STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF GUIDE - Washington Capitals - NHL.com

vs. the NHL
GP G A Pts PIM
ANA 4 1 4 5 0
ATL 26 8 16 24 2
BOS 16 4 13 17 10
BUF 16 7 8 15 6
CGY 4 1 5 6 2
CAR 25 9 18 27 10
CHI 3 2 1 3 0
COL 4 2 2 4 2
CBJ 6 1 2 3 0
DAL 3 0 3 3 0
DET 4 1 2 3 0
EDM 3 2 0 2 2
FLA 26 6 22 28 14
LA 4 1 2 3 2
MIN 4 1 0 1 2
MTL 15 5 9 14 4
NSH 5 2 3 5 6
NJ 16 3 11 14 2
NYI 16 4 9 13 12
NYR 16 3 10 13 8
OTT 16 5 11 16 8
PHI 16 7 20 27 10
PHX 3 0 1 1 6
PIT 16 1 21 22 20
SJ 5 1 3 4 4
STL 5 3 3 6 2
TB 26 5 23 28 14
TOR 16 2 13 15 12
VAN 4 0 1 1 0
Playoffs vs. the NHL
GP G A Pts PIM
MTL 7 5 4 9 4
NYR 7 0 7 7 4
PHI 7 4 2 6 2
PIT 7 3 5 8 4
NICKLAS BACKSTROM
Center • Height: 6’1” • Weight: 210 • Shoots: Left
Born: November 23, 1987 (Gavle, Sweden)
Drafted: Capitals’ first-round choice, fourth overall, in the 2006 Entry Draft
CAREER STATISTICS Regular Season Playoffs
Year Team League GP G A Pts PIM +/- PP SH GW S GP G A Pts PIM
2004-05 Brynas J20Selit 29 17 17 34 24 - - - - - 10 1 1 2 0
Brynas SEL 19 0 0 0 2 - - - - - - - - - -
2005-06 Brynas SEL 46 10 16 26 30 - - - - - 4 1 0 1 2
Brynas J20Selit - - - - - - - - - - 1 0 0 0 2
Sweden WJC 6 4 3 7 2 - - - - - - - - - -
Sweden WC 4 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - - - - -
2006-07 Brynas SEL 45 12 28 40 46 - - - - - 7 3 3 6 6
Sweden WJC 7 0 7 7 6 - - - - - - - - - -
Sweden WC 9 1 5 6 4 - - - - - - - - - -
2007-08 CAPITALS NHL 82 14 55 69 24 13 3 0 4 153 7 4 2 6 2
Sweden WC 9 3 4 7 4 - - - - - - - - - -
2008-09 CAPITALS NHL 82 22 66 88 46 16 14 0 1 174 14 3 12 15 8
2009-10 CAPITALS NHL 82 33 68 101 50 37 11 0 4 222 7 5 4 9 4
Sweden Olympics 4 1 5 6 0 - - - - - - - - - -
2010-11 CAPITALS NHL 77 18 47 65 40 24 4 1 2 202 - - - - -
NHL TOTALS 323 87 236 323 160 90 32 1 11 751 28 12 18 30 14
2010-11
Ranks second on the team in assists (47) and points (65), fourth in goals (18)...Tied for first on the team in plus/minus at +24...Tied for 18th in
the league in asssits...Tallied three assists on Apr. 2 vs. Buffalo for his third game of the season recording three or more...Had a single-game
career high seven shots on goal Mar. 26 at Montreal..With two assists Mar. 26 at Montreal, Backstrom has had at least 40 in each of his first four
NHL seasons...Had his 313-game consecutive games streak snapped 3/9 vs. EDM; was the third-longest streak in franchise history...Shares
the team lead with four multiple-goal games, including a 2g-2a effort 2/4 at TB...Recorded his 300th career point 1/19 at PHI
Playoff Career
Has averaged more points per game in the playoffs (1.07) than the regular season (1.03)...Ranked second on the team with nine points (5g-4a)
in seven playoff games last season...Had his first hat trick as a professional and added an assist in Game 2 of the ECQF vs. MTL (4/17)...He and
MTL’s Andrei Kostitsyn became the fifth pair of playoff opponents to both record hat tricks in the same game...Had a three-point night (1g-2a)
and was +4 in Game 4 at MTL (4/21)...His 12 assists in 14 playoff games during 2009 led the Caps, while his 15 points ranked second on the
team behind Ovechkin…Led the NHL with seven assists in the first round of the playoffs…Finished with the second-best assist total in Caps
playoff history, one shy of Andrei Nikolishin’s single-season record (13, 1998)…Had a point in all seven Capitals wins in the playoffs…Two of
his goals were PPGs…Recorded a nine-game point streak (3g-8a from 4/24—5/11)…Notched three assists on 4/20 at NYR in Game 3 of the
ECQF…Tallied eight points (3g-5a) vs. PIT in the ECSF…Scored goals in Games 3, 4 and 5 vs. PIT (3g-1a; 5/6—5/9)...Shared the team lead in
playoff goals (4) and was tied for second in the NHL in first-round goals in 2008… Scored goals in four straight games to close out the ECQF
series vs. PHI, notching the Capitals’ first goal in each of those games.
2010-11 SEASON HIGHS
Goals: 2 (4x)
Assists: 4, 11/11/10 vs. TB
Points: 4 (3x)
Penalty Minutes: 4 (4x)
Time on Ice: 25:11, 12/23/ vs. PIT
Shots: 7, 3/26/11 vs. MTL
Hits: 6, 12/18/10 vs. BOS
Plus/Minus: +3 (3x)
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WASHINGTON CAPITALS 2011 PLAYOFF GUIDE