Regular season and playoffsWSH
Nicklas Bäckström's 2012-2013 season
Centre Nicklas Bäckström was 24 years old when the 2012-2013 season began, his 6th in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played all 48 games and scored 8 goals and 40 assists for 48 points, 1.00 points per game. He won the Swedish points race and finished 13th in the NHL. He also won the Swedish assist race. The season was cut to 48 games by the lockout. In the playoffs he played 7 games for 3 points.
Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.
2012-2013Playoffs
- Year 201313 years agoSeason opener
Nicklas Bäckström plays the 2012-2013 season for Washington Capitals
Nicklas was 25 years old when the 2012-2013 season began. It was his 6th season with the team. His 6th NHL season in all.
- The gameWSH3–6TBLLgame 1/48
3His nightNo points-1+/-3SOG19:57TOI - +2 assistsThe gameWPG4–2WSHLgame 2/482His night+2P+2A-1+/-2SOG1PPP22:17TOI
- The gameMTL4–1WSHLgame 3/481His nightNo points-1+/-1SOG18:02TOI
- The gameWSH2–3NJDLgame 4/484His nightNo points+1+/-1SOG22:43TOI
- The gameBUF2–3WSHWgame 5/48His nightNo points0+/-2SOG19:42TOI
- +1 assistThe gameWSH2–3OTTLgame 6/484His night+1P+1A0+/-1SOG18:02TOI
- +1 assistThe gameWSH2–3TORLgame 7/482His night+1P+1A0+/-0SOG1PPP18:38TOI
- February 2013
- +2 pointsThe gamePHI2–3WSHWgame 8/482His night+2P+1G+1A+2+/-5SOG22:29TOI
- +1 assistThe gamePIT6–3WSHLgame 9/481His night+1P+1A0+/-3SOG22:55TOI
- The gameWSH2–5PITLgame 11/481His nightNo points0+/-2SOG18:10TOI
- The gameFLA0–5WSHWgame 12/48His nightNo points+1+/-2SOG18:44TOI
- Checkpoint
1/4 into the season
Game 12 of 488points#9NHL#731goals#16NHL#2157assists#6NHL#32WSH3-8-1W-L-OT7Points5th in the Southeast·15th in the Eastern Conference·30th in the whole NHL - +2 assistsThe gameWSH6–5FLAWgame 13/48His night+2P+2A+1+/-3SOG1PPP21:00TOI
- +1 assistThe gameWSH4–3TBLWgame 14/481His night+1P+1A0+/-2SOG1PPP20:15TOI
- The gameWSH1–2NYRLgame 15/483His nightNo points-1+/-0SOG20:44TOI
- +1 assistThe gameNJD3–2WSHLgame 16/482His night+1P+1A-1+/-1SOG1PPP20:52TOI
- +1 assistThe gameNJD1–5WSHWgame 17/482His night+1P+1A-1+/-0SOG1PPP22:06TOI
- The gameWSH1–4PHILgame 19/482His nightNo points0+/-1SOG18:03TOI
- March 2013
- +1 assistThe gameWSH3–0WPGWgame 20/48His night+1P+1A+1+/-1SOG22:16TOI
- +3 assistsThe gameBOS3–4WSHWgame 21/48His night+3P+3A+2+/-1SOG21:53TOI
- +1 assistThe gameFLA1–7WSHWgame 22/481His night+1P+1A0+/-1SOG16:20TOI
- The gameNYR4–1WSHLgame 24/483His nightNo points0+/-3SOG22:01TOI
- Checkpoint
1/2 into the season
Game 24 of 4821points#4NHL#363goals#17NHL#22118assists#2NHL#11WSH10-13-1W-L-OT21Points3rd in the Southeast·12th in the Eastern Conference·27th in the whole NHL - The gameCAR4–0WSHLgame 25/481His nightNo points-1+/-1SOG20:17TOI
- +1 assistThe gameWSH3–2CARWgame 26/481His night+1P+1A0+/-0SOG1PPP20:21TOI
- The gameWSH1–4BOSLgame 27/481His nightNo points-1+/-1SOG18:34TOI
- +2 assistsThe gameBUF3–5WSHWgame 28/481His night+2P+2A0+/-0SOG1PPP20:27TOI
- The gameWSH1–2PITLgame 29/481His nightNo points0+/-4SOG23:11TOI
- +2 pointsThe gameWSH4–0WPGWgame 30/481His night+2P+1G+1A+2+/-3SOG1PPP17:25TOI
- +1 assistThe gameWSH6–1WPGWgame 31/481His night+1P+1A-1+/-1SOG1PPP18:56TOI
- The gameNYI3–2WSHLgame 33/481His nightNo points0+/-2SOG22:04TOI
- +1 assistThe gameWSH4–3BUFWgame 34/482His night+1P+1A+1+/-0SOG21:57TOI
- +1 goalThe gameWSH4–5PHILgame 35/482His night+1P+1G-1+/-2SOG18:54TOI
- April 2013
- +4 assistsThe gameWSH5–3CARWgame 36/481His night+4P+4A+3+/-0SOG1PPP18:38TOI
- Checkpoint
3/4 into the season
Game 36 of 4835points#1NHL#176goals#12NHL#16629assists#1NHL#3WSH17-17-2W-L-OT36PointsPlayoff spot2nd in the Southeast·10th in the Eastern Conference·21st in the whole NHL - +1 assistThe gameNYI1–2WSHWgame 37/481His night+1P+1A+1+/-1SOG21:19TOI
- +3 assistsThe gameWSH4–3FLAWgame 38/482His night+3P+3A+1+/-0SOG2PPP19:07TOI
- +1 assistThe gameTBL2–4WSHWgame 39/481His night+1P+1A0+/-7SOG17:40TOI
- +2 assistsThe gameWSH3–2MTLWgame 40/481His night+2P+2A+2+/-2SOG20:08TOI
- +1 assistThe gameCAR1–3WSHWgame 41/481His night+1P+1A+1+/-0SOG1PPP19:25TOI
- The gameTOR1–5WSHWgame 43/481His nightNo points0+/-2SOG19:32TOI
- The gameWSH1–3OTTLgame 44/484His nightNo points-2+/-1SOG15:41TOI
- +2 pointsThe gameWSH5–1MTLWgame 45/481His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-4SOG1PPP21:48TOI
- +2 pointsThe gameWPG3–5WSHWgame 46/481His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-4SOG16:59TOI
- The gameOTT2–1WSHLgame 47/485His nightNo points0+/-1SOG20:27TOI
- The gameBOS2–3WSHWgame 48/482His nightNo points0+/-4SOG22:12TOI
The season in numbersNicklas Bäckström closes the 2012-2013 season with 48 points
Events48first among the Swedes in points40first among the Swedes in assists3×First star1×Second star1×Third star9 i radgames with a point · 15 pts5 days laterPlayoffsWashington Capitals are in the playoffs
First roundWashington Capitals meet New York Rangers
WSHvsNYRSwedes on Washington CapitalsSwedes on New York Rangers- +1 assistGame 1NYR1–3WSHW4His night+1P+1A0+/-1SOG1PPP21:40TOI
- Washington Capitalslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
- Game 2NYR0–1WSHW4His nightNo points0+/-1SOG20:00TOI
- Washington Capitalslead2–0againstNew York Rangers
- +1 goalGame 3WSH3–4NYRL4His night+1P+1G0+/-4SOG21:34TOI
- Washington Capitalslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
- Game 4WSH3–4NYRL4His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG19:10TOI
- Washington Capitalsare2–2withNew York Rangers
- +1 assistGame 5NYR1–2WSHW4His night+1P+1A-1+/-2SOG1PPP21:17TOI
- Washington Capitalslead3–2againstNew York Rangers
- Game 6WSH0–1NYRL4His nightNo points0+/-1SOG19:34TOI
- Washington Capitalsare3–3withNew York Rangers
- Game 7NYR5–0WSHL4His nightNo points0+/-3SOG15:12TOI
First roundNew York Rangers knock Washington Capitals out 4–3
WSH3–4NYREliminated7Games3Points1Goals2AssistsThe run in numbersNicklas Bäckström ends the 2012-2013 playoffs with 3 points
NYR3–4