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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 2005-06. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Sergei Zubov DAL · 71 P in 78 GP Bryan McCabe TOR · 68 P in 73 GP Lubomir Visnovsky LAK · 67 P in 80 GP Tomas Kaberle TOR · 67 P in 82 GP Scott Niedermayer ANA · 63 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

2005-06 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 16 64 80 21 50 243 28 1.00 6.6 27:29

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 17, 2006 vs DAL W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 21:28
Apr 15, 2006 @ STL W 3-2 1 0 1 2 0 7 0 26:29
Apr 13, 2006 @ CHI W 7-3 1 3 4 1 0 3 0 20:09
Apr 11, 2006 vs EDM W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 27:04
Apr 8, 2006 @ CBJ W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 26:38
Apr 7, 2006 vs CBJ W 6-5 (SO) 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 30:56
Apr 3, 2006 @ CGY W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 6 3 31:49
Apr 2, 2006 @ MIN W 3-2 0 1 1 1 2 8 0 27:21
Mar 31, 2006 vs CHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 27:14
Mar 30, 2006 @ NSH W 4-2 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 26:53
Mar 27, 2006 @ STL W 4-1 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 27:46
Mar 25, 2006 vs CBJ L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 26:47
Mar 23, 2006 vs SJS W 4-0 0 2 2 1 2 3 1 21:54
Mar 21, 2006 vs NSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 29:17
Mar 19, 2006 @ VAN W 7-3 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 25:24
Mar 18, 2006 @ EDM W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 2 3 0 30:12
Mar 15, 2006 vs ANA W 3-1 0 3 3 1 0 2 1 26:55
Mar 12, 2006 @ CHI W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 26:07
Mar 11, 2006 vs CHI W 6-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 22:45
Mar 9, 2006 vs LAK W 7-3 1 3 4 1 4 2 1 29:10
Mar 7, 2006 vs PHX L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 29:32
Mar 4, 2006 @ PHX W 7-3 1 3 4 4 0 7 0 23:56
Mar 1, 2006 @ ANA W 2-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 26:25
Feb 12, 2006 vs COL W 6-3 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 29:27
Feb 9, 2006 @ NSH W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 6 1 31:52
Feb 8, 2006 vs NSH W 6-0 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 19:04
Feb 4, 2006 @ COL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 26:32
Feb 1, 2006 vs STL W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 30:11
Jan 30, 2006 @ MIN W 5-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 29:05
Jan 28, 2006 @ DAL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 6 1 33:06
Jan 26, 2006 vs VAN W 2-1 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 16:04
Jan 24, 2006 vs NSH L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 2 1 28:41
Jan 23, 2006 vs NSH L 2-3 0 2 2 -1 0 3 1 16:06
Jan 21, 2006 @ COL W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 29:53
Jan 18, 2006 @ CBJ W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 31:00
Jan 14, 2006 vs NYR W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 30:08
Jan 12, 2006 vs PHI W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 26:12
Jan 10, 2006 @ CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 28:46
Jan 8, 2006 vs DAL L 3-6 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 26:44
Jan 6, 2006 @ NSH W 3-1 2 0 2 1 2 7 1 31:46
Jan 5, 2006 vs STL W 3-0 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 25:15
Jan 3, 2006 vs MIN L 2-4 0 2 2 -1 0 2 0 31:24
Dec 31, 2005 vs CBJ W 5-2 2 0 2 1 0 7 0 26:04
Dec 27, 2005 @ DAL W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 28:47
Dec 23, 2005 @ CHI W 3-2 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 33:58
Dec 20, 2005 vs CBJ W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 33:51
Dec 17, 2005 @ TBL W 6-3 0 2 2 3 2 4 0 30:53
Dec 15, 2005 @ FLA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 33:35
Dec 13, 2005 @ ATL L 6-7 0 2 2 -1 0 1 1 29:48
Dec 12, 2005 vs PIT W 3-1 1 1 2 0 2 4 0 26:08
Dec 9, 2005 @ WSH W 4-3 1 2 3 0 2 5 2 28:10
Dec 6, 2005 vs NJD W 5-2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 26:40
Dec 4, 2005 vs NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 30:32
Dec 1, 2005 vs CGY L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 25:13
Nov 28, 2005 @ LAK W 5-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 30:37
Nov 26, 2005 @ SJS W 7-6 0 2 2 -1 2 0 0 29:31
Nov 25, 2005 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 27:34
Nov 23, 2005 vs COL W 7-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 27:39
Nov 19, 2005 vs STL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 28:12
Nov 17, 2005 @ EDM L 5-6 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 2 0 0 28:47
Nov 16, 2005 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 29:38
Nov 13, 2005 @ VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 29:44
Nov 11, 2005 vs MIN W 3-1 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 23:12
Nov 9, 2005 vs LAK W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 31:11
Nov 6, 2005 @ STL W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 28:46
Nov 5, 2005 vs PHX L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 17:25
Nov 3, 2005 vs EDM L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 27:38
Nov 1, 2005 vs CHI W 4-1 0 2 2 2 2 2 1 27:39
Oct 29, 2005 @ CHI W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 28:35
Oct 27, 2005 vs CHI W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 30:31
Oct 24, 2005 @ CBJ W 6-2 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 26:15
Oct 22, 2005 @ CBJ W 6-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 21:53
Oct 21, 2005 vs ANA W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 27:06
Oct 17, 2005 vs SJS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 29:52
Oct 15, 2005 @ PHX W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 27:39
Oct 13, 2005 @ LAK W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 26:13
Oct 10, 2005 vs VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 28:16
Oct 9, 2005 vs CGY W 6-3 1 1 2 -2 0 6 1 23:17
Oct 6, 2005 @ STL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 29:33
Oct 5, 2005 vs STL W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 25:18