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First European to win Conn Smythe Trophy
Nicklas Lidstrom’s assist on Tomas Holmstrom’s first period power play goal against Pittsburgh on Monday night moved him into a tie for ninth all-time in career points by a defenseman with teammate Chris Chelios. Lidstrom reached the milestone in his 1,266th game, while Chelios has played 1,616 games. They are also tied for 81st all-time in points in NHL history.
Next on the list is Larry Robinson with 958 points.
Lidstrom is the eighth highest-scoring European player in NHL history, and the highest scoring defenseman. Here is the list of the top 10 scoring Europeans in NHL history through November 11, 2008:
| Rank | Player (all-time rank) | GP | G | A | PTS |
| 1 | Jaromir Jagr (9) | 1273 | 646 | 953 | 1599 |
| 2 | Jari Kurri (18) | 1251 | 601 | 797 | 1398 |
| 3 | *Mats Sundin (30) | 1305 | 555 | 766 | 1321 |
| 4 | Peter Stastny (35) | 977 | 450 | 789 | 1239 |
| 5 | *Teemu Selanne (46) | 1084 | 561 | 612 | 1173 |
| 6 | *Sergei Fedorov (48) | 1208 | 476 | 659 | 1135 |
| 7 | Alexander Mogilny (63) | 990 | 473 | 559 | 1032 |
| 8 | *Nicklas Lidstrom (81) | 1266 | 214 | 734 | 948 |
| 9 | Peter Bondra (92) | 1081 | 503 | 389 | 892 |
| 10 | *Alexei Kovalev (93) | 1085 | 373 | 515 | 888 |
Other Lidstrom Rankings:
1st - Lidstrom is the first European-born and trained player to captain a Stanley Cup champion.
1st - The first European player to win the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
3rd - Lidstrom has won six James Norris Trophy’s as the leagues best defenseman, one behind Doug Harvey in second place and two behind Bobby Orr.
9th - The Hockey News ranked Lidstrom the 9th-best player since 1967.
27th- In playoff points all-time with 149 points in 210 games.
Comments
By far a solid, all-around player.
Awesome job last night by the Wings, up by 3 goals then lose 7-6,,was that the Wings I watched last night or were they the 07 Maple Leafs in disquise??
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