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Nicklas Bäckström's 2020-2021 season

Points
53
Swedish flag#1NHL#20
Goals
15
Swedish flag#8NHL#90
Assists
38
Swedish flag#1NHL#14
Plus/minus
0
NHL#349
Games
55
98%
98% of 56

Centre Nicklas Bäckström was 32 years old when the 2020-2021 season began, his 14th in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played 55 of a possible 56 games and scored 15 goals and 38 assists for 53 points, 0.96 points per game. He won the Swedish points race and finished 20th in the NHL. He also won the Swedish assist race. The season was cut to 56 games by the pandemic. In the playoffs he played 5 games for 1 points.

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

2020-2021Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Nicklas Bäckström plays the 2020-2021 season for Washington Capitals

    WSHWashington Capitals

    Nicklas was 33 years old when the 2020-2021 season began. It was his 14th season with the team. His 14th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      WSH6–4BUF
      W
      game 1/563
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG17:54TOI
      +2 points
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    • The game
      WSH2–1BUF
      W
      game 2/564
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG16:22TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      WSH3–4PIT
      L
      game 3/562
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP23:33TOI
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      WSH4–5PIT
      L
      game 4/562
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG19:45TOI
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    • The game
      BUF3–4WSH
      W
      game 5/564
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG20:56TOI
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      BUF4–3WSH
      L
      game 6/564
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-6SOG2PPP22:16TOI
      +2 points
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    • The game
      NYI2–3WSH
      W
      game 7/561
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP16:12TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      NYI3–6WSH
      W
      game 8/561
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-2SOG2PPP18:47TOI
      +2 assists
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    • The game
      BOS3–4WSH
      W
      game 9/561
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-1SOG18:35TOI
      +3 points
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    • February 2021
    • The game
      BOS5–3WSH
      L
      game 10/561
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG22:15TOI
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    • The game
      WSH2–4NYR
      L
      game 11/562
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG21:13TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      PHI7–4WSH
      L
      game 12/564
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      0+/-3SOG21:17TOI
      +3 points
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    • The game
      WSH3–6PIT
      L
      game 13/561
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG21:20TOI
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      WSH3–1PIT
      W
      game 14/562
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG14:54TOI
      +1 assist
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    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 14 of 56
      19
      points
      Swedish flag#1NHL#7
      7
      goals
      Swedish flag#1NHL#15
      12
      assists
      Swedish flag#1NHL#8
      WSH
      7-4-3W-L-OT17Points
      4th in the East·16th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF1–3WSH
      W
      game 15/564
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP14:28TOI
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      NYR4–1WSH
      L
      game 16/562
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG17:20TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD3–4WSH
      W
      game 17/563
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-2SOG2PPP15:01TOI
      +2 assists
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    • The game
      PIT3–2WSH
      L
      game 18/562
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG18:29TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT2–5WSH
      W
      game 19/562
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG16:43TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–2NJD
      W
      game 20/563
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:26TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2NJD
      W
      game 21/563
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG16:42TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • March 2021
    • The game
      WSH2–1BOS
      W
      game 22/561
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:26TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–5BOS
      L
      game 23/561
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG17:36TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      WSH3–1PHI
      W
      game 24/563
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG16:25TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      NJD4–5WSH
      W
      game 25/563
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP21:09TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–3PHI
      W
      game 26/564
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG21:20TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–4PHI
      W
      game 27/562
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP23:00TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH6–0BUF
      W
      game 28/564
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG17:40TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 28 of 56
      31
      points
      Swedish flag#1NHL#12
      11
      goals
      Swedish flag#2NHL#31
      20
      assists
      Swedish flag#2NHL#12
      WSH
      18-6-4W-L-OT40Points
      2nd in the East·5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI1–3WSH
      W
      game 29/562
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG2PPP21:19TOI
      +2 points
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    • The game
      NYR1–2WSH
      W
      game 30/562
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:41TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–1WSH
      L
      game 31/562
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG19:14TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD3–4WSH
      W
      game 32/563
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:33TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD0–4WSH
      W
      game 33/564
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-3SOG15:07TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–5WSH
      W
      game 34/562
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG21:42TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      WSH2–5NYR
      L
      game 35/562
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP20:10TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • April 2021
    • The game
      WSH4–8NYI
      L
      game 36/561
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG1PPP17:40TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1NJD
      W
      game 37/564
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG18:33TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–4NJD
      W
      game 38/564
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP16:49TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH0–1NYI
      L
      game 39/561
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:32TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS4–2WSH
      L
      game 40/562
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG1PPP20:18TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–3BUF
      W
      game 41/564
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG14:16TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH8–1BOS
      W
      game 42/562
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP17:56TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 42 of 56
      42
      points
      Swedish flag#1NHL#13
      13
      goals
      Swedish flag#3NHL#59
      29
      assists
      Swedish flag#2NHL#14
      WSH
      27-11-4W-L-OT58Points
      Playoff spot
      1st in the East·5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHI1–6WSH
      W
      game 43/563
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP17:39TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF5–2WSH
      L
      game 44/564
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG19:51TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    Milestone

    Nicklas Bäckström reaches 1,000 NHL games

    in the game against Buffalo Sabres · April 15

    • The game
      WSH6–3PHI
      W
      game 45/562
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG17:44TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–6BOS
      L
      game 46/561
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -2+/-3SOG1PPP18:19TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–0NYI
      W
      game 47/561
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:13TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH6–3NYI
      W
      game 48/561
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG15:06TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI0–1WSH
      W
      game 49/561
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:05TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT5–4WSH
      L
      game 50/562
      His night
      +3P+3A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP21:16TOI
      +3 assists
      View the game
    • May 2021
    • The game
      PIT3–0WSH
      L
      game 51/562
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:20TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH6–3NYR
      W
      game 52/562
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG18:49TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–2NYR
      W
      game 53/562
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP22:19TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI4–2WSH
      L
      game 54/562
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG19:12TOI
      View the game
    Injured

    Nicklas goes down and misses 1 game

    Lower body injury

    • The game
      PHI1–2WSH
      W
      game 55/562
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS1–2WSH
      W
      game 56/563
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:56TOI
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Nicklas Bäckström closes the 2020-2021 season with 53 points

    WSHWashington Capitals
    Points
    53
    #1NHL#20
    Games
    55of 56
    98%
    Goals
    15
    #8NHL#90
    Assists
    38
    #1NHL#14
    P/GP
    0.96
    #1NHL#25
    +/-
    0
    #31NHL#349
    Events
    53
    first among the Swedes in points
    38
    first among the Swedes in assists
    1,000
    NHL games
    1×
    First star
    3×
    Second star
    2×
    Third star
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 9 pts
    4 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
      BOS2–3WSH
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG19:05TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 2
      BOS4–3WSH
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG20:33TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalsare1–1withBoston Bruins
    • Game 3
      WSH2–3BOS
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG24:10TOI
      View the game
    • Boston Bruinslead2–1againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 4
      WSH1–4BOS
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP20:11TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Boston Bruinslead3–1againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 5
      BOS3–1WSH
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG20:25TOI
      View the game
    First round

    Boston Bruins knock Washington Capitals out 4–1

    WSH1–4BOS
    Eliminated
    5Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Nicklas Bäckström ends the 2020-2021 playoffs with 1 points

    WSHWashington Capitals
    Points
    1
    #18NHL#210
    Games
    5
    Goals
    0
    #16NHL#192
    Assists
    1
    #13NHL#153
    P/GP
    0.20
    +/-
    -2
    #25NHL#228
    BOS1–4