Nicklas Bäckström's 2009-2010 season
Centre Nicklas Bäckström was 21 years old when the 2009-2010 season began, his 3rd in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played all 82 games and scored 33 goals and 68 assists for 101 points, 1.23 points per game. He finished second in the Swedish points race and finished 4th in the NHL. He also won the Swedish goal race and finished second in the Swedish assist race. In the playoffs he played 7 games for 9 points.
Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.
- Year 200917 years agoSeason opener
Nicklas Bäckström plays the 2009-2010 season for Washington Capitals
Nicklas was 21 years old when the 2009-2010 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 3rd NHL season in all.
- +3 assistsThe gameWSH4–1BOSWgame 1/82His night+3P+3A+1+/-3SOG2PPP19:51TOI
- +2 assistsThe gameTOR4–6WSHWgame 2/82
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His night+2P+2A+2+/-1SOG20:41TOI - +3 assistsThe gameWSH5–6PHILgame 3/82His night+3P+3A+2+/-2SOG1PPP20:54TOI
- The gameWSH2–3DETLgame 5/82
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His nightNo points-1+/-1SOG21:04TOI - The gameNJD3–2WSHLgame 6/82
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His nightNo points+2+/-2SOG22:54TOI - +1 assistThe gameSJS1–4WSHWgame 7/82His night+1P+1A0+/-1SOG1PPP21:02TOI
- The gameNSH2–3WSHWgame 8/82
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His nightNo points-1+/-1SOG21:02TOI - The gameWSH5–4ATLWgame 9/82
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His nightNo points-1+/-3SOG22:07TOI - The gameWSH3–2NYIWgame 10/82His nightNo points-2+/-4SOG24:10TOI
- +4 pointsThe gamePHI2–4WSHWgame 11/82His night+4P+1G+3A+3+/-4SOG1PPP19:45TOI
- +1 assistThe gameWSH4–3ATLWgame 12/82
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His night+1P+1A0+/-2SOG16:56TOI - +1 assistThe gameNYI4–3WSHLgame 13/82His night+1P+1A-1+/-4SOG1PPP23:34TOI
- November 2009
- The gameWSH2–3NJDLgame 15/82
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His nightNo points0+/-1SOG19:18TOI - +1 assistThe gameWSH4–1FLAWgame 16/82His night+1P+1A0+/-1SOG1PPP19:06TOI
- +2 assistsThe gameFLA4–7WSHWgame 17/82His night+2P+2A+3+/-2SOG18:44TOI
- The gameMIN1–3WSHWgame 19/82
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His nightNo points0+/-3SOG19:03TOI - The gameWSH2–5NJDLgame 20/82
1
His nightNo points-3+/-2SOG15:38TOI - The gameWSH4–2NYRWgame 21/82
1
His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG18:00TOI - Checkpoint
1/4 into the season
Game 21 of 8222points#2NHL#14
4goals#11NHL#121
18assists#1NHL#4
WSH13-4-4W-L-OT30Points1st in the Southeast·1st in the Eastern Conference·2nd in the whole NHL - +1 assistThe gameMTL3–2WSHLgame 22/82His night+1P+1A0+/-0SOG21:48TOI
- The gameWSH1–2TORLgame 23/82
1
His nightNo points+1+/-0SOG21:40TOI - The gameWSH3–4OTTLgame 24/82
1
His nightNo points0+/-5SOG21:40TOI - The gameBUF0–2WSHWgame 25/82
1
His nightNo points0+/-2SOG21:57TOI - +1 assistThe gameWSH4–3MTLWgame 26/82His night+1P+1A+1+/-2SOG24:22TOI
- +3 pointsThe gameWSH3–2CARWgame 27/82
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His night+3P+2G+1A+2+/-4SOG22:05TOI - December 2009
- +1 goalThe gameFLA2–6WSHWgame 28/82His night+1P+1G+1+/-3SOG1PPP21:33TOI
