NYI
3
BUF
2
final/ot
NJD
3
PHI
4
final/ot
UTA
(8-2-0)
CHI
(4-5-0)
United Center
VAN
(6-5-0)
CGY
(6-5-0)
Scotiabank Saddledome
Nicklas Backstrom | C/W
Team: Pittsburgh Penguins
Contract: $6,000,000 x 2 year(s) UFA
Status: Healthy
Date of birth (Age): 11/23/1987 (36)
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 202 lbs
Country: SWE
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OV CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD PO
83 56 36 91 74 78 88 76 77 78 80 65 66 73 88 77 43
Season Team GP G A PTS +/- S S% SB PIMs H TK GV GWG FOW FOT FO% TOI/G
2016-17 PreSeason 7 3 1 4 -2 18 16.67% 3 0 7 0 0 0 65 123 52.85% 18:57
2016-17 RegularSeason 82 26 34 60 -2 254 10.24% 36 14 88 0 0 5 608 1074 56.61% 19:22
2017-18 PreSeason 6 2 6 8 1 19 10.53% 7 0 6 0 0 0 67 119 56.30% 19:47
2017-18 RegularSeason 82 26 89 115 21 251 10.36% 60 16 61 0 0 7 819 1417 57.80% 19:15
2017-18 Playoffs 11 3 12 15 7 31 9.68% 4 2 6 0 0 0 123 212 58.02% 18:35
2018-19 PreSeason 7 3 10 13 3 25 12.00% 3 4 6 0 0 1 84 148 56.76% 19:46
2018-19 RegularSeason 81 29 67 96 8 276 10.51% 35 22 96 0 0 3 812 1393 58.29% 18:29
2018-19 Playoffs 20 3 21 24 6 74 4.05% 5 4 16 0 0 1 213 345 61.74% 17:44
2019-20 PreSeason 6 2 3 5 -1 22 9.09% 0 0 3 0 0 0 88 161 54.66% 19:48
2019-20 RegularSeason 82 26 47 73 9 262 9.92% 11 10 39 0 0 3 1092 1986 54.98% 20:18
2019-20 Playoffs 4 1 2 3 -2 9 11.11% 0 2 1 0 0 0 48 90 53.33% 21:15
2020-21 PreSeason 6 2 6 8 4 19 10.53% 1 0 0 0 0 1 76 146 52.05% 17:55
2020-21 RegularSeason 59 21 32 53 5 204 10.29% 7 2 15 0 3 3 760 1377 55.19% 21:29
2020-21 RegularSeason 19 8 10 18 2 68 11.76% 0 2 5 0 0 1 283 505 56.04% 19:55
2021-22 PreSeason 8 2 3 5 1 24 8.33% 6 4 6 0 0 0 108 187 57.75% 19:29
2021-22 RegularSeason 78 18 47 65 7 170 10.59% 13 0 30 0 0 1 863 1710 50.47% 16:54
2021-22 Playoffs 6 0 3 3 -1 11 0.00% 0 0 2 0 0 0 56 125 44.80% 17:26
2022-23 PreSeason 6 0 1 1 -1 7 0.00% 0 2 1 0 0 0 91 177 51.41% 20:32
2022-23 RegularSeason 42 14 19 33 18 108 12.96% 4 6 41 0 0 6 353 663 53.24% 19:51
2022-23 RegularSeason 7 2 2 4 0 18 11.11% 0 2 10 0 0 0 18 36 50.00% 19:25
2022-23 RegularSeason 23 5 15 20 6 48 10.42% 3 2 21 0 0 2 276 538 51.30% 18:16
2022-23 Playoffs 13 3 4 7 1 27 11.11% 2 4 9 0 0 1 157 297 52.86% 18:36
