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Nicklas Bäckström's 2011-2012 season

Points
44
Swedish flag#11NHL#129
Goals
14
Swedish flag#13NHL#172
Assists
30
Swedish flag#9NHL#100
Plus/minus
-4
NHL#609
Games
42
51%
51% of 82

Centre Nicklas Bäckström was 23 years old when the 2011-2012 season began, his 5th in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played 42 of a possible 82 games and scored 14 goals and 30 assists for 44 points, 1.05 points per game. That was 11th among the Swedes and 129th in the NHL. An injury kept him out for 40 straight games between January and March. In the playoffs he played 13 games for 8 points.

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

2011-2012Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Nicklas Bäckström plays the 2011-2012 season for Washington Capitals

    WSHWashington Capitals

    Nicklas was 23 years old when the 2011-2012 season began. It was his 5th season with the team. His 5th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      CAR3–4WSH
      W
      game 1/82
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-3SOG2PPP20:47TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL5–6WSH
      W
      game 2/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG19:48TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2PIT
      W
      game 3/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP19:04TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT1–2WSH
      W
      game 4/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP19:03TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA0–3WSH
      W
      game 5/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP16:23TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–2PHI
      W
      game 6/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP16:13TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      DET1–7WSH
      W
      game 7/827
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP15:34TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–2EDM
      L
      game 8/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG17:00TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–7VAN
      L
      game 9/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP16:55TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • November 2011
    • The game
      ANA4–5WSH
      W
      game 10/821
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-3SOG17:36TOI
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–1CAR
      W
      game 11/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP19:17TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–5NYI
      L
      game 12/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP18:29TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      DAL5–2WSH
      L
      game 13/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-4SOG1PPP18:07TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    Milestone

    Nicklas Bäckström reaches 250 career assists

    in the game against Dallas Stars · November 8

    • The game
      WSH3–1NJD
      W
      game 14/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG17:51TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD3–2WSH
      L
      game 15/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG18:58TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–3NSH
      L
      game 16/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG17:14TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–4WPG
      L
      game 17/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:02TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–7TOR
      L
      game 18/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG16:10TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PHX3–4WSH
      W
      game 19/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP19:48TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      WPG3–4WSH
      W
      game 20/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG19:49TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR6–3WSH
      L
      game 21/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG18:00TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      25
      points
      Swedish flag#1NHL#5
      7
      goals
      Swedish flag#4NHL#50
      18
      assists
      Swedish flag#2NHL#2
      WSH
      12-8-1W-L-OT25Points
      2nd in the Southeast·7th in the Eastern Conference·15th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH1–5BUF
      L
      game 22/822
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-2SOG18:29TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      STL2–1WSH
      L
      game 23/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG19:20TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • December 2011
    • The game
      PIT2–1WSH
      L
      game 24/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:39TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT2–3WSH
      W
      game 25/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG20:15TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–5FLA
      L
      game 26/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG22:07TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–3OTT
      W
      game 27/824
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP20:49TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–4WSH
      W
      game 28/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-4SOG2PPP20:54TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI5–1WSH
      L
      game 29/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:28TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–0WPG
      W
      game 30/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG20:15TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–2COL
      L
      game 31/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG22:11TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH1–4WSH
      W
      game 32/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG20:31TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–4NJD
      L
      game 33/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG22:31TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–4BUF
      L
      game 34/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP19:49TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–4WSH
      W
      game 35/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG22:19TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF1–3WSH
      W
      game 36/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG20:32TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    Milestone

    Nicklas Bäckström reaches 100 career goals

    in the game against Buffalo Sabres · December 30

    • The game
      WSH4–2CBJ
      W
      game 37/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG20:39TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY1–3WSH
      W
      game 38/822
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +1+/-1SOG2PPP20:31TOI
      +3 assists
      View the game
    Injured