- The gameWSH3–0TBLWgame 30/82
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His nightNo points+1+/-1SOG21:02TOI - The gameWSH0–3BUFLgame 31/82
1
His nightNo points0+/-5SOG25:17TOI - +2 assistsThe gameCAR3–4WSHWgame 32/82His night+2P+2A+3+/-0SOG22:55TOI
- +2 goalsThe gameWSH3–6TORLgame 33/82
1
His night+2P+2G0+/-5SOG20:56TOI - The gameWSH2–3VANLgame 35/82
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His nightNo points-1+/-3SOG21:38TOI - +1 goalThe gameWSH4–2EDMWgame 36/82His night+1P+1G+1+/-2SOG21:30TOI
- +2 goalsThe gameBUF2–5WSHWgame 37/82
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His night+2P+2G+1+/-4SOG1PPP22:19TOI
MilestoneNicklas Bäckström reaches 50 career goals
in the game against Buffalo Sabres · December 23
- The gameCAR6–3WSHLgame 39/82
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His nightNo points-2+/-3SOG20:50TOI - +1 assistThe gameWSH2–5SJSLgame 40/82
1
His night+1P+1A0+/-4SOG20:52TOI
Year 201016 years ago- The gameWSH1–2LAKLgame 41/82
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His nightNo points0+/-0SOG08:40TOI - Checkpoint
1/2 into the season
Game 41 of 8246points#2NHL#8
15goals#3NHL#28
31assists#2NHL#7
WSH24-11-6W-L-OT54Points1st in the Southeast·3rd in the Eastern Conference·5th in the whole NHL
- The gameMTL2–4WSHWgame 42/82His nightNo points0+/-4SOG20:35TOI
- +3 pointsThe gameOTT2–5WSHWgame 43/82
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His night+3P+2G+1A+2+/-3SOG19:33TOI - +1 goalThe gameWSH8–1ATLWgame 44/82
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His night+1P+1G+2+/-1SOG1PPP18:14TOI - +1 assistThe gameWSH4–7TBLLgame 45/82
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His night+1P+1A-1+/-3SOG1PPP19:49TOI - +1 goalThe gameWSH5–4FLAWgame 46/82His night+1P+1G0+/-6SOG22:43TOI
- The gamePHI3–5WSHWgame 48/82His nightNo points+1+/-2SOG19:53TOI
- +1 goalThe gameDET2–3WSHWgame 49/82
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His night+1P+1G-1+/-4SOG1PPP18:17TOI - +1 goalThe gameWSH6–3PITWgame 50/82His night+1P+1G+1+/-2SOG1PPP19:29TOI
- The gamePHX2–4WSHWgame 51/82His nightNo points0+/-4SOG20:10TOI
- +1 assistThe gameWSH7–2NYIWgame 52/82His night+1P+1A+1+/-3SOG1PPP19:04TOI
- +1 assistThe gameANA1–5WSHWgame 53/82His night+1P+1A+2+/-4SOG1PPP20:22TOI
- +3 pointsThe gameFLA1–4WSHWgame 54/82His night+3P+1G+2A+2+/-7SOG1PPP15:59TOI
- +2 pointsThe gameTBL2–3WSHWgame 55/82
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His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-4SOG1PPP18:58TOI - February 2010
- +1 assistThe gameWSH4–1BOSWgame 56/82His night+1P+1A+2+/-1SOG19:47TOI
- +5 pointsThe gameWSH6–5NYRWgame 57/82
1
His night+5P+1G+4A+1+/-5SOG3PPP19:07TOI - +2 pointsThe gameATL2–5WSHWgame 58/82
3
His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-1SOG1PPP13:24TOI - +2 assistsThe gamePIT4–5WSHWgame 59/82His night+2P+2A+2+/-0SOG19:27TOI
- The gameWSH5–6OTTLgame 61/82
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His nightNo points0+/-2SOG23:01TOI - +1 assistThe gameWSH3–4STLLgame 62/82
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His night+1P+1A-1+/-2SOG1PPP23:44TOI - Checkpoint
3/4 into the season
Game 62 of 8276points#2NHL#3
26goals#1NHL#15
50assists#2NHL#3
