GAVLE, Sweden --Nicklas Backstrom is living out his childhood dream. Again. Long before Backstrom imagined playing in the NHL, setting up Alex Ovechkin for all those goals and lifting the Stanley Cup ...

Nicklas Backstrom played a total of 1,105 regular-season games, all with the Capitals, and 139 playoff games as well. Over his career, he totaled 1,033 points (271 goals, 762 assists), giving him ...

Nicklas Backstrom said he’s “full of energy” after hip rehab ahead of his professional comeback. originally appeared on Athlon Sports. After nearly two decades in North America, Nicklas Backstrom is ...

Nicklas Backstrom is returning to professional hockey in Sweden with Brynäs IF of the Swedish Hockey League. The longtime Washington Capitals center stepped away from the NHL in 2023 to recover from a ...

Nicklas Backstrom, after retiring from the NHL due to hip issues, has signed a contract with Brynas IF in Sweden, marking a return to his original team. The 37-year-old center aims to continue his ...

Nicklas Backstrom is resuming his hockey career back in his native Sweden with Brynas IF after missing all of last NHL season because of a nagging hip injury. The Swedish club announced Monday that ...

Nicklas Backstrom is making a return to professional hockey, just not with the Washington Capitals. The 37-year-old signed with Brynas IF of the Swedish Hockey League on Monday, the team announced.

Nicklas Backstrom, the Washington Capitals center for 17 seasons who helped bring the Stanley Cup to DC in 2018, has moved back to his native Sweden. And he’s listed his McLean mansion for sale. The ...

ELMONT, N.Y. — The visitors’ room looked as it should have after Alex Ovechkin’s record-setting goal No. 895. Tom Wilson holding court in one corner. John Carlson in another. Nicklas Backstrom on a ...

Backstrom (hip), who announced last Wednesday that he's temporarily stepping away from hockey to focus on his health, was moved to the long-term injured reserve list Wednesday. It was already expected ...

Alex Ovechkin was crestfallen when he learned that his good friend and longtime Washington Capitals teammate Nicklas Backstrom would be stepping away from the team. “I was in shock,” Ovechkin told ...

Washington Capitals star Nicklas Backstrom, who has had limited production this season after 2022 hip surgery, announced Wednesday that he is going to take a leave of absence to determine his future. ...