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Nicklas Bäckström's 2021-2022 season

Points
31
Swedish flag#28NHL#267
Goals
6
Swedish flag#45NHL#409
Assists
25
Swedish flag#20NHL#183
Plus/minus
-8
NHL#771
Games
47
57%
57% of 82

Centre Nicklas Bäckström was 33 years old when the 2021-2022 season began, his 15th in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played 47 of a possible 82 games and scored 6 goals and 25 assists for 31 points, 0.66 points per game. That was 28th among the Swedes and 267th in the NHL. An injury kept him out for 28 straight games between October and December. In the playoffs he played 6 games for 6 points.

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

2021-2022Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Nicklas Bäckström plays the 2021-2022 season for Washington Capitals

    WSHWashington Capitals

    Nicklas was 33 years old when the 2021-2022 season began. It was his 15th season with the team. His 15th NHL season in all.

    8 days later
    Injured

    Nicklas goes down and misses 28 games

    Hip injury

    • The game
      NYR1–5WSH
      W
      game 1/823
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL2–1WSH
      L
      game 2/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      COL3–6WSH
      W
      game 3/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–1NJD
      W
      game 4/823
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY4–3WSH
      L
      game 5/825
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH7–5OTT
      W
      game 6/823
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      DET3–2WSH
      L
      game 7/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      ARI0–2WSH
      W
      game 8/825
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • November 2021
    • The game
      WSH2–3TBL
      L
      game 9/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–5FLA
      L
      game 10/823
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–1WSH
      L
      game 11/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–5WSH
      W
      game 12/825
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–0DET
      W
      game 13/824
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–3CBJ
      W
      game 14/825
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–6WSH
      W
      game 15/823
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3ANA
      L
      game 16/825
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–0LAK
      W
      game 17/826
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–0SJS
      W
      game 18/824
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–5SEA
      L
      game 19/826
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–6WSH
      W
      game 20/821
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA3–4WSH
      W
      game 21/824
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–2CAR
      W
      game 22/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–5FLA
      L
      game 23/823
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • December 2021
    • The game
      CHI4–3WSH
      L
      game 24/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      CBJ1–3WSH
      W
      game 25/823
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA3–4WSH
      W
      game 26/825
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–2WSH
      L
      game 27/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2BUF
      W
      game 28/825
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    A late start

    Nicklas Bäckström's season starts in game 29 of 82

    Washington Capitals have played 28 games28 of 82 without him
    • The game
      WSH4–5CHI
      L
      game 29/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP18:14TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    Ill

    Nicklas falls ill and misses 2 games

    COVID-19

    • The game
      WSH5–2WPG
      W
      game 30/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK3–2WSH
      L
      game 31/826
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH3–5WSH
      W
      game 32/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG16:19TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–1DET
      W
      game 33/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP16:29TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    Ill

    Nicklas falls ill and misses 3 games

    Illness

    • The game
      NJD4–3WSH
      L
      game 34/824
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–5STL
      L
      game 35/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3MIN
      L
      game 36/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS7–3WSH
      L
      game 37/823
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG17:02TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–0NYI
      W
      game 38/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-4SOG17:55TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN4–2WSH
      L
      game 39/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP18:58TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WPG3–4WSH
      W
      game 40/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:13TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–4BOS
      L
      game 41/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG18:24TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 828 of 41 played
      6
      points
      Swedish flag#58NHL#498
      1
      goals
      Swedish flag#51NHL#524
      5
      assists
      Swedish flag#52NHL#432
      WSH
      22-10-9W-L-OT53Points
      4th in the Metropolitan·6th in the Eastern Conference·7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      OTT2–3WSH
      W
      game 42/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG18:42TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      VGK1–0WSH
      L
      game 43/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG20:23TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS4–1WSH
      L
      game 44/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG20:24TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–0DAL
      W
      game 45/823
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-2SOG2PPP13:58TOI
      +3 points
      View the game
    • February 2022
    • The game
      WSH4–3PIT
      W
      game 46/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG20:38TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM5–3WSH
      L
      game 47/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG17:43TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      CBJ5–4WSH
      L
      game 48/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG19:25TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–2MTL
      W
      game 49/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG14:14TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT4–1WSH
      L
      game 50/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP20:26TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–1NSH
      W
      game 51/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG15:57TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–3PHI
      W
      game 52/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG15:48TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–4NYR
      L
      game 53/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG16:01TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–2PHI
      L
      game 54/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP20:21TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR5–3WSH
      L
      game 55/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG16:26TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • March 2022
    • The game
      CAR0–4WSH
      W
      game 56/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG18:35TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      SEA2–5WSH
      W
      game 57/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP17:44TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–4CGY
      W
      game 58/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG16:20TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–4EDM
      L
      game 59/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG1PPP20:08TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    Milestone

