NY Times · Apr 14, 2015
Capitals, Seeking Scoring Balance, Tinker With a Dynamic Twosome
Photo Nicklas Backstrom, right, has set up 137 of Alexander Ovechkin’s 377 goals (36 percent) in the past eight years, including 33 of 53 (62 percent) this year. Credit Alex Brandon/Associated Press WASHINGTON — For all of Alexander Ovechkin’s accomplishments with the Washington Capitals, it is hard to mention him without including Nicklas Backstrom in the same breath.
Backstrom, a 27-year-old center from Sweden, has set up 137 of Ovechkin’s 377 goals (36 percent) in the past eight years, including 33 of 53 (62 percent) this year.