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Nicklas Bäckström's 2010-2011 season

Points
65
Swedish flag#5NHL#35
Goals
18
Swedish flag#9NHL#121
Assists
47
Swedish flag#4NHL#17
Plus/minus
+24
Swedish flag#3NHL#19
Games
77
93%
93% of 82

Centre Nicklas Bäckström was 22 years old when the 2010-2011 season began, his 4th in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played 77 of a possible 82 games and scored 18 goals and 47 assists for 65 points, 0.84 points per game. That was 5th among the Swedes and 35th in the NHL. In the playoffs he played 9 games for 2 points.

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

2010-2011Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Nicklas Bäckström plays the 2010-2011 season for Washington Capitals

    Nicklas was 22 years old when the 2010-2011 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 4th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      WSH2–4ATL
      L
      game 1/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG20:32TOI
    • The game
      NJD2–7WSH
      W
      game 2/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG20:39TOI
    • The game
      OTT2–3WSH
      W
      game 3/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG22:53TOI
    • The game
      NYI1–2WSH
      W
      game 4/82
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP19:21TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      WSH3–2NSH
      W
      game 5/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-4SOG2PPP21:50TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BOS3–1WSH
      L
      game 6/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG21:56TOI
    • The game
      WSH1–4BOS
      L
      game 7/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG22:35TOI
    • The game
      ATL3–4WSH
      W
      game 8/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG23:17TOI
    • The game
      WSH3–0CAR
      W
      game 9/82
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-4SOG1SHP18:24TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      WSH1–2MIN
      L
      game 10/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG19:49TOI
    • The game
      WSH7–2CGY
      W
      game 11/822
      His night
      +4P+1G+3A
      +1+/-1SOG2PPP16:20TOI
      +4 points
    • November 2010
    • The game
      TOR4–5WSH
      W
      game 12/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG22:41TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–5WSH
      W
      game 13/82
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG19:46TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      PHI2–3WSH
      W
      game 14/82
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-0SOG2PPP22:55TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WSH5–3NYR
      W
      game 15/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG19:50TOI
    • The game
      TBL3–6WSH
      W
      game 16/823
      His night
      +4P+4A
      +3+/-1SOG1PPP20:58TOI
      +4 assists
    • The game
      WSH2–3BUF
      L
      game 17/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG18:57TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      ATL4–6WSH
      W
      game 18/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG16:14TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF2–4WSH
      W
      game 19/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP16:39TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH0–5ATL
      L
      game 20/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:18TOI
    • The game
      PHI5–4WSH
      L
      game 21/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP20:18TOI
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      22
      points
      Swedish flag#3NHL#14
      7
      goals
      Swedish flag#5NHL#46
      15
      assists
      Swedish flag#2NHL#7
      WSH
      14-5-2W-L-OT30Points
      1st in the Southeast·1st in the Eastern Conference·1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH0–5NJD
      L
      game 22/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:22TOI
    • The game
      WSH3–2CAR
      W
      game 23/821
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-5SOG20:59TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      TBL0–6WSH
      W
      game 24/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG2PPP18:36TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      CAR2–3WSH
      W
      game 25/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG21:46TOI
      +1 assist
    • December 2010
    • The game
      WSH4–1STL
      W
      game 26/823
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-6SOG1PPP19:14TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      WSH1–2DAL
      L
      game 27/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG18:53TOI
    • The game
      ATL3–1WSH
      L
      game 28/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG22:39TOI
    • The game
      TOR5–4WSH
      L
      game 29/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -2+/-5SOG1PPP22:10TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      FLA3–0WSH
      L
      game 30/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG21:29TOI
    • The game
      COL3–2WSH
      L
      game 31/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP25:05TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH0–7NYR
      L
      game 32/822
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG16:53TOI
    • The game
      ANA2–1WSH
      L
      game 33/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG24:42TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–3BOS
      L
      game 34/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-6SOG23:54TOI
    • The game
      WSH3–2OTT
      W
      game 35/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG24:36TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–5WSH
      W
      game 36/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG21:40TOI
    • The game
      PIT3–2WSH
      L
      game 37/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP25:11TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–2CAR
      W
      game 38/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG22:19TOI
    • The game
      MTL0–3WSH
      W
      game 39/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG22:16TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–1PIT
      W
      game 40/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP20:46TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TBL1–0WSH
      L
      game 41/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG20:00TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 82
      37
      points
      Swedish flag#6NHL#18
      11
      goals
      Swedish flag#7NHL#64
      26
      assists
      Swedish flag#6NHL#14
      WSH
      23-12-6W-L-OT52Points
      2nd in the Southeast·5th in the Eastern Conference·6th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      FLA2–3WSH
      W
      game 42/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG18:48TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–4FLA
      L
      game 43/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG24:15TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH0–3TBL
      L
      game 44/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG19:28TOI
    • The game
      VAN4–2WSH
      L
      game 45/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG22:08TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      OTT1–3WSH
      W
      game 46/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP19:42TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–3PHI
      L
      game 47/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG21:15TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–1NYI
      W
      game 48/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG20:17TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      WSH4–1TOR
      W
      game 49/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-1SOG19:32TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR2–1WSH
      L
      game 50/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG23:55TOI
    • The game
      WSH0–1ATL
      L
      game 51/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG22:31TOI
    • February 2011
    • The game
      MTL3–2WSH
      L
      game 52/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG23:27TOI
    • The game
      WSH5–2TBL
      W
      game 53/823
      His night
      +4P+2G+2A
      +3+/-5SOG1PPP21:17TOI
      +4 points
    • The game
      PIT0–3WSH
      W
      game 54/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG21:03TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–0WSH
      L
      game 55/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG20:01TOI
    • The game
      LAK4–1WSH
      L
      game 56/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG21:14TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–3PHX
      L
      game 57/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG19:59TOI
    • The game
      WSH7–6ANA
      W
      game 58/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-3SOG22:46TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WSH2–3SJS
      L
      game 59/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG19:14TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH2–1BUF
      W
      game 60/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG20:59TOI
    • The game
      WSH1–0PIT
      W
      game 61/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG21:03TOI
    • The game
      NYR6–0WSH
      L
      game 62/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG19:16TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 82
      53
      points
      Swedish flag#5NHL#21
      15
      goals
      Swedish flag#9NHL#95
      38
      assists
      Swedish flag#4NHL#8
      WSH
      32-20-10W-L-OT74Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the Southeast·5th in the Eastern Conference·9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH3–2NYI
      W
      game 63/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG16:38TOI
    • March 2011
    • The game
      NYI1–2WSH
      W
      game 64/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG17:23TOI
    • The game
      STL2–3WSH
      W
      game 65/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG17:22TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH3–2FLA
      W
      game 66/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-6SOG17:51TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH2–1TBL
      W
      game 67/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG11:41TOI
    Injured

