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Nicklas Lidstrom

D · SWE
+ 2 other teams
Status
Retired 14 yrs ago
Career
2004–2012 (8 yrs)
Age
56 (41 in 2012)
Vitals
6'2" · 190 lb
Drafted
Undrafted

Trophy Case

Norris Norris
as Defenseman of the Year
2× 2007-08 PHL · 2010-11 SJS

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2004-05 BUF 83 12 41 53 0.64 +4 99 2 4 1 142 8.5% 134
2005-06 PHL 77 6 46 52 0.68 +34 95 0 2 0 153 3.9% 128
2006-07 PHL 74 6 41 47 0.64 -2 55 0 1 0 188 3.2% 135
2007-08 PHL 82 13 70 83 1.01 +25 61 1 4 0 196 6.6% 119
2008-09 PHL 82 15 59 74 0.90 +10 27 3 10 0 171 8.8% 24
2009-10 SJS 82 19 55 74 0.90 +30 48 2 12 0 204 9.3% 35
2010-11 SJS 82 24 61 85 1.04 +28 37 3 15 0 168 14.3% 33
2011-12 SJS / BUF 72 5 33 38 0.53 -5 22 2 5 0 155 3.2% 76
CAREER 8 yrs 634 100 406 506 0.80 +124 444 13 53 1 -- 7.3% 684
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2004-05 BUF 6 0 4 4 0.67 -2 4 0 0 0 12 0.0% 10
2005-06 PHL 14 2 6 8 0.57 +2 20 0 0 0 30 6.7% 29
2009-10 SJS 20 5 18 23 1.15 +2 6 0 2 0 60 8.3% 5
2010-11 SJS 21 1 18 19 0.90 +1 6 1 1 0 36 2.8% 4
2011-12 BUF 6 0 5 5 0.83 -5 9 0 0 0 15 0.0% 2
CAREER 5 app. 67 8 51 59 0.88 -2 45 1 3 0 -- 5.2% 50
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
1991-92 DET 80 11 49 60 0.75 36 22 1 5 31 6.5% -
1992-93 DET 84 7 34 41 0.49 7 28 2 3 20 4.5% -
1993-94 DET 84 10 46 56 0.67 43 26 3 4 18 5.0% -
1994-95 DET 43 10 16 26 0.60 15 6 0 7 11 11.1% -
1995-96 DET 81 17 50 67 0.83 29 20 1 8 37 8.1% -
1996-97 DET 79 15 42 57 0.72 11 30 1 8 30 7.0% -
1997-98 DET 80 17 42 59 0.74 22 18 1 7 33 8.3% 27:14
1998-99 DET 81 14 43 57 0.70 14 14 3 6 29 6.8% 26:31
1999-00 DET 81 20 53 73 0.90 19 18 3 9 31 9.2% 28:45
2000-01 DET 82 15 56 71 0.87 9 18 0 8 43 5.5% 28:27
2001-02 DET 78 9 50 59 0.76 13 20 0 6 30 4.2% 28:49
2002-03 DET 82 18 44 62 0.76 40 38 4 8 30 10.3% 29:20
2003-04 DET 81 10 28 38 0.47 19 18 3 3 21 5.2% 27:39
2005-06 DET 80 16 64 80 1.00 21 50 2 9 50 6.6% 28:07
2006-07 DET 80 13 49 62 0.78 40 46 1 10 33 5.8% 27:29
2007-08 DET 76 10 60 70 0.92 40 40 4 5 34 5.3% 26:43
2008-09 DET 78 16 43 59 0.76 31 30 4 10 33 8.9% 24:49
2009-10 DET 82 9 40 49 0.60 22 24 1 5 20 4.6% 25:26
2010-11 DET 82 16 46 62 0.76 -2 20 1 7 39 9.1% 23:28
2011-12 DET 70 11 23 34 0.49 21 28 0 4 17 7.4% 23:46
Career NHL 1564 264 878 1142 0.73 450 514 35 132 590 6.8% -

History

Overall, season by season

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

OV Defensemen, 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
2004-05 34 D BUF - - 82 81 71 84 86 - - 77 57 81 - 89 92 81
2005-06 35 D PHL - - 82 81 71 84 86 - - 77 57 81 - 89 92 81
2006-07 36 D PHL - - 82 81 73 94 91 - - 86 68 84 - 92 95 85
2007-08 37 D PHL - - 84 83 74 92 93 - - 94 70 88 - 98 99 87
2008-09 38 D PHL 53 50 89 89 69 - 97 88 25 97 71 97 - 99 99 -
2009-10 39 D SJS 57 40 86 96 69 - 93 92 40 90 78 90 - 99 99 81
2010-11 40 D SJS 58 40 88 86 70 - 93 83 40 87 76 89 - 99 99 80
2011-12 41 D BUF 53 40 88 83 70 90 95 84 40 87 76 89 71 99 99 80
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2004-05 34 D BUF - - 82 81 71 84 86 - - 77 57 81 - 89 92 81
2005-06 35 D PHL - - · · · · · - - · · · - · · ·
2006-07 36 D PHL - - · · +2 +10 +5 - - +9 +11 +3 - +3 +3 +4
2007-08 37 D PHL - - +2 +2 +1 −2 +2 - - +8 +2 +4 - +6 +4 +2
2008-09 38 D PHL 53 50 +5 +6 −5 - +4 88 25 +3 +1 +9 - +1 · -
2009-10 39 D SJS +4 −10 −3 +7 · - −4 +4 +15 −7 +7 −7 - · · 81
2010-11 40 D SJS +1 · +2 −10 +1 - · −9 · −3 −2 −1 - · · −1
2011-12 41 D BUF −5 · · −3 · 90 +2 +1 · · · · 71 · · ·
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2004-05 BUF $8,000,000 2 yr 16.0% 34 UFA
2005-06 PHL $6,640,000 1 yr 13.3% 35 UFA
2006-07 PHL $7,600,000 2 yr 19.5% 36 UFA
2007-08 PHL $9,250,000 4 yr 18.4% 37 UFA
2011-12 SJS $6,850,000 1 yr 10.7% 41 UFA
2004-05
Jul 11 2004
2004-05
to KINGS
Nov 11 2004
2004-05
to RANGERS
Jan 13 2005
2004-05
to SABRES
  • Nicklas Lidström 81
to RANGERS
2005-06
Jul 7 2005
2005-06
to FLYERS
  • Nicklas Lidström 81
to SABRES
2009-10
Jul 9 2009
2009-10
to SHARKS
2011-12
Jan 19 2012
2011-12
to SABRES
  • Nicklas Lidstrom 80

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