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Nicklas Backstrom

#19

age37

posC

shotl

h6'0"

w203lbs

Stick Alpha LX2 Pro

Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$9,200,000$9.20M

Year 5 of 5

20/21

24/25

Expiry Status

UFA 2025 age 37

Profile

Draft Team

Round1

Pick4

Year2006

Agent Nicklas Backstrom

Birthdate Nov 23, 1987

Birthplace Gavle

Nationality Sweden

Stick Alpha LX2 Pro

UFA Year 2014

ELC Year 19

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $115,550,000

2024-25 Stats

2020-2025 Standard Contract

term5yrs

value$46,000,000$46.00M

cap hit$9,200,000$9.20M

Nicklas Backstrom is signed to a 5 year, $46,000,000 contract with a cap hit of $9,200,000 per season, currently playing for the Washington Capitals. His contract was signed on January 14, 2020, and expires at the end of the 2024-25 season, when Backstrom will be 37 years old.

Signed On Jan 14 2020

Signing Agent Nicklas Backstrom

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 11.29%

Signing Status UFAage 32

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	2025
Cap Hit	$9,200,000$9.20M	$9,200,000$9.20M	$9,200,000$9.20M	$9,200,000$9.20M	$9,200,000$9.20M	UFAage 37
AAV	$9,200,000$9.20M	$9,200,000$9.20M	$9,200,000$9.20M	$9,200,000$9.20M	$9,200,000$9.20M
Base	$6,000,000$6.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$6,000,000$6.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M
Total Salary	$12,000,000$12.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$8,000,000$8.00M
Minors Salary	$12,000,000$12.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$8,000,000$8.00M
Clauses	NMC	NMC	NMC	M-NTC	M-NTC
Year Type	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out

