Nicklas Backstrom had Capital One Arena rocking on Friday. The Washington Capitals forward received a standing ovation from fans before he participated in the ceremonial puck drop during the team ...

As Alex Ovechkin’s sidekick, Nicklas Backstrom is always ... Perhaps that’s why Backstrom, despite a sparkling resume, only played in his first All-Star Game this season.

NHL.com's Tom Gulitti reported that general manager Brian MacLellan believes that Nicklas Backstrom deserves a ... IHave a good summer, the first really good summer in a couple years, and be ...

Nicklas Backstrom ... is indeed impressive. Backstrom has been a clockwork point-a-game player almost since the day he stepped on the ice in the NHL for the first time and is one of the league ...

With just around a month until arguably the most important training camp of his career yet, Washington Capitals forward Nicklas Backstrom was ... It was his first time skating in the game in ...

Could Backstrom end up a Hall of Famer? If we judge him by the most obvious surface criteria, he may get overlooked as he has by awards voters his whole career. He’s never been a first- or secon ...

Let’s talk about the often forgotten, always in the shadows, perennially underrated Robin to Ovechkin’s Batman: Nicklas Backstrom ... how similar the two are. First, Oates is 17th all-time ...