http://www.yardbarker.com/rss/player/22926 Recent articles about Nicklas Backstrom en-us ARLINGTON, Va. – Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom joined Mix 107.3’s Chilli Amar, Tires Plus’s Gary Dexter and Comcast SportsNet’s Lisa Hillary in The Salvation Army’s Grate Patrol program on Monday, Nov. ... Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:33:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Nicklas_Backstrom_Volunteers_with_The_Salvation_Army_8217s_Grate_Patrol_Program/1499814 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Nicklas_Backstrom_Volunteers_with_The_Salvation_Army_8217s_Grate_Patrol_Program/1499814 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Nicklas_Backstrom_Volunteers_with_The_Salvation_Army_8217s_Grate_Patrol_Program/1499814 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/b/3/b31d9ce79846bb9d6938f3ee5c35f78384678a5b/small/Washington_Capitals_v_880e.jpg Playing in Alex Ovechkin's shadow, Caps C Nicklas Backstrom quietly racks up assists. The Hockey News sheds some light. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:15:20 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Washington_39s_assist_assassin_continues_to_roll/1472568 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Washington_39s_assist_assassin_continues_to_roll/1472568 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Washington_39s_assist_assassin_continues_to_roll/1472568 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/d/7/d7e3ab495713d3a1610c381a9aa8d71f1724d471/small/GettyImage.ashx_url_http_3a_2f_2fcache.gettyimages.com_2fxc_2f92394742.jpg_3fv_3d1_26c_3dEWSAsset_26k_3d2_26d_3d77BFBA49EF878921CC759DF4EBAC47D0B0C77486BA87E55A325FFABE933988CB12D7D9306DA8C7C3.jpg The Washington Capitals didn't see a two-goal deficit in their first nine games, but they have in each of the past two. It has been just the right situation for them to flourish. Nicklas Backstrom shrugged off a recent slump with a four-point night, and Jose Theodore counted a third-period stop on a penalty shot among his 41 saves in a 4-2 victory against the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night at Verizon Center. "The first two periods [we] were down 2-0 and didn't play good a... Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:45:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Backstroms_efforts_erase_Capitals_two_goal_deficit/1449016 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Backstroms_efforts_erase_Capitals_two_goal_deficit/1449016 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Backstroms_efforts_erase_Capitals_two_goal_deficit/1449016 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/b/b/bba8e7a1176589a3c2dccef5acf8af7fc46f110f/small/Washington_Capitals_v_93f7.jpg We love it when we're right... Onto the Battle Damage Assessment...THE GOOD:Back from the Oink or something like it, Alexander "Slappy" Semin registers 3 points, scores the game winning goal, is a +3 but isn't one of the three stars of the game. This gives you an idea of what a complete performance the team put forward tonight.Nicklas Backstrom with 4 points and a +3 and A.O. with 2 goals and a +3 too. For those keeping score at home, that's 9 points and +9 combined for ... Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:32:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Caps_vs_Flyers_10_27_2009_Post_Mortem/1448030 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Caps_vs_Flyers_10_27_2009_Post_Mortem/1448030 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Caps_vs_Flyers_10_27_2009_Post_Mortem/1448030 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/2/8/289975f471dddee1b594269ae0104e1a6707ffb1/small/Washington_Capitals_v_573f.jpg Just like Alex Ovechkin and Mike Green, the Capitals’ leading assist guy, third year center Nicklas Backstrom launched a new website at www.backstrom19.com. It’s a very well-done site, better than most for professional athletes. Way to go, Backie. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:39:14 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Backstrom_Launches_New_Site/1376440 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Backstrom_Launches_New_Site/1376440 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Backstrom_Launches_New_Site/1376440 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/8/d/8d565e8777013d1af380dfbe356dd99f7e06cd5e/small/Washington_Capitals_v_8693.jpg As of Thursday night, Nicklas Backstrom is the third Capital in the past two seasons to spend time atop the NHL’s scoring list. With two goals and eight assists, Backstrom leads all total point scorers with ten. He joins Alex Ovechkin and Alex Semin as the other Caps to look down on everyone else (Semin [...] Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:41:57 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Backstrom_Leading_League_in_Scoring/1344503 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Backstrom_Leading_League_in_Scoring/1344503 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Backstrom_Leading_League_in_Scoring/1344503 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/8/f/8fe0842a669603703f9472de4707b27ee7471f27/small/Washington_Capitals_v_4073.jpg Eh, they can have Game 8... Onto the Battle Damage Assessment...THE GOOD:Nicklas Backstrom joins the scoring party this year with his first two goals of the season.Alexander "Slappy" Semin with another goal and assist tonight too.While A.O. didn't register a point tonight,and fell off his 246 point pace, it certainly wasn't for a lack of trying on his part. A game high nine shots on goal and he was all over the ice as usual. Just didn't get anything to go in tonight is a... Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:01:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Caps_vs_Rangers_10_8_2009_Post_Mortem/1335121 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Caps_vs_Rangers_10_8_2009_Post_Mortem/1335121 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Caps_vs_Rangers_10_8_2009_Post_Mortem/1335121 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/2/8/289975f471dddee1b594269ae0104e1a6707ffb1/small/Washington_Capitals_v_573f.jpg It almost seems offensively audacious: to think out loud of the Capitals' first line in quasi-historical contexts. As in: could it ripen into a best-ever unit -- not best-ever merely in Washington hockey history but in league history -- and perhaps sooner rather than later? Ovechkin-Backstrom-Semin was formed little more than a month ago, during training camp. And yet the line already has puckheads all across the continent heaping high praise on it, many ranking it among the most lethal a... Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:11:39 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Ovi_Backstrom_Semin_A_Line_for_All_Ages/1329694 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Ovi_Backstrom_Semin_A_Line_for_All_Ages/1329694 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Ovi_Backstrom_Semin_A_Line_for_All_Ages/1329694 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/b/8/b89ffffcfdd9ed8f75b040920e4a645a2aea07c3/small/GettyImage.ashx_url_http_3a_2f_2fcache.gettyimages.com_2fxc_2f91159362.jpg_3fv_3d1_26c_3dEWSAsset_26k_3d2_26d_3d77BFBA49EF878921CC759DF4EBAC47D010663E1AA2FAE8527A7CAE5D4F2BB3E0A3D02F352684D8C4.jpg There are certain statistic benchmarks in hockey that indicate an NHL player has achieved an elite status. Once a winger breaks the 50-goal barrier, he's forever known as a 50-goal scorer. (No matter what happens to Jonathan Cheechoo(notes), it's still his calling card.) Once a center breaks 100 points, he's forever known as a 100-point center. Vincent Lecavalier(notes) is a 100-point center; Jason Spezza(notes) is potentially one. Pavel Datsyuk(notes), for all his offensive wizar... Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:56:49 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/OvechkinBackstromSemin_Caps_more_than_a_one_line_team/1317105 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/OvechkinBackstromSemin_Caps_more_than_a_one_line_team/1317105 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/OvechkinBackstromSemin_Caps_more_than_a_one_line_team/1317105 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/4/2/42e297f1d65adbb80e75ae542263f3ec3ea855f6/small/GettyImageProxy.ashx_requestUrl_http_3a_2f_2fcache.gettyimages.com_2fxc_2f88575748.jpg_3fv_3d1_26c_3dEWSAsset_26k_3d2_26d_3d17A4AD9FDB9CF1937776ED92A93314C8DEC218FB7B69FC9A.jpg From NHL.com The numbers are so staggering that even Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom agrees this best-of-7 Eastern Conference Quarterfinal round series against the New York Rangers is just flat out, off the charts, mind-boggling bizarre. “Kind of weird, yeah,” Backstrom said. “I don’t know what to say, it’s just weird.” The Caps have outscored the Rangers, 12-7, [...] Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:08:01 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/For_Capitals_Rangers_numbers_dont_add_up/606120 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/For_Capitals_Rangers_numbers_dont_add_up/606120 A short commentary on today's Penguins/Capitals game, which ended with Nicklas Backstrom scoring the winning goal...in to his own net. Also a link to the video of the goal. Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:43:39 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Capitals_Backstrom_wins_game_for_Penguins_Video/188172 http://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/Capitals_Backstrom_wins_game_for_Penguins_Video/188172