Notes

15 team no trade list

Career Stats By Contract

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Season	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
2023-24	$9,200,000 $9.20M	NHL	Washington Capitals	8	0	1	1	2	97	20.00	43.40	-8.60	47.60	-1.30		0.62
2022-23	$9,200,000 $9.20M	NHL	Washington Capitals	39	7	14	21	14	490	34.10	48.60	1.50	47.20	-1.50	0.12	1.10
2021-22	$9,200,000 $9.20M	NHL	Washington Capitals	47	6	25	31	12	598	45.50	47.40	-5.00	47.30	-3.60	0.40	1.30	Playoffs	6	2	4	6	0
2020-21	$9,200,000 $9.20M	NHL	Washington Capitals	55	15	38	53	14	771	61.40	50.80	-1.40	50.00	-1.20	0.78	2.02	Playoffs	5	0	1	1	0
2019-20	$6,700,000 $6.70M	NHL	Washington Capitals	61	12	42	54	14	828	49.40	52.30	1.30	52.80	1.30	0.36	1.59	Playoffs	5	0	1	1	0
2018-19	$6,700,000 $6.70M	NHL	Washington Capitals	80	22	52	74	30	1,119	55.00	48.38	1.60	50.00	1.40	0.70	2.20	Playoffs	7	5	3	8	0
2017-18	$6,700,000 $6.70M	NHL	Washington Capitals	81	21	50	71	46	1,155	61.11	50.49	5.56	51.65	4.83	0.62	1.97	Playoffs	20	5	18	23	0
2016-17	$6,700,000 $6.70M	WC	Sweden	5	3	4	7	8
2016-17	$6,700,000 $6.70M	NHL	Washington Capitals	82	23	63	86	38	1,107	60.67	51.25	0.46	52.58	-1.19	0.70	2.38	Playoffs	13	6	7	13	0
2016-17	$6,700,000 $6.70M	WCup	Sweden	4	2	2	4	2
2016-17	$6,700,000 $6.70M	International	Sweden (all)	9	4	5	9	12
2015-16	$6,700,000 $6.70M	NHL	Washington Capitals	75	20	50	70	36	1,066	64.71	52.63	-0.86	52.58	1.80	0.73	1.91	Playoffs	12	2	9	11	0
2014-15	$6,700,000 $6.70M	NHL	Washington Capitals	82	18	60	78	40	1,231	50.00	53.73	0.97	54.32	3.49	0.63	1.95	Playoffs	14	3	5	8	0
2013-14	$6,700,000 $6.70M	International	Sweden (all)	5	0	4	4	0
2013-14	$6,700,000 $6.70M	OG	Sweden	5	0	4	4	0
2013-14	$6,700,000 $6.70M	NHL	Washington Capitals	82	18	61	79	54	1,153	41.84	44.55	-3.93	48.83	1.98	0.52	1.46
2012-13	$6,700,000 $6.70M	International	Sweden (all)	3	0	2	2	4
2012-13	$6,700,000 $6.70M	EHT	Sweden	3	0	2	2	4
2012-13	$6,700,000 $6.70M	KHL	Dynamo Moskva	19	10	15	25	10
2012-13	$6,700,000 $6.70M	NHL	Washington Capitals	48	8	40	48	20	667	55.36	52.88	4.56	51.58	3.65	0.45	2.34	Playoffs	7	1	2	3	0
2011-12	$6,700,000 $6.70M	International	Sweden (all)	2	0	1	1	0
2011-12	$6,700,000 $6.70M	WC	Sweden	2	0	1	1	0
2011-12	$6,700,000 $6.70M	NHL	Washington Capitals	42	14	30	44	24	595	45.28	48.79	-2.27	50.51	1.04	0.91	2.02	Playoffs	13	2	6	8	0
2010-11	$6,700,000 $6.70M	NHL	Washington Capitals	77	18	47	65	40	1,126	61.73	55.54	6.45	54.11	3.97	0.53	1.76	Playoffs	9	0	2	2	0
2009-10	$850,000 $850K	International	Sweden (all)	4	1	5	6	0
2009-10	$850,000 $850K	OG	Sweden	4	1	5	6	0
2009-10	$850,000 $850K	NHL	Washington Capitals	82	33	68	101	50	1,203	66.14	55.32	4.64	57.76	5.22	1.05	2.94	Playoffs	7	5	4	9	0
2008-09	$850,000 $850K	NHL	Washington Capitals	82	22	66	88	46	1,163	54.37	54.75	-0.74	56.71	1.53	0.26	1.75	Playoffs	14	3	12	15	0
2007-08	$850,000 $850K	International	Sweden (all)	9	3	4	7	4
2007-08	$850,000 $850K	WC	Sweden	9	3	4	7	4
2007-08	$850,000 $850K	NHL	Washington Capitals	82	14	55	69	24	1,133	59.43	59.39	6.68	59.52	5.31	0.53	2.22	Playoffs	7	4	2	6	0
2006-07	$0 $0K	EHT	Sweden	6	1	2	3	2
2006-07	$0 $0K	International	Sweden (all)	19	3	6	9	6
2006-07	$0 $0K	WC	Sweden	9	1	5	6	4
2006-07	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Sweden U20 (all)	9	0	7	7	22
2006-07	$0 $0K	WJC-20	Sweden U20	7	0	7	7	20
2006-07	$0 $0K	SHL	Brynäs IF	45	12	28	40	46									Playoffs	7	3	3	6	0
2005-06	$0 $0K	EHT	Sweden	4	1	1	2	2
2005-06	$0 $0K	J20 Nationell	Brynäs IF J20	0	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
2005-06	$0 $0K	International	Sweden (all)	9	1	2	3	2
2005-06	$0 $0K	WC	Sweden	4	0	0	0	0
2005-06	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Sweden U20 (all)	11	5	6	11	2
2005-06	$0 $0K	WJC-20	Sweden U20	6	4	3	7	2
2005-06	$0 $0K	SHL	Brynäs IF	46	10	16	26	30									Playoffs	4	1	0	1	0
2004-05	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Sweden U18 (all)	15	5	6	11	8
2004-05	$0 $0K	WJC-18	Sweden U18	7	2	3	5	4
2004-05	$0 $0K	J20 Nationell	Brynäs IF J20	29	17	17	34	24
2004-05	$0 $0K	SHL	Brynäs IF	19	0	0	0	2
2003-04	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Sweden U17 (all)	3	0	0	0	12
2003-04	$0 $0K	J18 Nationell	Brynäs IF J18	6	9	5	14	4									Playoffs	3	0	3	3	0
2003-04	$0 $0K	J20 Nationell	Brynäs IF J20	21	2	6	8	2									Playoffs	5	0	0	0	0
2002-03	$0 $0K	J20 Nationell	Brynäs IF J20	12	1	3	4	2									Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0
2002-03	$0 $0K	TV-Pucken	Gästrikland	8	5	10	15	8
2001-02	$0 $0K	U16 SM	Brynäs IF U16	3	0	0	0	2
2001-02	$0 $0K	J18 Nationell	Brynäs IF J18	2	0	0	0	0
2001-02	$0 $0K	TV-Pucken	Gästrikland	8	3	1	4	18
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Contract History

