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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 1998-99. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ray Bourque BOS · 57 P in 81 GP Fredrik Olausson ANA · 56 P in 74 GP Brian Leetch NYR · 55 P in 82 GP Phil Housley CGY · 54 P in 79 GP Al MacInnis STL · 62 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

1998-99 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
81 14 43 57 14 14 205 53 0.70 6.8 26:18

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 14, 1999 vs NSH W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 23:18
Apr 11, 1999 vs PIT L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 23:13
Apr 9, 1999 @ STL T 1-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 29:32
Apr 7, 1999 vs VAN W 6-1 0 2 2 0 4 3 0 19:03
Apr 5, 1999 vs ANA W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 27:15
Apr 4, 1999 @ DAL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 27:27
Apr 2, 1999 vs CHI W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 24:30
Mar 31, 1999 vs LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 24:20
Mar 28, 1999 vs PHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 28:07
Mar 26, 1999 vs TBL W 6-1 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 21:12
Mar 24, 1999 vs BUF W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 24:46
Mar 21, 1999 @ PHI L 4-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 24:14
Mar 19, 1999 @ TBL W 5-3 1 2 3 1 0 5 2 29:17
Mar 17, 1999 vs PHX L 3-4 1 0 1 -2 0 3 1 24:26
Mar 14, 1999 @ COL W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 26:40
Mar 12, 1999 @ SJS L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 26:12
Mar 9, 1999 @ LAK L 2-4 0 1 1 -2 0 3 2 29:59
Mar 7, 1999 @ ANA L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 26:29
Mar 5, 1999 @ PHX W 7-2 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 22:04
Feb 27, 1999 @ NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 26:50
Feb 26, 1999 vs FLA T 5-5 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 31:42
Feb 24, 1999 vs LAK L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 24:26
Feb 21, 1999 @ BUF T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 30:37
Feb 19, 1999 vs NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 25:44
Feb 17, 1999 vs SJS W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 29:58
Feb 14, 1999 @ NYR W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 30:38
Feb 12, 1999 @ CHI W 2-1 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 29:48
Feb 11, 1999 vs EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 31:11
Feb 9, 1999 @ NSH W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 23:41
Feb 7, 1999 @ PIT L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 5 1 29:10
Feb 5, 1999 vs COL L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 29:58
Feb 3, 1999 vs NYI W 5-1 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 24:35
Feb 1, 1999 @ NJD T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 29:55
Jan 30, 1999 vs NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 27:42
Jan 26, 1999 @ NSH W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 26:51
Jan 21, 1999 vs CAR W 4-1 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 25:57
Jan 19, 1999 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 26:46
Jan 17, 1999 @ EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 24:30
Jan 16, 1999 @ VAN T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 28:06
Jan 14, 1999 vs NSH W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25:59
Jan 12, 1999 vs MTL W 5-1 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 21:45
Jan 10, 1999 @ OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 25:21
Jan 9, 1999 vs COL W 3-2 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 16:52
Jan 6, 1999 vs OTT L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 29:29
Jan 3, 1999 @ CHI W 3-1 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 29:59
Jan 2, 1999 vs CHI W 5-2 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 25:42
Dec 31, 1998 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 27:12
Dec 28, 1998 vs STL T 4-4 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 31:53
Dec 26, 1998 @ STL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 27:29
Dec 23, 1998 @ NSH L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 26:23
Dec 22, 1998 vs PHX L 2-6 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 28:37
Dec 19, 1998 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 28:34
Dec 18, 1998 vs DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 24:52
Dec 16, 1998 vs BOS W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 24:40
Dec 12, 1998 @ CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 26:07
Dec 11, 1998 vs EDM W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 26:48
Dec 8, 1998 vs CHI W 3-2 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 28:27
Dec 5, 1998 @ LAK W 4-3 0 0 0 0 4 5 2 27:33
Dec 4, 1998 @ SJS T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 29:50
Dec 2, 1998 @ COL L 2-4 1 1 2 0 2 2 0 26:28
Nov 29, 1998 vs SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 21:48
Nov 27, 1998 vs VAN W 7-1 0 2 2 2 0 3 1 26:03
Nov 25, 1998 vs ANA W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 25:55
Nov 21, 1998 @ VAN W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 24:10
Nov 18, 1998 @ EDM W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 22:30
Nov 16, 1998 @ CGY L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 26:14
Nov 13, 1998 vs DAL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 24:27
Nov 11, 1998 vs STL W 6-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 20:51
Nov 8, 1998 @ ANA W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 28:09
Nov 6, 1998 @ PHX L 1-3 1 0 1 -2 0 3 1 27:38
Nov 3, 1998 vs CGY L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 26:50
Oct 31, 1998 @ DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 29:36
Oct 29, 1998 @ STL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 27:33
Oct 28, 1998 @ FLA W 7-2 1 2 3 3 0 2 0 22:14
Oct 24, 1998 @ MTL W 3-0 0 1 1 2 2 4 0 23:58
Oct 23, 1998 vs TOR L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 27:21
Oct 21, 1998 vs NSH W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 24:52
Oct 18, 1998 vs CGY W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 24:30
Oct 16, 1998 vs STL W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 23:53
Oct 13, 1998 @ WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 23:36
Oct 10, 1998 @ TOR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 28:40