Nicklas Lidstrom
Nicklas Lidstrom
Erik Nicklas Lidströmis a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 20 seasons in the National Hockey Leaguefor the Detroit Red Wings, which he captained for the final six seasons of his career...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth28 April 1970
CityKrylbo, Sweden
score stepped trying
They were going for it, too. They were trying to score a goal. They were all going forward, and I stepped up at the right time.
backing beating chances confident create drawing hanging looks onto players puck teams
He looks real confident out there when he's got the puck. You can tell that the other teams are backing off when he's got it. When he's got the puck he's hanging onto the puck, beating one or two guys. He's drawing two guys, too, to him, so he's just going to create so many chances -- if he's not going to score, other players around him are going to score.
edmonton last month playing
Edmonton has been playing like that for the last month going into the playoffs. We were kind of the opposite.
finland learn people rivalry sweden
People will learn a lot more about our rivalry ? and not only in hockey, but in other sports. Sweden and Finland will be huge.
plays skate time tougher
I think we can make it tougher on him out there, make him skate a little more. He's going to make plays out there. We can get on him quicker, not give him that time with the puck.
edmonton fans forward level lives month playing time tonight
Edmonton has been playing for their lives for a month now. I thought tonight was the first time we got up to their level of intensity, and now we can look forward to getting back to our fans on Saturday.
overtime passing power puck sharp
I thought in overtime we did a lot better passing the puck around, and we were more poised. We have to be more sharp on the power play, and you can't pass up any shots, either.
coming heard instead leave might net playing rebounds shots straight talked
We talked about it before to try to get to get more shots at net especially with their goalie. We heard that he might leave some rebounds coming out. And playing more straight lines, going more to the net, instead of peeling out in the corners.
pinpoint tough
Tough to say. It's tough to pinpoint what's different, really.
With this? I think it's going to be great.