2010-2020 Standard Contract

term10yrs

value$67,000,000$67.00M

cap hit$6,700,000$6.70M

expiry 2020 UFA age 32

Signed On May 17 2010

Signing Agent Marc Levine

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 11.28%

Signing Status RFAage 22

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020
Cap Hit	$6,700,000$6.70M	$6,700,000$6.70M	$6,700,000$6.70M	$6,700,000$6.70M	$6,700,000$6.70M	$6,700,000$6.70M	$6,700,000$6.70M	$6,700,000$6.70M	$6,700,000$6.70M	$6,700,000$6.70M	UFAage 32
AAV	$6,700,000$6.70M	$6,700,000$6.70M	$6,700,000$6.70M	$6,700,000$6.70M	$6,700,000$6.70M	$6,700,000$6.70M	$6,700,000$6.70M	$6,700,000$6.70M	$6,700,000$6.70M	$6,700,000$6.70M
Base	$4,000,000$4.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$7,000,000$7.00M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$8,000,000$8.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$2,000,000$2.00M	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total Salary	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$7,000,000$7.00M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$8,000,000$8.00M
Minors Salary	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$7,000,000$7.00M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$8,000,000$8.00M
Clauses							M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

2007-2010 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$7,200,000$7.20M

cap hit$2,400,000$2.40M

expiry 2010 RFA age 22

Signed On May 16 2007

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.69%

Signing Status age 19

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010
Cap Hit	$850,000$850K	$850,000$850K	$850,000$850K	RFAage 22
AAV	$2,400,000$2.40M	$2,400,000$2.40M	$2,400,000$2.40M
Base	$850,000$850K	$850,000$850K	$850,000$850K
Performance Bonuses	$1,350,000$1.35M	$1,650,000$1.65M	$1,650,000$1.65M
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-
Total Salary	$850,000$850K	$850,000$850K	$850,000$850K
Minors Salary	$62,500$63K	$62,500$63K	$62,500$63K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

Nicklas Backstrom Updates

Apr 30 2024

Backstrom (hip) is expected to spend the 2024-25 campaign on long-term injured reserve, Tom Gulitti of NHL.com reports Tuesday.

IR-LT | Hip

Nicklas Backstrom

Backstrom (hip) is expected to spend the 2024-25 campaign on long-term injured reserve, Tom Gulitti of NHL.com reports Tuesday.

Expected Return: Jul 1, 2025

Nov 8 2023

Backstrom (hip), who announced last Wednesday that he's temporarily stepping away from hockey to focus on his health, was moved to the long-term injured reserve list Wednesday.

Nov 1 2023

Backstrom, who underwent hip surgery in 2022 but has been playing this season, announced Wednesday he would be temporarily stepping away from hockey to focus on his health. Additionally, Backstrom has been placed on injured reserve, per the NHL media site.

Oct 25 2023

Backstrom notched an assist in Wednesday's 6-4 win over the New Jersey Devils.

Oct 25 2023

Backstrom has no points and has managed a minus-3 rating and 10 shots through the first five games.

Mar 23 2023

Backstrom scored a goal and an assist on two shots, leading the Washington Capitals to a 6-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday.

Mar 17 2023

Backstrom collected a goal in a 5-2 loss to St. Louis on Friday.

Mar 11 2023

Backstrom netted a goal in Saturday's 5-1 win over the New York Islanders.

Mar 6 2023

Backstrom logged a power-play assist in Monday's 4-2 loss to the Los Angeles Kings.