Backstrom
Proper noun
Meaning
Backstrom (plural Backstroms)
A surname from Swedish.
Examples
Backstrom had missed four games in a row with an injured right hand.
First-line centre Niklas Backstrom has 13 points in 11 games and is listed as day-to-day with a right hand injury.
But the morning before Backstrom returned to the lineup for Game 4 of the series, Ovechkin was clear on his importance: “He’s our leader.
Backstrom saw Oshie find a little mushy spot.
Better they were in a dominant overtime that Backstrom ended 11:53 in with his second goal of the game to give Washington a 4-3 victory and a 3-2 lead over the Blue Jackets in the first-round series.
Left unsaid: Backstrom knows how to do that better than anyone.