Regular season and playoffsWSH

Nicklas Bäckström's 2007-2008 season

Points

#7NHL#40

Goals

#11NHL#155

Assists

#3NHL#11

Plus/minus

+13

#9NHL#53

Games

100% of 82

Centre Nicklas Bäckström was 19 years old when the 2007-2008 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played all 82 games and scored 14 goals and 55 assists for 69 points, 0.84 points per game. That was 7th among the Swedes and 40th in the NHL. He also finished third in the Swedish assist race. In the playoffs he played 7 games for 6 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

2007-2008Playoffs

Year 2007
19 years ago
NHL debut
October 5
Nicklas Bäckström makes his NHL debut in 3–⁠1 win against Atlanta Thrashers
WSHWashington Capitals3–1ATLAtlanta Thrashers
Nicklas was 19 years old · Philips Arena, USA
His first NHL game
0
Goals
1
Assists
1
Points
-1
+/-
14:45
TOI
First NHL assistFirst NHL point
Other Swedes on the ice: Michael Nylander, Niclas Hävelid and Tobias Enström.
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- The game
  WSH3–1ATL
  W
  October 5game 1/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-0SOG1PPP14:45TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
Milestone
Nicklas Bäckström records his first NHL assist
in the game against Atlanta Thrashers · October 5
- The game
  CAR0–2WSH
  W
  October 6game 2/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG1PPP13:09TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH2–1NYI
  W
  October 8game 3/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG13:35TOI
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- The game
  WSH1–3NYR
  L
  October 12game 4/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG14:42TOI
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- The game
  WSH3–7BUF
  L
  October 13game 5/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG10:35TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYI5–2WSH
  L
  October 18game 6/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG14:04TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PIT2–1WSH
  L
  October 20game 7/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG15:16TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  TBL3–5WSH
  W
  October 24game 8/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG15:57TOI
  View the game
- The game
  VAN3–2WSH
  L
  October 26game 9/826
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG13:02TOI
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- The game
  WSH3–4STL
  L
  October 27game 10/822
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG13:40TOI
  View the game
- The game
  WSH7–1TOR
  W
  October 29game 11/824
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG10:32TOI
  View the game
- November 2007
- The game
  WSH0–2NYR
  L
  November 1game 12/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG15:09TOI
  View the game
- The game
  PHI3–2WSH
  L
  November 2game 13/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG14:23TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  WSH0–5CAR
  L
  November 5game 14/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG16:58TOI
  View the game
- The game
  WSH1–2ATL
  L
  November 6game 15/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-3SOG1PPP17:17TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  WSH4–1OTT
  W
  November 8game 16/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG1PPP21:50TOI
  +1 goal
  View the game
Milestone
Nicklas Bäckström scores his first NHL goal
in the game against Ottawa Senators · November 8
- The game
  TBL5–2WSH
  L
  November 10game 17/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG22:10TOI
  View the game
- The game
  WSH1–2FLA
  L
  November 15game 18/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG18:01TOI
  View the game
- The game
  WSH2–5TBL
  L
  November 16game 19/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG22:09TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  FLA4–3WSH
  L
  November 19game 20/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG19:24TOI
  View the game
- The game
  ATL5–1WSH
  L
  November 21game 21/824
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG16:55TOI
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  November 21
  1/4 into the season
  Game 21 of 82
  9
  points
  #14NHL#184
  1
  goals
  #18NHL#336
  8
  assists
  #13NHL#113
  WSH
  6-14-1W-L-OT13Points
  5th in the Southeast·15th in the Eastern Conference·30th in the whole NHL
- The game
  WSH4–3PHI
  W
  November 23game 22/821
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +2+/-2SOG1PPP13:45TOI
  +3 points
  View the game
- The game
  CAR2–5WSH
  W
  November 24game 23/822
  His night
  +2P+2A
  0+/-1SOG2PPP14:59TOI
  +2 assists
  View the game
- The game
  BUF3–1WSH
  L
  November 26game 24/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG19:25TOI
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- The game
  FLA2–1WSH
  L
  November 28game 25/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG19:07TOI
  View the game
- The game
  WSH3–4CAR
  L
  November 30game 26/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-5SOG20:43TOI
  View the game
- December 2007
- The game
  WSH2–1FLA
  W
  December 1game 27/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG14:05TOI
  View the game
- The game
  WSH2–3NJD
  L
  December 7game 28/82
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG22:09TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  ATL3–6WSH