WSH41-13-8W-L-OT90PointsPlayoff spot1st in the Southeast·1st in the Eastern Conference·1st in the whole NHL - March 2010
- The gameWSH3–1BUFWgame 63/82
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His nightNo points0+/-2SOG18:16TOI - +1 assistThe gameTBL4–5WSHWgame 64/82
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His night+1P+1A+1+/-0SOG17:23TOI - The gameNYR0–2WSHWgame 65/82His nightNo points0+/-2SOG22:49TOI
- +2 assistsThe gameDAL4–3WSHLgame 66/82
1
His night+2P+2A0+/-4SOG1PPP25:29TOI - +1 assistThe gameCAR3–4WSHWgame 67/82His night+1P+1A-1+/-1SOG1PPP21:47TOI
- The gameTBL3–2WSHLgame 68/82
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His nightNo points-1+/-3SOG19:25TOI - +3 pointsThe gameWSH4–3CHIWgame 69/82
1
His night+3P+2G+1A0+/-4SOG1PPP21:19TOI - +2 pointsThe gameWSH7–3FLAWgame 70/82His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-6SOG1PPP18:09TOI
- +2 assistsThe gameWSH3–4CARLgame 71/82His night+2P+2A-1+/-1SOG1PPP19:42TOI
- +1 assistThe gameWSH3–1TBLWgame 72/82
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His night+1P+1A+1+/-1SOG18:18TOI - The gameWSH2–3CARLgame 74/82His nightNo points0+/-3SOG22:33TOI
- +1 assistThe gameCGY5–3WSHLgame 75/82
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His night+1P+1A-1+/-3SOG1PPP25:04TOI - +1 assistThe gameOTT5–4WSHLgame 76/82
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His night+1P+1A0+/-0SOG26:25TOI - April 2010
- The gameWSH3–2CBJWgame 78/82
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His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG20:02TOI - +3 pointsThe gameBOS2–3WSHWgame 79/82His night+3P+1G+2A+1+/-4SOG1PPP18:20TOI
MilestoneNicklas Bäckström reaches 250 career points
in the game against Boston Bruins · April 5
- +3 assistsThe gameWSH6–3PITWgame 80/82His night+3P+3A+2+/-4SOG1PPP20:35TOI
- The gameBOS4–3WSHLgame 82/82His nightNo points-1+/-3SOG22:38TOI
The season in numbersNicklas Bäckström closes the 2009-2010 season with 101 points
Events101career best in points33career best in goals68career best in assists33first among the Swedes in goals250career points50career goals8×First star6×Second star5×Third star9 i radgames with a point · 19 pts4 days laterPlayoffsWashington Capitals are in the playoffs
First roundWashington Capitals meet Montréal Canadiens
WSHvsMTLSwedes on Washington CapitalsSwedes on Montréal CanadiensNo Swedes- +1 goalGame 1MTL3–2WSHLHis night+1P+1G0+/-6SOG22:23TOI
- Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
- Washington Capitalsare1–1withMontréal Canadiens
- +1 assistGame 3WSH5–1MTLWHis night+1P+1A+1+/-2SOG18:41TOI
- Washington Capitalslead2–1againstMontréal Canadiens
- Washington Capitalslead3–1againstMontréal Canadiens
- Game 5MTL2–1WSHLHis nightNo points-1+/-3SOG22:08TOI
- Washington Capitalslead3–2againstMontréal Canadiens
- Game 6WSH1–4MTLLHis nightNo points0+/-3SOG23:30TOI
- Washington Capitalsare3–3withMontréal Canadiens
- Game 7MTL2–1WSHLHis nightNo points0+/-1SOG21:52TOI
First roundMontréal Canadiens knock Washington Capitals out 4–3
WSH3–4MTLEliminated7Games9Points5Goals4AssistsThe run in numbersNicklas Bäckström ends the 2009-2010 playoffs with 9 points
Events1hat trick25playoff games25playoff points10playoff goals1×First star4 i radgames with a point4 pointsbest gameMTL3–4