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Nicklas Backstrom became the second player in Washington Capitals franchise history to record 1,000 career points on March 9 against the Edmonton Oilers, and the 40th player in NHL history to record 1,000 points with one franchise.
L’un des meilleurs passeurs de sa génération!
1000 points en carrière pour Nicklas Backstrom 🙌 #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/WReXX9egqM
— LNH (@LNH_FR) March 10, 2022
The Capitals honored Backstrom Saturday night before their game against the New Jersey Devils. The ceremony began with a congratulatory video that included messages from Ryan Getzlaf, Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin, among others.
Welcome to the 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ point club, #N1KY!#ALLCAPS | @backstrom19 pic.twitter.com/7H64uJHICw
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) March 26, 2022
Backstrom was then presented with a golden stick from Capitals President Dick Patrick.
Alex Ovechkin and John Carlson presented Backstrom with a set of new golf clubs as well.
Congrats on your 1,000th point milestone, @backstrom19! pic.twitter.com/nztr2HrzxX
— NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) March 26, 2022
Since his NHL debut on Oct. 5, 2007, Backstrom is the fifth player to record 1,000 points during that span, joining Ovechkin (1,198), Sidney Crosby (1,167), Patrick Kane (1,159) and Evgeni Malkin (1,045). During this span, Backstrom additionally ranks first in the NHL with 740 assists and second with 407 power play points, despite ranking 17th in games played.
Backstrom became the first player from his 2006 NHL Draft class to reach the mark, and he holds a 60-point lead over the next highest scoring player from his class (Phil Kessel: 943 career points).
In addition to becoming the 93rd player in NHL history to reach the milestone, Backstrom became the sixth Swedish player in NHL history to record 1,000 points. Backstrom ranks fourth among Swedish players in NHL history with 740 assists.
Backy with his whole family in the room before #N1KY night made for a wholesome moment#ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/HIDeDs6D7m
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) March 27, 2022
Backstrom’s 0.96 points per game rate ranks second among Swedish players with at least 1,000 points, only behind Mats Sundin, who averaged 1.00 points per game and is the all-time Swedish points leader with 1,349.
