 C MIN 54 50 +5 +12 +13 - +17 83 70 +8 −1 +1 - +21 +22 -
2009-10 22 C MIN +4 −10 −5 +13 −13 - +6 +8 +5 +5 +8 +2 - +2 +2 74
2010-11 23 C WSH +13 · +2 · · - · +2 +8 +5 +5 +3 - +2 +2 +4
2011-12 24 C WSH −4 +5 · −11 +17 89 +3 −6 +3 −7 −7 +3 82 −1 +2 −1
2012-13 25 C WSH −12 −9 −3 −2 −5 −1 −31 −2 −8 −3 −5 −5 −7 −5 +8 −4
2013-14 26 C ANH −1 · +1 · · +1 +21 +1 +1 +8 −5 +4 +10 +2 +1 +2
2014-15 27 C PIT +4 +1 −4 +1 −1 · +8 +1 −1 +3 +4 −6 +5 +2 · +1
2015-16 28 C PIT −1 −1 +4 −1 · +3 +3 · +4 −1 · +1 −6 +2 · ·
2016-17 29 C PIT +12 +7 +7 +8 +3 −19 · · +4 −4 +9 +7 −16 +8 +4 +2
2017-18 30 C MTL −4 −1 +1 −1 · +5 · −1 +6 +5 +1 −8 −23 +2 +3 −1
2018-19 31 C VGK · · −3 · · +3 +3 +4 −1 −7 −2 +3 +19 +2 +2 +1
2019-20 32 C VGK +4 +1 +5 · · +3 −1 +2 −5 +1 +2 · +5 · +1 +1
2020-21 33 C VGK −4 −1 +4 −2 · −4 −10 · +1 +2 −7 −7 +3 +2 +2 −3
2021-22 34 C TOR · · −1 · · −1 · −9 −3 −5 +6 −3 −3 +2 +2 −1
2022-23 35 C TOR −2 · · −2 · −2 −6 +3 −1 −3 −7 +2 −2 +1 +1 −1
2023-24 36 C PHL +4 +1 −3 −1 −2 −3 −20 −6 +5 −8 · +2 −2 +1 +2 −3
2024-25 37 C PHL · · · −3 · · · −32 · −4 −3 · · · · −5
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2007-08 MIN $850,000 3 yr 1.7% 20 ELC Rookie
2010-11 WSH $6,700,000 5 yr 11.3% 23 RFA
2015-16 PIT $8,000,000 3 yr 11.2% 28 RFA
2018-19 VGK $9,500,000 5 yr 11.9% 31 UFA
2023-24 PHL $9,200,000 2 yr 11.0% 36 UFA
2006-07
Oct 13 2006
2006-07
to DUCKS
to WILD
2007-08
Jul 7 2007
2007-08
to WILD
2013-14
Aug 9 2013
2013-14
to DUCKS
2014-15
Nov 13 2014
2014-15
to PENGUINS
  • Nicklas Backstrom 76
to DUCKS
2017-18
Mar 11 2018
2017-18
to CANADIENS
  • Nicklas Backstrom 77
2018-19
Jun 22 2018
2018-19
to GOLDEN KNIGHTS
  • Nicklas Backstrom 78
to CANADIENS
2021-22
Apr 16 2022
2021-22
to MAPLE LEAFS

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