    Nicklas Bäckström reaches 1,000 career points

    in the game against Edmonton Oilers · March 9

    • The game
      WSH4–3VAN
      W
      game 60/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG17:29TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–4WSH
      W
      game 61/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:53TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH7–2CBJ
      W
      game 62/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-1SOG1PPP15:08TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8229 of 62 played
      22
      points
      Swedish flag#32NHL#281
      5
      goals
      Swedish flag#38NHL#372
      17
      assists
      Swedish flag#22NHL#206
      WSH
      34-18-10W-L-OT78Points
      Wildcard 2
      4th in the Metropolitan·8th in the Eastern Conference·10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH4–3CAR
      W
      game 63/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP20:17TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      DAL3–2WSH
      L
      game 64/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG22:28TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      STL5–2WSH
      L
      game 65/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG16:20TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–3BUF
      W
      game 66/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG18:56TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD3–4WSH
      W
      game 67/825
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP14:25TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR6–1WSH
      L
      game 68/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG16:51TOI
      View the game
    • April 2022
    • The game
      MIN5–1WSH
      L
      game 69/824
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG16:05TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL3–4WSH
      W
      game 70/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP19:18TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH6–3PIT
      W
      game 71/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP18:15TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    Injured

    Nicklas goes down and misses 1 game

    Maintenance

    • The game
      BOS2–4WSH
      W
      game 72/823
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–9WSH
      W
      game 73/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG14:05TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–7TOR
      L
      game 74/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG16:43TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH8–4MTL
      W
      game 75/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:39TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2COL
      W
      game 76/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:39TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–4VGK
      L
      game 77/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG16:46TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–0ARI
      W
      game 78/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG14:29TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR4–3WSH
      L
      game 79/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG17:21TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI4–1WSH
      L
      game 80/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG17:57TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–5NYI
      L
      game 81/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:13TOI
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Nicklas Bäckström closes the 2021-2022 season with 31 points

    WSHWashington Capitals
    Points
    31
    #28NHL#267
    Games
    47of 82
    57%
    Goals
    6
    #45NHL#409
    Assists
    25
    #20NHL#183
    P/GP
    0.66
    #16NHL#145
    +/-
    -8
    #72NHL#771
    Events
    1,000
    career points
    2×
    First star
    1×
    Second star
    5 days later
    Playoffs

    Washington Capitals are in the playoffs

    First round

    Washington Capitals meet Florida Panthers

    WSHvsFLA
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on Florida Panthers
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      WSH4–2FLA
      W
      4
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG19:03TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead1–0againstFlorida Panthers
    • Game 2
      WSH1–5FLA
      L
      4
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP18:06TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalsare1–1withFlorida Panthers
    • Game 3
      FLA1–6WSH
      W
      4
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-5SOG17:35TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstFlorida Panthers
    • Game 4
      FLA3–2WSH
      L
      4
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP16:55TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalsare2–2withFlorida Panthers
    • Game 5
      WSH3–5FLA
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:51TOI
      View the game
    • Florida Pantherslead3–2againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 6
      FLA4–3WSH
      L
      4
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG17:27TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    First round

    Florida Panthers knock Washington Capitals out 4–2

    WSH2–4FLA
    Eliminated
    6Games6Points2Goals4Assists
    The run in numbers

    Nicklas Bäckström ends the 2021-2022 playoffs with 6 points

    WSHWashington Capitals
    Points
    6
    #8NHL#70
    Games
    6
    Goals
    2
    #11NHL#76
    Assists
    4
    #5NHL#61
    P/GP
    1.00
    +/-
    +1
    #11NHL#84
    Events
    75
    playoff assists
    4 i rad
    games with a point
    2 points
    best game
    FLA2–4