Nicklas Backstrom Found Workouts With Conditioning Coach Mark Nemish Harder Than Games
Saturday night, Nicklas Backstrom returned from offseason hip surgery after missing three regular season games. He didn't miss a beat. Nicky had…
Nicklas Backstrom to Return to the Lineup Against the Hurricanes
Photo credit: Rob Carr After three long games, Nicklas Backstrom will return to the lineup after his hip surgery in late may.…
Nicklas Backstrom Cleared For Contact, Thinks Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin Are Funny
After rejoining his teammates on the ice at the end of last month, Nicklas Backstrom continues to progress in his recovery from…
Nicklas Backstrom’s Hip Injury Update Reveals He’s Still The Ultimate Team Player
Photo credit: Patrick McDermott Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom shed his baby blue non-contact practice jersey Monday morning. The Swede took rushes…
Nicklas Backstrom Rejoins Teammates at Practice for First Time Since Hip Surgery
Save for Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom is the best player on the Washington Capitals – and it’s been that way for some…
75 Photos from the Caps Dog Calendar Photoshoot That Will Overcome You With Feels
On Tuesday afternoon, the Capitals celebrated all twelve months of the year with Homeward Trails' Animal Rescue dogs for the 2015-16 Caps…
Tom Wilson and Nicklas Backstrom Go to Ed Sheeran Concert at Verizon Center
Photo: @peteglowdc Tuesday night, a third of the Caps roster traveled up to Boston for the team's second preseason game in consecutive…
Nicklas Backstrom Takes His Family and Personal Trainer to Redskins Game
Photo: @pt_andreas Sunday afternoon, injured first-line center Nicklas Backstrom traveled to FedEx Field like Tom Wilson and Michael Latta did last week,…
Nicklas Backstrom Explains What Makes Alex Ovechkin So Unstoppable
Photo: Washington Capitals For the last eight seasons, Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom have been one of the league's top performing duos-- the…
EA Sports’ NHL16 Rates Sidney Crosby Higher Than Alex Ovechkin, Thinks Nicklas Backstrom’s Not A Top 10 Center
EA Sports' NHL16 got some splainin' to do. Despite Alex Ovechkin leading the league in goals and Nicklas Backstrom leading the league…
Backstorm, Carlson, Trotz, and MacLellan Also Place At NHL Awards
Photo: Alex Brandon We already told you that Alex Ovechkin took home the Rocket Richard Trophy for the fifth time and Braden…
Michael Latta Wins Father’s Day With Tweet to Nicklas Backstrom
There were a lot of great Caps Father's Day wishes Sunday. From Tom Wilson's Instagram pic with his dad to Joel Ward's…
Nicklas Backstrom On His Hip Injury: ‘I’ve Been In Pain Since November’
Photo: Greg Fiume Two weeks ago, the Washington Capitals announced that first line center Nicklas Backstrom went under the knife to have…
At Eastern View’s High School Graduation, a Touching Dedication to a Departed Caps Fan
Photo: Sydney Madison Photography Friday in Culpeper, Virginia, a few hundred Eastern View High seniors gathered at Cyclone Stadium, the school's football…
Nicklas Backstrom Wears ‘Free Hugs’ T-Shirt, Calls Himself ‘Really Boring’
Photo Credit: Katie Brown Nicklas Backstrom can be bland. He's one of the best players in the league and one of the…
The Big Cheese: Clutch Joel Ward Scores With 1.3 Seconds Left in Game One (GIF)
Photo: Jared Silber A few years ago, Dan Steinberg asked Joel Ward why his teammates call him The Big Cheese. “Just the…
Nicklas Backstrom’s Game Four OTGWG (GIF)
Photo: Bruce Bennett How do you beat Jaroslav Halak? The answer is almost always traffic up front. That's how Alex Ovechkin got…
The Ovech-hop: Nicklas Backstrom Scores Game-Tying Goal Again, Alex Ovechkin Loses Mind Celebrating (GIF)
Photo: Mike Stobe Nicklas Backstrom just scored another game-tying goal. Today it came as the Caps were six minutes away from losing 1-0…
Nicklas Backstrom Ties The Game (GIF)
Talking about this goal would be vulgar. Just know this: Nick Backstrom has tied the game at three with a power-play goal…
Angry Alex Ovechkin to Mike Weber: Do Not Cheap Shot Nicklas Backstrom (GIF)
When the Washington Capitals lost Nicklas Backstrom to injury for most of a season, they were a different team. The elbow to…