    Nicklas goes down and misses 5 games

    Sore finger / thumb injury (cbc)

    • The game
      EDM0–5WSH
      W
      game 68/823
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      CAR1–2WSH
      W
      game 69/821
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      CHI3–4WSH
      W
      game 70/823
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      WSH4–2MTL
      W
      game 71/821
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      WSH2–3DET
      L
      game 72/827
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      WSH3–0NJD
      W
      game 73/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:11TOI
    • The game
      WSH5–4PHI
      W
      game 74/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP23:17TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      WSH0–2OTT
      L
      game 75/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG20:39TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–0MTL
      W
      game 76/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-7SOG21:25TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      CAR3–2WSH
      L
      game 77/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG21:44TOI
    • The game
      CBJ3–4WSH
      W
      game 78/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG21:42TOI
      +1 assist
    • April 2011
    • The game
      BUF4–5WSH
      W
      game 79/822
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +2+/-4SOG1PPP17:58TOI
      +3 assists
    • The game
      WSH3–2TOR
      W
      game 80/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG22:27TOI
    • The game
      FLA2–5WSH
      W
      game 81/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP21:00TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WSH0–1FLA
      L
      game 82/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:50TOI
    The season in numbers

    Nicklas Bäckström closes the 2010-2011 season with 65 points

    Points
    65
    #5NHL#35
    Games
    77of 82
    94%
    Goals
    18
    #9NHL#121
    Assists
    47
    #4NHL#17
    P/GP
    0.84
    #5NHL#40
    +/-
    +24
    #3NHL#19
    Events
    250
    NHL games
    4×
    First star
    4×
    Second star
    2×
    Third star
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 7 pts
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Washington Capitals are in the playoffs

    First round

    Washington Capitals meet New York Rangers

    WSHvsNYR
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    • Game 1
      NYR1–2WSH
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG28:56TOI
    • Washington Capitalslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR0–2WSH
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:38TOI
    • Washington Capitalslead2–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 3
      WSH2–3NYR
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP19:55TOI
      +1 assist
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      WSH4–3NYR
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG31:36TOI
    • Washington Capitalslead3–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 5
      NYR1–3WSH
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG20:46TOI
    First round

    Washington Capitals knock New York Rangers out 4–1

    WSH4–1NYR
    Advance
    5Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    6 days later
    Second round

    Washington Capitals meet Tampa Bay Lightning

    WSHvsTBL
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on Tampa Bay Lightning
    • Game 1
      TBL4–2WSH
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG19:14TOI
    • May 2011
    • Tampa Bay Lightninglead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      TBL3–2WSH
      L
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-6SOG21:56TOI
      +1 assist
    • Tampa Bay Lightninglead2–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 3
      WSH3–4TBL
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG24:46TOI
    • Tampa Bay Lightninglead3–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 4
      WSH3–5TBL
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG23:03TOI
    Second round

    Tampa Bay Lightning knock Washington Capitals out 4–0

    WSH0–4TBL
    Eliminated
    4Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Nicklas Bäckström ends the 2010-2011 playoffs with 2 points

    Points
    2
    #16NHL#169
    Games
    9
    Goals
    0
    #16NHL#199
    Assists
    2
    #11NHL#114
    P/GP
    0.22
    #12NHL#100
    +/-
    0
    #10NHL#117
    NYR4–1→TBL0–4