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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. He’d score another in the second period for his 25th career 2-goal game.
Backstrom joins 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 nine 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:
A perfect odd-man break. #ALLCAPS #CapsBolts pic.twitter.com/hctyk3wyYP
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) March 30, 2019
And 21st:
🙌 DIMA! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/Vtzw3p7Kyc
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) March 31, 2019
The number of 20-goal scorers for the Caps:
| Season | Players | High | |
| 1974 | 1975 | 2 | 22 |
| 1975 | 1976 | 2 | 26 |
| 1976 | 1977 | 3 | 36 |
| 1977 | 1978 | 2 | 38 |
| 1978 | 1979 | 6 | 31 |
| 1979 | 1980 | 4 | 36 |
| 1980 | 1981 | 6 | 50 |
| 1981 | 1982 | 6 | 60 |
| 1982 | 1983 | 7 | 38 |
| 1983 | 1984 | 7 | 40 |
| 1984 | 1985 | 5 | 53 |
| 1985 | 1986 | 7 | 41 |
| 1986 | 1987 | 6 | 41 |
| 1987 | 1988 | 4 | 48 |
| 1988 | 1989 | 5 | 42 |
| 1989 | 1990 | 5 | 41 |
| 1990 | 1991 | 6 | 24 |
| 1991 | 1992 | 7 | 38 |
| 1992 | 1993 | 9 | 37 |
| 1993 | 1994 | 4 | 29 |
| *1994 | 1995 | 1 | 34 |
| 1995 | 1996 | 2 | 52 |
| 1996 | 1997 | 1 | 46 |
| 1997 | 1998 | 1 | 52 |
| 1998 | 1999 | 2 | 31 |
| 1999 | 2000 | 2 | 29 |
| 2000 | 2001 | 3 | 45 |
| 2001 | 2002 | 4 | 39 |
| 2002 | 2003 | 3 | 36 |
| 2003 | 2004 | 2 | 29 |
| 2005 | 2006 | 4 | 52 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 4 | 46 |
| 2007 | 2008 | 3 | 65 |
| 2008 | 2009 | 5 | 56 |
| 2009 | 2010 | 7 | 50 |
| 2010 | 2011 | 3 | 32 |
| 2011 | 2012 | 3 | 38 |
| *2012 | 2013 | 1 | 32 |
| 2013 | 2014 | 3 | 51 |
| 2014 | 2015 | 3 | 53 |
| 2015 | 2016 | 6 | 50 |
| 2016 | 2017 | 5 | 33 |
| 2017 | 2018 | 3 | 49 |
| 2018 | 2019 | 7 | 48 |
*48 games
