Capitals Outsider · Mar 30, 2019
Nicklas Backstrom Becomes Seventh 20-Goal Scorer for the Caps
(Caps Outsider)
Caps center Nicklas Backstrom scored in the first period of the Caps/Lightning game on Saturday, becoming the 7th Caps player to hit the 20-goal mark this season.
Backstrom koins Alex Ovechkin, T.J. Oshie, Jakub Vrana, Brett Connolly, Tom Wilson and Evgeny Kuznetsov in that crew.
It’s the most 20-goal scorers the Caps have had since the high-scoring 2009-10 season, and also the 6th time the team overall has hit that number. Only once did they do better, when they had 9 20-goal scorers in 1992-93.
It’s also the fourth season in a row Backstrom has scored 20 or more, and the 6th time overall, though he’s hit 18 three other times. His career high was 33.
Here’s Backstrom’s 20th: