In Game 1, the Caps didn't get a shot on goal against the Carolina Hurricanes until the ninth minute of the first period. With the pressure ramped up in the first period of Game 2, Nicklas Backstrom ...

The Minnesota Wild are getting impressive goaltending no matter who they start in net. Despite sitting out the past four games, Niklas Backstrom stopped 41 shots as the Wild won their fifth straight, ...

WASHINGTON -- - Nicklas Backstrom scored the go-ahead goal and then added an assist on the night Washington celebrated his 1,000th career point, and the Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 4-3 on ...

WASHINGTON --Nicklas Backstrom scored at 11:53 of overtime to give the Washington Capitals a 4-3 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference First Round at Capital One ...

Saturday was one of those nights that sounds almost too perfect to be real, like it must have come from a movie script rather than real life. On a night in which he was honored in a pregame ceremony ...

Eric Belanger had two goals and one assist, including the winning tally with 2:25 remaining, as the Minnesota Wild beat the ...

McMichael rises for Capitals, Ovi eyes 900 goals & another Cup, and Backstrom makes an emotional comeback in Sweden after hip surgery ...

Nicklas Backstrom played a total of 1,105 regular-season games, all with the Capitals, and 139 playoff games as well. Over his career, he totaled 1,033 points (271 goals, 762 assists), giving him ...