  W
  December 8game 29/822
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +3+/-1SOG19:13TOI
  +3 points
  View the game
- The game
  NJD2–3WSH
  W
  December 10game 30/82
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG1PPP22:17TOI
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  NYR4–5WSH
  W
  December 12game 31/821
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG22:14TOI
  View the game
- The game
  BUF5–3WSH
  L
  December 14game 32/822
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  -2+/-2SOG1PPP20:26TOI
  +2 points
  View the game
- The game
  WSH3–2TBL
  W
  December 15game 33/823
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG19:54TOI
  View the game
- The game
  WSH3–4DET
  L
  December 17game 34/828
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG23:10TOI
  View the game
- The game
  MTL5–2WSH
  L
  December 20game 35/821
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  -1+/-2SOG1PPP19:34TOI
  +2 points
  View the game
- The game
  WSH2–3NYI
  L
  December 22game 36/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG22:08TOI
  View the game
- The game
  TBL2–3WSH
  W
  December 26game 37/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG16:40TOI
  View the game
- The game
  WSH3–4PIT
  L
  December 27game 38/821
  His night
  +2P+2A
  0+/-1SOG19:13TOI
  +2 assists
  View the game
- The game
  WSH8–6OTT
  W
  December 29game 39/822
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +1+/-2SOG1PPP18:27TOI
  +3 points
  View the game
Year 2008
18 years ago
- The game
  OTT3–6WSH
  W
  January 1game 40/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-2SOG17:33TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  WSH0–2BOS
  L
  January 3game 41/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG20:36TOI
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  January 3
  1/2 into the season
  Game 41 of 82
  29
  points
  #11NHL#79
  7
  goals
  #11NHL#151
  22
  assists
  #8NHL#43
  WSH
  16-20-5W-L-OT37Points
  4th in the Southeast·14th in the Eastern Conference·28th in the whole NHL
- The game
  WSH5–4MTL
  W
  January 5game 42/821
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-4SOG22:33TOI
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  COL1–2WSH
  W
  January 9game 43/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG19:05TOI
  View the game
- The game
  PHI6–4WSH
  L
  January 13game 44/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG22:32TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  OTT2–4WSH
  W
  January 15game 45/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG19:06TOI
  View the game
- The game
  EDM4–5WSH
  W
  January 17game 46/82
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-4SOG25:11TOI
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  FLA3–5WSH
  W
  January 19game 47/821
  His night
  +4P+4A
  0+/-3SOG3PPP16:58TOI
  +4 assists
  View the game
- The game
  WSH6–5PIT
  W
  January 21game 48/82
  His night
  +4P+4A
  +1+/-0SOG2PPP21:29TOI
  +4 assists
  View the game
- The game
  WSH2–3TOR
  L
  January 23game 49/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG19:46TOI
  View the game
- The game
  TOR1–2WSH
  W
  January 24game 50/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG17:52TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  WSH0–4MTL
  L
  January 29game 51/82
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG20:29TOI
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- The game
  MTL4–5WSH
  W
  January 31game 52/82
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +4+/-4SOG21:34TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- February 2008
- The game
  ATL2–0WSH
  L
  February 2game 53/822
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-6SOG21:18TOI
  View the game
- The game
  WSH4–3CBJ
  W
  February 5game 54/82
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG20:58TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  WSH4–3PHI
  W
  February 6game 55/82
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG16:58TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  CAR2–1WSH
  L
  February 8game 56/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG23:30TOI
  View the game
- The game
  NYR2–3WSH
  W
  February 10game 57/82
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG1PPP19:08TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  WSH2–3ATL
  L
  February 13game 58/822
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-3SOG20:47TOI
  +2 assists
  View the game
- The game
  WSH2–4FLA
  L
  February 15game 59/82
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-3SOG1PPP18:50TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  WSH3–2TBL
  W
  February 16game 60/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG1PPP19:42TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  NYI3–2WSH
  L
  February 20game 61/82
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG22:52TOI
  View the game
- The game
  WSH3–6CAR
  L
  February 23game 62/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG19:23TOI
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  February 23
  3/4 into the season
  Game 62 of 82
  49
  points
  #8NHL#60
  9
  goals
  #14NHL#197
  40
  assists
  #3NHL#16
  WSH
  28-27-7W-L-OT63Points
  Playoff spot
  2nd in the Southeast·11th in the Eastern Conference·24th in the whole NHL
- The game
  NJD2–1WSH
  L
  February 24game 63/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-4SOG21:08TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  MIN1–4WSH
