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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 2008-09. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brian Rafalski DET · 59 P in 78 GP Scott Niedermayer ANA · 59 P in 82 GP Dan Boyle SJS · 57 P in 77 GP Mark Streit NYI · 56 P in 74 GP Andrei Markov MTL · 64 P in 78 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

2008-09 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
78 16 43 59 31 30 180 43 0.76 8.9 24:49

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 11, 2009 vs CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 17:09
Apr 9, 2009 vs NSH L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 25:36
Apr 6, 2009 @ BUF W 4-1 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 25:30
Apr 5, 2009 vs MIN W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 25:36
Apr 2, 2009 vs STL L 4-5 1 2 3 1 0 1 4 26:06
Mar 29, 2009 vs NSH L 3-4 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 26:01
Mar 27, 2009 vs NYI L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 24:39
Mar 24, 2009 @ EDM W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 27:23
Mar 23, 2009 @ CGY L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 24:12
Mar 20, 2009 @ ATL W 6-3 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 22:06
Mar 17, 2009 vs PHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 25:14
Mar 15, 2009 @ CBJ W 4-0 0 0 0 2 4 1 2 20:54
Mar 14, 2009 @ STL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 24:34
Mar 12, 2009 vs CGY L 5-6 (SO) 1 2 3 1 0 5 1 28:46
Mar 10, 2009 vs PHX W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 27:08
Mar 7, 2009 vs CBJ L 2-8 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 20:32
Mar 4, 2009 @ COL W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 22:54
Mar 3, 2009 @ STL W 5-0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 22:11
Feb 28, 2009 @ NSH L 0-8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:00
Feb 27, 2009 vs LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 26:50
Feb 25, 2009 vs SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 25:28
Feb 21, 2009 @ MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 23:37
Feb 20, 2009 vs ANA W 5-2 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 26:04
Feb 18, 2009 vs NSH W 6-2 2 1 3 0 2 4 1 21:12
Feb 15, 2009 vs COL L 5-6 (SO) 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 28:00
Feb 13, 2009 @ CBJ L 2-3 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 27:14
Feb 12, 2009 vs MIN W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 27:10
Feb 10, 2009 @ NSH W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 27:50
Feb 8, 2009 @ PIT W 3-0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 24:46
Feb 7, 2009 vs EDM W 8-3 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 20:46
Feb 4, 2009 vs PHX W 5-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 26:11
Feb 2, 2009 vs STL W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 33:32
Jan 31, 2009 @ WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 25:57
Jan 29, 2009 vs DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 27:21
Jan 20, 2009 @ PHX L 3-6 2 0 2 -2 0 3 1 26:23
Jan 17, 2009 @ SJS L 5-6 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 24:03
Jan 15, 2009 @ LAK W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 22:21
Jan 14, 2009 @ ANA W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 27:33
Jan 12, 2009 @ DAL L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 27:13
Jan 10, 2009 vs BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 23:09
Jan 8, 2009 vs DAL W 6-1 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 21:02
Jan 6, 2009 vs CBJ W 3-0 0 2 2 1 2 3 1 24:39
Jan 3, 2009 @ MIN W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 28:21
Jan 1, 2009 @ CHI W 6-4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 24:59
Dec 26, 2008 @ NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:23
Dec 23, 2008 vs STL W 4-1 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 21:42
Dec 20, 2008 vs LAK W 6-4 0 3 3 2 0 3 0 25:43
Dec 18, 2008 vs SJS W 6-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 24:39
Dec 15, 2008 vs COL L 2-3 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 25:34
Dec 13, 2008 @ PHX W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 30:04
Dec 12, 2008 @ DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 26:47
Dec 10, 2008 vs CGY W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 2 0 5 0 25:21
Dec 6, 2008 vs CHI W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 24:23
Dec 4, 2008 vs VAN W 6-5 1 2 3 0 0 2 0 23:37
Dec 1, 2008 vs ANA W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 23:11
Nov 29, 2008 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 21:53
Nov 28, 2008 vs CBJ W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 23:32
Nov 26, 2008 vs MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 23:23
Nov 24, 2008 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25:14
Nov 22, 2008 @ CGY W 5-2 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 24:10
Nov 20, 2008 @ EDM W 4-3 0 2 2 0 4 3 0 26:20
Nov 17, 2008 vs EDM W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 23:39
Nov 14, 2008 @ FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 24:26
Nov 13, 2008 @ TBL W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 24:58
Nov 11, 2008 vs PIT L 6-7 (OT) 0 2 2 -2 0 0 1 29:26
Nov 8, 2008 vs NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 24:49
Nov 2, 2008 @ VAN W 3-2 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 25:29
Oct 30, 2008 @ SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 20:30
Oct 29, 2008 @ ANA L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 25:00
Oct 27, 2008 @ LAK W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 28:04
Oct 25, 2008 @ CHI W 6-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 32:01
Oct 24, 2008 vs ATL W 5-3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 23:54
Oct 22, 2008 @ STL W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 27:08
Oct 18, 2008 vs NYR W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 25:40
Oct 16, 2008 vs VAN L 3-4 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 23:00
Oct 13, 2008 @ CAR W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 24:51
Oct 11, 2008 @ OTT W 3-2 0 1 1 2 0 5 0 25:58
Oct 9, 2008 vs TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 24:07