2023-24 PreSeason 8 1 8 9 -1 32 3.13% 3 2 4 0 0 0 133 265 50.19% 22:55
2023-24 RegularSeason 18 4 9 13 -5 37 10.81% 2 2 21 0 0 0 300 596 50.34% 22:01
2023-24 RegularSeason 41 9 12 21 9 99 9.09% 4 12 27 0 0 1 180 362 49.72% 18:15
2023-24 RegularSeason 18 5 5 10 1 40 12.50% 1 0 17 0 0 1 197 373 52.82% 15:33
2023-24 Playoffs 25 4 17 21 8 45 8.89% 1 2 13 0 0 1 250 526 47.53% 17:59
RegularSeason Totals 632 193 388 581 79 1835 10.52% 176 90 471 0 3 33 6561 12030 54.54% 19:09
Playoff Totals 79 14 59 73 19 197 7.11% 12 14 47 0 0 3 847 1595 53.10% 18:13
Season Team GP ESS ESG ESA ESPTS ESS% ESTOI/G PPS PPG PPA PPPTS PPS% PPTOI/G SHS SHG SHA SHPTS SHS% SHTOI/G PSG PSA PS%
2016-17 PreSeason 7 17 2 1 3 11.76% 17:50 1 1 0 1 100.00% 1:07 0 0 0 0 0.00% 0:00 0 0 0.00%
2016-17 RegularSeason 82 235 23 30 53 9.79% 16:42 17 3 3 6 17.65% 1:46 2 0 1 1 0.00% 0:53 3 4 75.00%
2017-18 PreSeason 6 13 1 4 5 7.69% 14:24 6 1 2 3 16.67% 2:38 0 0 0 0 0.00% 2:44 0 0 0.00%
2017-18 RegularSeason 82 204 18 62 80 8.82% 15:17 42 8 27 35 19.05% 2:34 5 0 0 0 0.00% 1:23 1 2 50.00%
2017-18 Playoffs 11 26 1 10 11 3.85% 16:23 5 2 2 4 40.00% 2:11 0 0 0 0 0.00% 0:00 0 0 0.00%
2018-19 PreSeason 7 19 1 6 7 5.26% 15:27 6 2 4 6 33.33% 4:12 0 0 0 0 0.00% 0:06 0 0 0.00%
2018-19 RegularSeason 81 205 17 41 58 8.29% 15:31 71 12 26 38 16.90% 2:54 0 0 0 0 0.00% 0:03 1 1 100.00%
2018-19 Playoffs 20 59 1 18 19 1.69% 16:07 15 2 3 5 13.33% 1:36 0 0 0 0 0.00% 0:00 0 0 0.00%
2019-20 PreSeason 6 17 2 1 3 11.76% 16:58 5 0 2 2 0.00% 2:50 0 0 0 0 0.00% 0:00 0 0 0.00%
2019-20 RegularSeason 82 213 19 31 50 8.92% 16:24 46 7 16 23 15.22% 2:59 3 0 0 0 0.00% 0:54 0 1 0.00%
2019-20 Playoffs 4 8 1 2 3 12.50% 18:28 1 0 0 0 0.00% 2:46 0 0 0 0 0.00% 0:00 0 0 0.00%
2020-21 PreSeason 6 14 2 4 6 14.29% 13:55 5 0 2 2 0.00% 3:59 0 0 0 0 0.00% 0:00 0 0 0.00%
2020-21 RegularSeason 59 177 19 22 41 10.73% 17:43 24 2 9 11 8.33% 2:53 3 0 1 1 0.00% 0:53 2 3 66.67%
2020-21 RegularSeason 19 54 6 7 13 11.11% 15:37 14 2 3 5 14.29% 3:19 0 0 0 0 0.00% 0:58 0 0 0.00%
2021-22 PreSeason 8 19 2 3 5 10.53% 16:20 5 0 0 0 0.00% 2:38 0 0 0 0 0.00% 0:31 0 2 0.00%
2021-22 RegularSeason 78 136 11 31 42 8.09% 13:42 33 7 16 23 21.21% 3:06 1 0 0 0 0.00% 0:04 1 2 50.00%
2021-22 Playoffs 6 11 0 1 1 0.00% 14:19 0 0 2 2 0.00% 1:48 0 0 0 0 0.00% 1:18 0 0 0.00%
