The Perfect Human by the numbers: Nicklas Lidstrom statistics and facts

There have been a wealth of personal stories published in the wake of Nicklas Lidstrom's retirement, and deservedly so. Some that stand out in my mind are Michael Petrella's story published at The Production Line, Helene St. James' account published in the Detroit Free Press, and George Malik's post (along with a bunch of other great stories from around the internet) from The Malik Report. I wrote about my feelings on the retiring legend here. It's clear that a great deal of what makes Nick so special is the impact he's had on people in and around the organization over the last 21 years.

There is, however, more to the story than, well, stories. Statistics help paint an additional portion of the picture, and below you'll find plenty of them. Enjoy.

1,564 career regular season games played

264 career regular season goals

878 career regular season assists

1,142 career regular season points

Plus 450 career +/- regular season

514 career penalty minutes

132 career powerplay goals

10 career shorthanded goals

35 career game-winning goals

3,875 career shots

6.8% career shooting percentage

27,790 regular season minutes played (NHL started recording this in 1998-99 season)

26:54 average regular season TOI (since 98-99)

263 career playoff games played

54 career playoff goals

129 career playoff assists

183 career playoff points

Plus 61 career playoff +/-

76 career playoff penalty minutes

30 career playoff powerplay goals

3 career shorthanded playoff goals

11 career playoff game winning goals

656 career playoff shots

8.2% career playoff shooting percentage

4,475 playoff minutes played (since 98-99 season)

28:09 average playoff TOI (since 98-99)
31:10 average playoff TOI in 2001-02, a season in which Detroit played 23 playoff games and won the Stanley Cup, while Lidstrom won the Conn Smythe

1,827 total (reg season+playoffs) games played

318 total goals

1,007 total assists

1,325 total points

Plus 511 total +/-

162 total powerplay goals

13 total shorthanded goals

46 total game winning goals

4,531 total shots

32,265 total minutes played since 1998-99 season

20 seasons played

20 playoff appearances

6 Stanley Cup Finals appearances

4x Stanley Cup champion (97,98,02,08)

7x Norris Trophy winner (01,02,03,06,07,08,11)

11x Norris Trophy nominee (98,99,00,01,02,03,06,07,08,09,11)

0 Norris Trophy wins in first ten seasons

7 Norris Trophy wins in last ten seasons

6x Lady Byng nominee

1x Conn Smythe winner

1^st European born player to win Norris Trophy

1^st European born player to win Conn Smythe

1^st European born player to captain a Stanley Cup champion

1^st Red Wings to win multiple Norris Trophies

10x first team All Star

2x second team All Star

2x All Star team captain (2000,2011)

4x Olympian

2006 Olympic Gold medal

1 Olympic Gold medal winning goal (2006)

2^nd all-time games played as a Red Wing

9^th in all-time Detroit franchise goals

3^rd in all-time Detroit franchise assists

4^th in all-time Detroit franchise points

1^st in all-time Detroit franchise +/-…by +174

2^nd in all-time Detroit franchise powerplay goals

7^th in all-time Detroit franchise shorthanded goals

8^th in all-time Detroit franchise game-winning goals

4^th in all-time Detroit franchise game-tying goals

6^th in all-time Detroit franchise overtime goals

2^nd in all-time Detroit franchise shots

11 all-time Detroit franchise leader categories in which Lidstrom is in top 10 (12 are recorded on their website)

1 category in which Lidstrom is not a top-ten franchise leader (penalty minutes)

Advanced stats

Hockey-reference.com uses an innovative point shares system to evaluate approximately how many of a team’s point total from the season can be directly attributed to a certain player. Explanation of the system here:

http://www.hockey-reference.com/about/point_shares.html

98.1 offensive point shares

113.6 defensive point shares

211.8 total point shares

37^th all-time offensive point shares

3^rd all-time defensive point shares

4^th all-time total point shares

0.17 regular season goals/game

0.56 regular season assists/game

0.73 regular season points/game

Hockey Reference’s methodology for adjusting goals and assists is here:

http://www.hockey-reference.com/about/adjusted_stats.html

Essentially, they’re attempting to see how goals and assists change if all past regular seasons were played under the conditions of the most recent regular season.

286 adjusted regular season goals

918 adjusted regular season assists

1,204 adjusted regular season points

20 seasons

1 uniform

1 city

1 number soon to be retired

Thanks, Nick.

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