""Fun but also a bit nice to have it done now," Backstrom told Gelfe Dagblad after the game, as translated by Google Translate. "I hope we can play a more complete match, it would feel good for the confidence before the SHL premiere next Saturday.""
""It's important that the power play works, so it's nice that it worked," Backstrom said."
""We were just trying to win the puck back," Backstrom said, downplaying his decking of the KAC Klagenfurt regrguard."
""It was a so-called 'muffin,'" Backstrom said, using a line Alex Ovechkin once said at the 2025 NHL All-Star Skills Competition. "But it will come.""
Nicklas Backstrom returned to competitive action and recorded an assist on Jakob Silfverberg’s power-play goal that made it 3-1 nine minutes, two seconds into the third period. The assist came via a pass to Johan Larsson, who found Silfverberg at the far post. Backstrom delivered a heavy check on Jesper Jensen Aabo earlier in the game. He finished minus-one with two shots, two blocked shots, and won eight of 12 faceoffs in 17:43 of ice time, ranking second among forwards for TOI. Attendance at Monitor ERP Arena was 4,712. Michal Kempny supplied a primary assist on the opening goal.
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