Nicklas Bäckström Nicklas Bäckström Nicklas Bäckström (; born 23 November 1987) is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre and an alternate captain for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Bäckström was selected fourth overall by the Capitals at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, and has since gone on to become Washington's all-time franchise leader in assists. Bäckström won his first Stanley Cup with the Capitals in 2018. Bäckström was born and raised in Valbo, Sweden. His father, Anders, was a professional ice hockey player, who won a championship with the Brynäs and retired shortly after Bäckström was born. His
Conn Smythe Trophy Smythe Trophy have all been Canadian. The non-Canadian winners are Americans Brian Leetch, who won it in , Tim Thomas in , Jonathan Quick in , and Patrick Kane in ; Russians Evgeni Malkin and Alexander Ovechkin, who won it in and , respectively; and Swedes Nicklas Lidstrom and Henrik Zetterberg, who won it in and , respectively. Only three players have won the Conn Smythe Trophy and the Hart Memorial Trophy for Most Valuable Player during the regular season in the same year: Orr in 1970 and 1972, Guy Lafleur in and Gretzky in . These three players also