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2018-19 TOP CHEDDAR HOCKEY #19 NICKLAS BACKSTROM Washington Capitals · Center
NM-MT Season grade
8
Card #2019-08473563
Nicklas Backstrom in action
19 C Center
83 OVR
Nicklas Backstrom Washington Capitals
2018-19 · 80 GP · 22 G · 52 A · 74 PTS
2019-20
2017-18

Season Report

8 Near Mint–Mint 8

Game Score 0.76 a game, 87th percentile of the league's forwards that season.

GP
80
G
22
A
52
P
74
+/-
+2
PIM
30
PPP
25
SHP
0
GWG
5
S
169
TOI
19:57
HIT
54
BLK
30
TK
53
FO%
48.6%

2018-19 ranks

  • 2nd Points on the Capitals
  • 4th Goals on the Capitals
  • 2nd Assists on the Capitals

Under the Hood

Against every regular at the position in 2018-19. Only the stats that season kept.

Shooting 72

Goals / 60
0.83

60th percentile of forwards

Shots / 60
6.35

35th percentile of forwards

Playmaking 95

Points / 60
2.78

88th percentile of forwards

Assists / 60
1.95

94th percentile of forwards

PP Points / GP
0.31

93rd percentile of forwards

Defensive Awareness 77

Corsi For %
49.9%

54th percentile of forwards

Takeaways / 60
1.99

63rd percentile of forwards

Physicality 48

Hits / 60
2.03

20th percentile of forwards

Blocks / 60
1.13

15th percentile of forwards

PIM / 60
1.13

37th percentile of forwards

Connections

Every 2018-19 goal he scored or set up, from the play-by-play.

Set up most by

D 98OVR John Carlson Capitals 10 of his goals L 95OVR Alex Ovechkin Capitals 7 of his goals C 82OVR Evgeny Kuznetsov Capitals 5 of his goals R 93OVR T.J. Oshie Capitals 3 of his goals

Set up most

L 95OVR Alex Ovechkin Capitals Set up 18 goals R 93OVR T.J. Oshie Capitals Set up 8 goals D 98OVR John Carlson Capitals Set up 6 goals C 82OVR Evgeny Kuznetsov Capitals Set up 5 goals
Scored on most
Henrik Lundqvist 2 goals Keith Kinkaid 2 goals Andrei Vasilevskiy 2 goals
Best game
November 30, 2018 vs NJD: 3G · 1A
Hat tricks
1

Rivals

Who he fought, hit (and was hit by), and faced on the draw most in 2018-19, from the play-by-play.

Hit most

D 88OVR Brian Dumoulin Penguins Hit him 3 times D 99OVR Mark Giordano Flames Hit him 2 times L 73OVR Kevin Fiala Wild Hit him 2 times D 50OVR Nikita Zaitsev Maple Leafs Hit him 2 times

Hit most by

D 85OVR Erik Cernak Lightning Hit by him 3 times RC C 99OVR Patrice Bergeron Bruins Hit by him 2 times D 88OVR Radko Gudas Flyers Hit by him 2 times D 54OVR Olli Maatta Penguins Hit by him 2 times

Faced most on the draw

C 98OVR Sidney Crosby Penguins Won 30 of 52 C 96OVR Mika Zibanejad Rangers Won 16 of 42 C 90OVR Aleksander Barkov Panthers Won 21 of 35 C 99OVR Patrice Bergeron Bruins Won 8 of 30

2018-19 Washington Capitals

48-26-8 · 104 points · 4th of 31

Top teammates

D 98OVR John Carlson Capitals 80 GP · 13 G · 57 A · 70 PTS L 95OVR Alex Ovechkin Capitals 81 GP · 51 G · 38 A · 89 PTS R 93OVR T.J. Oshie Capitals 69 GP · 25 G · 29 A · 54 PTS D 89OVR Michal Kempny Capitals 71 GP · 6 G · 19 A · 25 PTS L 87OVR Jakub Vrana Capitals 82 GP · 24 G · 23 A · 47 PTS R 87OVR Tom Wilson Capitals 63 GP · 22 G · 18 A · 40 PTS