  W
  February 26game 64/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG20:17TOI
  View the game
- The game
  WSH4–0NJD
  W
  February 29game 65/821
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-1SOG1PPP21:05TOI
  +2 assists
  View the game
- March 2008
- The game
  TOR3–2WSH
  L
  March 1game 66/823
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-2SOG22:01TOI
  View the game
- The game
  BOS2–10WSH
  W
  March 3game 67/821
  His night
  +4P+1G+3A
  +3+/-3SOG1PPP15:45TOI
  +4 points
  View the game
- The game
  WSH3–1BUF
  W
  March 5game 68/82
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +3+/-3SOG18:34TOI
  +2 points
  View the game
- The game
  WSH1–2BOS
  L
  March 8game 69/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG19:54TOI
  View the game
- The game
  PIT4–2WSH
  L
  March 9game 70/82
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG21:05TOI
  View the game
- The game
  CGY2–3WSH
  W
  March 12game 71/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG20:27TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  ATL1–4WSH
  W
  March 14game 72/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG16:59TOI
  View the game
- The game
  BOS1–2WSH
  W
  March 16game 73/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG1PPP22:08TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  WSH4–2NSH
  W
  March 18game 74/82
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG16:26TOI
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  WSH0–5CHI
  L
  March 19game 75/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG18:53TOI
  View the game
- The game
  WSH5–3ATL
  W
  March 21game 76/822
  His night
  +3P+2G+1A
  +3+/-3SOG22:32TOI
  +3 points
  View the game
- The game
  WSH3–2CAR
  W
  March 25game 77/821
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-4SOG1PPP23:40TOI
  +2 assists
  View the game
- The game
  WSH4–3TBL
  W
  March 27game 78/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG22:25TOI
  View the game
- The game
  WSH3–0FLA
  W
  March 29game 79/821
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-3SOG19:55TOI
  View the game
- April 2008
- The game
  CAR1–4WSH
  W
  April 1game 80/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG23:13TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  TBL1–4WSH
  W
  April 3game 81/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG1PPP18:41TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  FLA1–3WSH
  W
  April 5game 82/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG1PPP23:05TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
The season in numbers
April 5
Nicklas Bäckström closes the 2007-2008 season with 69 points
WSHWashington Capitals
Points
69
#7NHL#40
Games
82of 82
100%
Goals
14
#11NHL#155
Assists
55
#3NHL#11
P/GP
0.84
#8NHL#50
+/-
+13
#9NHL#53
Events
50
career assists
50
career points
1
First NHL goal
3×
First star
3×
Second star
5×
Third star
4 i rad
games with a point · 5 pts
6 days later
Playoffs
April 11
Washington Capitals are in the playoffs
First round
April 11
Washington Capitals meet Philadelphia Flyers
WSHvsPHI
Swedes on Washington Capitals
Nicklas Bäckström
Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
No Swedes
View the whole round
- Game 1
  PHI4–5WSH
  W
  April 11
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG1PPP20:03TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- Washington Capitalslead1–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
- Game 2
  PHI2–0WSH
  L
  April 13
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG19:39TOI
  View the game
- Washington Capitalsare1–1withPhiladelphia Flyers
- Game 3
  WSH3–6PHI
  L
  April 15
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG24:13TOI
  View the game
- Philadelphia Flyerslead2–1againstWashington Capitals
- Game 4
  WSH3–4PHI
  L
  April 17
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-6SOG2PPP22:14TOI
  +2 points
  View the game
- Philadelphia Flyerslead3–1againstWashington Capitals
- Game 5
  PHI2–3WSH
  W
  April 19
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG1PPP18:42TOI
  +1 goal
  View the game
- Philadelphia Flyerslead3–2againstWashington Capitals
- Game 6
  WSH4–2PHI
  W
  April 21
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-2SOG19:06TOI
  +1 goal
  View the game
- Washington Capitalsare3–3withPhiladelphia Flyers
- Game 7
  PHI3–2WSH
  L
  April 22
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-5SOG1PPP19:08TOI
  +1 goal
  View the game
First round
April 22
Philadelphia Flyers knock Washington Capitals out 4–3
WSH3–4PHI
Eliminated
7Games6Points4Goals2Assists
The run in numbers
April 22
Nicklas Bäckström ends the 2007-2008 playoffs with 6 points
WSHWashington Capitals
Points
6
#9NHL#61
Games
7
Goals
4
#4NHL#25
Assists
2
#12NHL#111
P/GP
0.86
+/-
+3
#8NHL#29
Events
1
First playoff goal
1
First playoff point
1
First playoff assist
4 i rad
games with a point
2 points
best game
PHI3–4

Nicklas Bäckström makes his NHL debut in 3–⁠1 win against Atlanta Thrashers

Nicklas Bäckström records his first NHL assist

Nicklas Bäckström scores his first NHL goal

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Nicklas Bäckström closes the 2007-2008 season with 69 points

Washington Capitals are in the playoffs

Washington Capitals meet Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers knock Washington Capitals out 4–3

Nicklas Bäckström ends the 2007-2008 playoffs with 6 points