Backstrom dispensed two assists as the Capitals triumped 3-2 over the Wild on Friday.

EDGE Analysis

After a brief three-game absence from the scoresheet, the Swedish playmaker got one step closer to his eighth 40-plus assist season. Backstrom now has 17 goals and 39 assists through 59 games (a 78-point pace) and together with Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov -- who have a combined 177 points and counting this year -- anchors the deadliest offense in all of hockey.