2022-23 PreSeason 6 6 0 1 1 0.00% 17:37 1 0 0 0 0.00% 2:55 0 0 0 0 0.00% 0:00 0 0 0.00%
2022-23 RegularSeason 42 81 12 14 26 14.81% 17:16 27 2 5 7 7.41% 2:35 0 0 0 0 0.00% 0:00 0 2 0.00%
2022-23 RegularSeason 7 17 2 2 4 11.76% 16:59 1 0 0 0 0.00% 2:26 0 0 0 0 0.00% 0:00 0 0 0.00%
2022-23 RegularSeason 23 36 4 11 15 11.11% 15:01 12 1 4 5 8.33% 3:14 0 0 0 0 0.00% 0:00 0 0 0.00%
2022-23 Playoffs 13 23 2 3 5 8.70% 16:27 4 1 1 2 25.00% 2:09 0 0 0 0 0.00% 0:00 0 0 0.00%
2023-24 PreSeason 8 27 1 3 4 3.70% 15:23 4 0 4 4 0.00% 3:22 1 0 1 1 0.00% 4:08 0 1 0.00%
2023-24 RegularSeason 18 30 2 6 8 6.67% 15:18 7 2 3 5 28.57% 3:17 0 0 0 0 0.00% 3:25 0 1 0.00%
2023-24 RegularSeason 41 72 7 9 16 9.72% 15:28 27 2 3 5 7.41% 2:24 0 0 0 0 0.00% 0:23 2 4 50.00%
2023-24 RegularSeason 18 40 5 5 10 12.50% 15:32 0 0 0 0 0.00% 0:00 0 0 0 0 0.00% 0:00 0 0 0.00%
2023-24 Playoffs 25 41 2 10 12 4.88% 15:32 4 2 7 9 50.00% 2:26 0 0 0 0 0.00% 0:00 0 0 0.00%
RegularSeason Totals 632 1500 145 271 416 9.67% 15:50 321 48 115 163 14.95% 2:38 14 0 2 2 0.00% 0:39 10 20 50.00%
Playoff Totals 79 168 7 44 51 4.17% 16:00 29 7 15 22 24.14% 2:07 0 0 0 0 0.00% 0:06 0 0 0.00%
Season Team GP POS% G/60A A/60A PTS/60A S/60A G/60ES A/60ES PTS/60ES S/60ES G/60PP A/60PP PTS/60PP S/60PP GPG APG PTSPG
2016-17 PreSeason 7 18.32% 1.36 0.45 1.81 8.14 0.96 0.48 1.44 8.17 7.68 0.00 7.68 7.68 0.43 0.14 0.57
2016-17 RegularSeason 82 16.26% 0.98 1.28 2.27 9.60 1.01 1.31 2.32 10.30 1.24 1.24 2.47 7.01 0.32 0.41 0.73
2017-18 PreSeason 6 18.12% 1.01 3.03 4.04 9.60 0.69 2.78 3.47 9.02 3.78 7.56 11.34 22.69 0.33 1.00 1.33
2017-18 RegularSeason 82 17.01% 0.99 3.38 4.37 9.53 0.86 2.97 3.83 9.76 2.27 7.66 9.93 11.92 0.32 1.09 1.40
2017-18 Playoffs 11 16.06% 0.88 3.52 4.40 9.10 0.33 3.33 3.66 8.65 4.97 4.97 9.94 12.43 0.27 1.09 1.36
2018-19 PreSeason 7 21.54% 1.30 4.33 5.63 10.84 0.55 3.33 3.88 10.53 4.08 8.16 12.24 12.24 0.43 1.43 1.86
2018-19 RegularSeason 81 20.16% 1.16 2.68 3.85 11.06 0.81 1.96 2.77 9.79 3.05 6.61 9.65 18.04 0.36 0.83 1.19
2018-19 Playoffs 20 18.63% 0.51 3.55 4.06 12.51 0.19 3.35 3.54 10.98 3.72 5.58 9.30 27.89 0.15 1.05 1.20
2019-20 PreSeason 6 12.89% 1.01 1.51 2.52 11.11 1.18 0.59 1.77 10.02 0.00 7.05 7.05 17.61 0.33 0.50 0.83
