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Nicklas Lidstrom

#5 · Defence · Detroit Red Wings · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Apr 28, 1970 in Vasteras, SWE · 6'1", 192 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 53rd overall in 1989 by DET (round 3)

Trophy case

×4 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2007-08, 2001-02, 1997-98, 1996-97
×7 James Norris Memorial Trophy Top Defenseman 2010-11, 2007-08, 2006-07, 2005-06, 2002-03, 2001-02, 2000-01
Conn Smythe Trophy MVP of Stanley Cup Playoffs 2001-02

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 1996-97. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Oleg Tverdovsky PHX · 55 P in 82 GP Kevin Hatcher PIT · 54 P in 80 GP Dmitri Mironov ANA · 52 P in 77 GP Ray Bourque BOS · 50 P in 62 GP Bryan Berard NYI · 48 P in 82 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0204060801991-92: 60 points6091-921992-93: 41 points411993-94: 56 points5693-941994-95: 26 points261995-96: 67 points6795-961996-97: 57 points571997-98: 59 points5997-981998-99: 57 points571999-00: 73 points7399-002000-01: 71 points712001-02: 59 points5901-022002-03: 62 points622003-04: 38 points3803-042005-06: 80 points802006-07: 62 points6206-072007-08: 70 points702008-09: 59 points5908-092009-10: 49 points492010-11: 62 points6210-112011-12: 34 points34

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1991-92 DET 80 11 49 60 36 22 168 0 0.75
1992-93 DET 84 7 34 41 7 28 156 0 0.49
1993-94 DET 84 10 46 56 43 26 200 0 0.67
1994-95 DET 43 10 16 26 15 6 90 0 0.60
1995-96 DET 81 17 50 67 29 20 211 0 0.83
1996-97 DET 79 15 42 57 11 30 214 0 0.72
1997-98 DET 80 17 42 59 22 18 205 38 0.74
1998-99 DET 81 14 43 57 14 14 205 53 0.70
1999-00 DET 81 20 53 73 19 18 218 59 0.90
2000-01 DET 82 15 56 71 9 18 272 65 0.87
2001-02 DET 78 9 50 59 13 20 215 46 0.76
2002-03 DET 82 18 44 62 40 38 175 14 0.76
2003-04 DET 81 10 28 38 19 18 194 29 0.47
2005-06 DET 80 16 64 80 21 50 243 28 1.00
2006-07 DET 80 13 49 62 40 46 224 24 0.78
2007-08 DET 76 10 60 70 40 40 188 23 0.92
2008-09 DET 78 16 43 59 31 30 180 43 0.76
2009-10 DET 82 9 40 49 22 24 194 56 0.60
2010-11 DET 82 16 46 62 -2 20 175 49 0.76
2011-12 DET 70 11 23 34 21 28 148 41 0.49
20 seasons Career 1564 264 878 1142 450 514 3875 568 0.73

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1991-92 DET 11 1 2 3 -5 0 16 0 0.27
1992-93 DET 7 1 0 1 -2 0 8 0 0.14
1993-94 DET 7 3 2 5 4 0 20 0 0.71
1994-95 DET 18 4 12 16 4 8 37 0 0.89
1995-96 DET 19 5 9 14 2 10 50 0 0.74
1996-97 DET 20 2 6 8 12 2 79 0 0.40
1997-98 DET 22 6 13 19 12 8 59 9 0.86
1998-99 DET 10 2 9 11 0 4 29 7 1.10
1999-00 DET 9 2 4 6 -6 4 21 5 0.67
2000-01 DET 6 1 7 8 1 0 15 4 1.33
2001-02 DET 23 5 11 16 6 2 41 20 0.70
2002-03 DET 4 0 2 2 -1 0 15 5 0.50
2003-04 DET 6 1 4 5 2 4 13 1 0.83
2005-06 DET 6 1 1 2 -4 2 21 2 0.33
2006-07 DET 18 4 14 18 0 6 39 11 1.00
2007-08 DET 22 3 10 13 8 14 41 11 0.59
2008-09 DET 21 4 12 16 11 6 59 14 0.76
2009-10 DET 12 4 6 10 7 2 39 13 0.83
2010-11 DET 11 4 4 8 8 4 26 7 0.73
2011-12 DET 5 0 0 0 0 0 14 3 0.00
20 seasons Playoffs 257 53 128 181 59 76 642 112 0.70

1996-97 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
79 15 42 57 11 30 214 0 0.72 7.0 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 13, 1997 vs STL L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 11, 1997 vs OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 9, 1997 @ EDM T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 8, 1997 @ CGY W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1997 vs STL T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1997 vs ANA L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1997 vs BUF W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1997 vs COL W 6-5 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1997 @ CHI L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1997 @ NYR L 1-3 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1997 vs BOS W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1997 @ COL L 2-4 0 2 2 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1997 @ SJS W 7-4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1997 @ ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1997 @ LAK T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1997 @ VAN W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1997 @ TOR T 4-4 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1997 vs ANA T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1997 vs NYR W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1997 vs PIT W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1997 @ PHX W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1997 @ STL T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1997 vs CGY W 4-0 1 0 1 3 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1997 @ TBL T 3-3 (OT) 0 2 2 2 2 4 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1997 @ FLA W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1997 @ DAL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1997 vs SJS W 7-1 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1997 @ PIT W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1997 vs VAN L 4-7 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1997 vs STL T 1-1 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1997 vs DAL W 4-3 (OT) 0 2 2 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1997 @ STL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1997 vs PHX L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1997 @ PHI W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1997 vs PHI T 2-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 8 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1997 vs LAK T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1997 vs CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1997 @ PHX W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1997 @ DAL L 3-6 0 0 0 -3 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1997 @ CHI T 5-5 (OT) 0 2 2 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1997 vs DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1996 vs PHX L 3-5 1 1 2 0 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1996 @ NYI W 7-1 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1996 vs WSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1996 @ EDM W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1996 @ VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1996 @ CGY T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1996 @ COL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1996 vs TOR W 3-1 0 2 2 2 0 7 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1996 vs CHI W 6-2 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1996 vs EDM T 0-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1996 @ WSH W 2-0 0 1 1 0 10 1 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1996 vs VAN T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1996 vs FLA L 2-4 1 0 1 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1996 vs TOR W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1996 @ ANA L 1-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1996 @ LAK W 6-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1996 @ SJS W 6-1 2 0 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1996 @ PHX T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1996 vs SJS W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1996 vs COL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 10, 1996 vs TBL W 4-2 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1996 @ HFD W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1996 vs NJD L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1996 vs HFD W 5-1 0 1 1 3 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1996 @ TOR L 2-6 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1996 @ OTT T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1996 vs MTL W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1996 @ BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1996 vs CHI T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1996 vs DAL W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1996 vs LAK W 3-0 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1996 vs NYI W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1996 @ CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1996 @ DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1996 @ BUF W 6-1 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1996 vs CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1996 vs EDM W 2-0 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 5, 1996 @ NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00