    Nicklas goes down and misses 40 games

    Head injury

    • The game
      WSH2–5SJS
      L
      game 39/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–5LAK
      L
      game 40/821
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT0–1WSH
      W
      game 41/821
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8238 of 41 played
      42
      points
      Swedish flag#3NHL#13
      13
      goals
      Swedish flag#5NHL#60
      29
      assists
      Swedish flag#3NHL#6
      WSH
      22-17-2W-L-OT46Points
      2nd in the Southeast·8th in the Eastern Conference·18th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TBL3–4WSH
      W
      game 42/821
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR1–2WSH
      W
      game 43/821
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–0WSH
      L
      game 44/821
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–0MTL
      W
      game 45/821
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH0–3CAR
      L
      game 46/821
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–4PIT
      L
      game 47/82
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS3–5WSH
      W
      game 48/821
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–4TBL
      L
      game 49/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • February 2012
    • The game
      WSH2–4FLA
      L
      game 50/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–0MTL
      W
      game 51/821
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS4–1WSH
      L
      game 52/821
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA0–4WSH
      W
      game 53/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WPG3–2WSH
      L
      game 54/823
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3NYR
      L
      game 55/824
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS5–3WSH
      L
      game 56/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1FLA
      W
      game 57/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–2TBL
      L
      game 58/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH0–5CAR
      L
      game 59/821
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–5OTT
      L
      game 60/823
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–4WSH
      W
      game 61/821
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–2TOR
      W
      game 62/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8238 of 62 played
      42
      points
      Swedish flag#8NHL#69
      13
      goals
      Swedish flag#9NHL#120
      29
      assists
      Swedish flag#7NHL#47
      WSH
      31-26-5W-L-OT67Points
      Playoff spot
      3rd in the Southeast·9th in the Eastern Conference·19th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI2–3WSH
      W
      game 63/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • March 2012
    • The game
      NJD5–0WSH
      L
      game 64/824
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–0WSH
      L
      game 65/824
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR4–3WSH
      L
      game 66/821
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL2–3WSH
      W
      game 67/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–3BOS
      W
      game 68/821
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR0–2WSH
      W
      game 69/823
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–4NYI
      W
      game 70/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3WPG
      L
      game 71/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–5CHI
      L
      game 72/825
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–3DET
      W
      game 73/825
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–2PHI
      L
      game 74/823
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WPG4–3WSH
      L
      game 75/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      MIN0–3WSH
      W
      game 76/821
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF5–1WSH
      L
      game 77/821
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2BOS
      W
      game 78/821
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–3WSH
      W
      game 79/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG19:40TOI
      View the game
    • April 2012
    • The game
      WSH2–4TBL
      L
      game 80/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG19:41TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA2–4WSH
      W
      game 81/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:42TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–1NYR
      W
      game 82/824
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP18:24TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Nicklas Bäckström closes the 2011-2012 season with 44 points

    WSHWashington Capitals
    Points
    44
    #11NHL#129
    Games
    42of 82
    51%
    Goals
    14
    #13NHL#172
    Assists
    30
    #9NHL#100
    P/GP
    1.05
    #1NHL#6
    +/-
    -4
    #44NHL#609
    Events
    250
    career assists
    100
    career goals
    4×
    First star
    5×
    Second star
    2×
    Third star
    6 i rad
    games with a point · 10 pts
    5 days later
    Playoffs

    Washington Capitals are in the playoffs

    First round

    Washington Capitals meet Boston Bruins

    WSHvsBOS
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      WSH0–1BOS
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG17:46TOI
      View the game
    • Boston Bruinslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      WSH2–1BOS
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG30:03TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalsare1–1withBoston Bruins
    • Game 3
      BOS4–3WSH
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG21:29TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Boston Bruinslead2–1againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 5
      WSH4–3BOS
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG20:33TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead3–2againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 6
      BOS4–3WSH
      L
      1
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-3SOG23:03TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalsare3–3withBoston Bruins
    • Game 7
      WSH2–1BOS
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:35TOI
      View the game
    First round

    Washington Capitals knock Boston Bruins out 4–3

    WSH4–3BOS
    Advance
    6Games4Points1Goals3Assists
    3 days later
    Second round

    Washington Capitals meet New York Rangers

    WSHvsNYR
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      WSH1–3NYR
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG19:36TOI
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      WSH3–2NYR
      W
      4
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP16:18TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • May 2012
    • Washington Capitalsare1–1withNew York Rangers
    • Game 3
      NYR2–1WSH
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG34:14TOI
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 4
      NYR2–3WSH
      W
      4
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG17:47TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalsare2–2withNew York Rangers
    • Game 5
      WSH2–3NYR
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG20:25TOI
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead3–2againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 6
      NYR1–2WSH
      W
      4
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP18:54TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalsare3–3withNew York Rangers
    • Game 7
      WSH1–2NYR
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG22:03TOI
      View the game
    Second round

    New York Rangers knock Washington Capitals out 4–3

    WSH3–4NYR
    Eliminated
    7Games4Points1Goals3Assists
    The run in numbers

    Nicklas Bäckström ends the 2011-2012 playoffs with 8 points

    WSHWashington Capitals
    Points
    8
    #1NHL#35
    Games
    13
    Goals
    2
    #3NHL#58
    Assists
    6
    #1NHL#25
    P/GP
    0.62
    #2NHL#22
    +/-
    +2
    #3NHL#49
    Events
    8
    first among the Swedes in points
    6
    first among the Swedes in assists
    50
    playoff games
    25
    playoff assists
    2×
    Second star
    2 points
    best game
    BOS4–3→NYR3–4