2019-20 RegularSeason 82 12.21% 0.94 1.69 2.63 9.44 0.85 1.38 2.23 9.50 1.71 3.90 5.61 11.22 0.32 0.57 0.89
2019-20 Playoffs 4 11.90% 0.71 1.41 2.12 6.35 0.81 1.62 2.44 6.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.41 0.25 0.50 0.75
2020-21 PreSeason 6 13.59% 1.12 3.35 4.46 10.60 1.44 2.87 4.31 10.05 0.00 5.00 5.00 12.51 0.33 1.00 1.33
2020-21 RegularSeason 59 14.87% 0.99 1.51 2.51 9.65 1.09 1.26 2.35 10.16 0.71 3.17 3.88 8.46 0.36 0.54 0.90
2020-21 RegularSeason 19 12.42% 1.27 1.58 2.85 10.77 1.21 1.41 2.63 10.91 1.90 2.85 4.74 13.28 0.42 0.53 0.95
2021-22 PreSeason 8 10.38% 0.77 1.15 1.92 9.23 0.92 1.38 2.30 8.72 0.00 0.00 0.00 14.23 0.25 0.38 0.63
2021-22 RegularSeason 78 9.98% 0.82 2.14 2.96 7.74 0.62 1.74 2.36 7.63 1.73 3.95 5.68 8.15 0.23 0.60 0.83
2021-22 Playoffs 6 9.00% 0.00 1.72 1.72 6.31 0.00 0.70 0.70 7.68 0.00 11.04 11.04 0.00 0.00 0.50 0.50
2022-23 PreSeason 6 7.71% 0.00 0.49 0.49 3.41 0.00 0.57 0.57 3.41 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.43 0.00 0.17 0.17
2022-23 RegularSeason 42 10.03% 1.01 1.37 2.37 7.77 0.99 1.16 2.15 6.70 1.10 2.76 3.87 14.92 0.33 0.45 0.79
2022-23 RegularSeason 7 10.32% 0.88 0.88 1.77 7.94 1.01 1.01 2.02 8.58 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.52 0.29 0.29 0.57
2022-23 RegularSeason 23 9.25% 0.71 2.14 2.86 6.85 0.69 1.91 2.61 6.25 0.80 3.21 4.02 9.64 0.22 0.65 0.87
2022-23 Playoffs 13 8.37% 0.74 0.99 1.74 6.70 0.56 0.84 1.40 6.45 2.15 2.15 4.29 8.59 0.23 0.31 0.54
2023-24 PreSeason 8 11.10% 0.33 2.62 2.94 10.47 0.49 1.46 1.95 13.15 0.00 8.87 8.87 8.87 0.13 1.00 1.13
2023-24 RegularSeason 18 10.60% 0.61 1.36 1.97 5.60 0.44 1.31 1.74 6.53 2.03 3.04 5.06 7.09 0.22 0.50 0.72
2023-24 RegularSeason 41 11.72% 0.72 0.96 1.68 7.93 0.66 0.85 1.51 6.81 1.21 1.82 3.03 16.37 0.22 0.29 0.51
2023-24 RegularSeason 18 8.03% 1.07 1.07 2.14 8.57 1.07 1.07 2.14 8.58 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.28 0.28 0.56
2023-24 Playoffs 25 8.31% 0.53 2.27 2.80 6.00 0.31 1.54 1.85 6.33 1.97 6.88 8.85 3.93 0.16 0.68 0.84
RegularSeason Totals 632 13.94% 0.96 1.92 2.88 9.09 0.87 1.62 2.49 8.99 1.72 4.12 5.84 11.50 0.31 0.61 0.92
Playoff Totals 79 12.23% 0.58 2.46 3.04 8.21 0.33 2.09 2.42 7.97 2.51 5.38 7.89 10.40 0.18 0.75 0.92
Date GP G A PTS +/- S S% PIMs H TOI GWG PPG SHG