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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 2009-10. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mark Streit NYI · 49 P in 82 GP Tomas Kaberle TOR · 49 P in 82 GP Toby Enstrom ATL · 50 P in 82 GP Tyler Myers BUF · 48 P in 82 GP Scott Niedermayer ANA · 48 P in 80 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

2009-10 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 9 40 49 22 24 194 56 0.60 4.6 25:26

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 11, 2010 @ CHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 26:31
Apr 9, 2010 @ CBJ W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 27:42
Apr 7, 2010 vs CBJ W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 0 2 2 21:03
Apr 4, 2010 @ PHI L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 25:14
Apr 3, 2010 vs NSH L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 22:26
Apr 1, 2010 vs CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 24:42
Mar 30, 2010 vs EDM W 5-4 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 25:08
Mar 27, 2010 @ NSH W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 24:55
Mar 26, 2010 vs MIN W 6-2 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 18:37
Mar 24, 2010 vs STL W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 24:36
Mar 22, 2010 vs PIT W 3-1 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 26:36
Mar 20, 2010 @ VAN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 27:59
Mar 19, 2010 @ EDM L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 27:45
Mar 15, 2010 @ CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 24:37
Mar 13, 2010 vs BUF W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 0 5 0 24:39
Mar 11, 2010 vs MIN W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 23:20
Mar 9, 2010 vs CGY L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 23:14
Mar 7, 2010 @ CHI W 5-4 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 23:49
Mar 5, 2010 vs NSH W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 23:56
Mar 3, 2010 vs VAN L 3-6 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 23:57
Mar 1, 2010 @ COL W 3-2 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 25:00
Feb 13, 2010 vs OTT W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 24:44
Feb 11, 2010 vs SJS L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 5 0 32:12
Feb 9, 2010 @ STL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 29:32
Feb 6, 2010 @ LAK L 3-4 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 28:32
Feb 3, 2010 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 26:48
Feb 2, 2010 @ SJS W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 25:25
Jan 31, 2010 @ PIT L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 26:15
Jan 29, 2010 vs NSH W 4-2 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 24:35
Jan 27, 2010 @ MIN L 2-5 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 22:19
Jan 26, 2010 vs PHX L 4-5 (OT) 2 0 2 1 0 3 1 26:11
Jan 23, 2010 vs LAK L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 26:51
Jan 21, 2010 @ MIN W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 28:07
Jan 19, 2010 @ WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 27:23
Jan 17, 2010 vs CHI L 3-4 (SO) 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 26:57
Jan 16, 2010 @ DAL L 2-3 (SO) 0 2 2 0 0 3 3 25:12
Jan 14, 2010 vs CAR W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 27:06
Jan 12, 2010 @ NYI L 0-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23:41
Jan 9, 2010 @ SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 24:54
Jan 7, 2010 @ LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 25:24
Jan 5, 2010 @ ANA L 1-4 0 1 1 -3 0 5 0 28:45
Jan 2, 2010 @ PHX W 4-1 0 2 2 3 0 5 0 24:11
Dec 31, 2009 vs COL W 4-2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 26:11
Dec 28, 2009 @ CBJ L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 32:13
Dec 26, 2009 vs CBJ W 2-1 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 28:38
Dec 23, 2009 vs CHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 26:14
Dec 20, 2009 @ CHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 25:44
Dec 19, 2009 @ DAL L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 26:14
Dec 17, 2009 vs TBL W 3-0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 26:50
Dec 14, 2009 vs PHX W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 24:41
Dec 12, 2009 @ NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 25:47
Dec 11, 2009 vs ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 28:15
Dec 9, 2009 vs STL L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 2 4 1 24:07
Dec 6, 2009 @ NYR W 3-1 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 26:15
Dec 5, 2009 @ NJD L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 30:48
Dec 3, 2009 vs EDM L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 21:19
Nov 30, 2009 vs DAL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 22:26
Nov 28, 2009 @ STL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25:39
Nov 27, 2009 vs CGY L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 24:59
Nov 25, 2009 vs ATL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 27:04
Nov 23, 2009 @ NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 23:08
Nov 21, 2009 @ MTL W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 -2 0 2 1 29:13
Nov 20, 2009 vs FLA L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 23:23
Nov 18, 2009 vs DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 24:25
Nov 14, 2009 vs ANA W 7-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 26:12
Nov 12, 2009 vs VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 27:19
Nov 11, 2009 @ CBJ W 9-1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 16:23
Nov 7, 2009 @ TOR L 1-5 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 20:36
Nov 5, 2009 vs SJS W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 27:31
Nov 3, 2009 vs BOS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 27:42
Oct 31, 2009 @ CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 24:47
Oct 29, 2009 @ EDM L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 26:42
Oct 27, 2009 @ VAN W 5-4 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 23:27
Oct 24, 2009 @ COL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 25:52
Oct 22, 2009 @ PHX L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 25:06
Oct 17, 2009 vs COL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 24:15
Oct 15, 2009 vs LAK W 5-2 0 2 2 2 0 1 2 22:49
Oct 13, 2009 @ BUF L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 22:54
Oct 10, 2009 vs WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 24:13
Oct 8, 2009 vs CHI W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 24:37
Oct 3, 2009 @ STL L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 26:21
Oct 2, 2009 vs STL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 23:50