Niklas Backstrom

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BIOGRAPHY

BORN: Helsinki, Finland, February 13, 1978.
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HEIGHT: 6'2".
WEIGHT: 196 pounds.
UNIFORM #: 32 (Finland, Minnesota).
CATCHES: Left
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Signed as free agent to multi-year contract by Minnesota Wild, June 1, 2006.
Resigned to multi-year contract by Wild, June 7, 2007.

ACCOLADES:

Member of bronze medal-winning Finland, 2006 IIHF World Championships, May 21, 2006.

VEZINA TROPHY BALLOTING:

	PTS	1st	2nd	3rd	RANK	SHARE
2006-07	4	0	1	1	6	0.03

ALL-STAR TEAM BALLOTING (1983-84 to PRESENT):

	PTS	1st	2nd	3rd	RANK	SHARE
2006-07	23	0	0	23	5	0.03

INJURIES:

Left game with lower body injury; missed one game, February 28, 2007.

FIRSTS:

RECORDS:

PENALTY SHOTS:

Stopped penalty shot (Paul Kariya), November 16, 2006 [overtime].
Stopped penalty shot (Mike Ribeiro), January 7, 2008.
Allowed penalty shot goal (Tomas Plihal), March 9, 2008.
Stopped penalty shot (Ryan Smyth), April 9, 2008 [postseason].

NHL SHOOTOUTS:

November 16, 2006 - defeated Nashville, 3-2 (Steve Sullivan goal, Paul Kariya goal, Martin Erat save, Josef Vasicek save).
November 18, 2006 - lost to Colorado, 1-2 (Wojtek Wolski goal, Marek Svatos save, Joe Sakic goal).
December 2, 2006 - lost to Dallas, 1-3 (Sergei Zubov goal, Jussi Jokinen goal, Mike Ribeiro goal).
January 20, 2007 - lost to Dallas, 2-3 (Mike Ribeiro goal, Jussi Jokinen save, Patrik Stefan save, Loui Eriksson save, Antti Miettinen save, Eric Lindros goal, Jere Lehtinen save, Niklas Hagman save, Stu Barnes goal).
January 26, 2007 - defeated Calgary, 2-0 (Alex Tanguay save, Byron Ritchie save).
February 20, 2007 - defeated Dallas, 1-0 (Sergei Zubov save, Jussi Jokinen save, Mike Ribeiro save).
March 4, 2007 - lost to Vancouver, 2-3 (Bryan Smolinski goal, Brendan Morrison miss, Markus Naslund save, Trevor Linden goal, Taylor Pyatt save, Daniel Sedin goal).
March 27, 2007 - lost to Calgary, 0-2 (Alex Tanguay goal, Jarome Iginla goal).
2006-07 season to date: 3 wins, 5 losses, 17 saves on 32 chances.
October 16, 2007 - lost to Los Angeles, 1-3 (Dustin Brown goal, Mike Cammalleri goal, Anze Kopitar goal).
January 16, 2008 - lost to Calgary, 0-2 (Kristian Huselius goal, Dion Phaneuf save, Jarome Iginla goal).
February 14, 2008 - defeated Vancouver, 2-1 (Alexander Edler save, Ryan Shannon save, Trevor Linden goal).
March 7, 2008 - lost to Atlanta, 0-1 (Vyacheslav Kozlov miss, Erik Christensen goal, Ilya Kovalchuk miss).
March 9, 2008 - lost to San Jose, 1-2 (Joe Pavelski goal, Jonathan Cheechoo miss, Patrick Marleau goal).
March 13, 2008 - lost to New Jersey, 0-1 (Brian Gionta miss, Zach Parise miss, Jamie Langenbrunner goal).
March 19, 2008 - lost to San Jose, 1-2 (Joe Pavelski goal, Patrick Marleau save, Jeremy Roenick goal).
2007-08 season to date: 1 win, 6 losses, 9 saves on 21 chances.

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SEASON RECORDS:

REGULAR SEASON
Year  Team                            GP    Min   W   L   T   OL    GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
96-97 HIFK Helsinki FINLAND            2                                                             0   0     0
97-98 HIFK Helsinki FINLAND            3                                                             0   0     0
98-99 HIFK Helsinki FINLAND           16    923   9   5   1         26   1.69     382   .932     1   0   3     0
99-00 HIFK Helsinki FINLAND            4                                                             0   0     0
00-01 SaiPa Lappeenranta FINLAND      49                                                             0   5    12
01-02 AIK Solna SWEDEN                40   2186                    111   3.05    1079   .897     1   0   1    18
02-03 Karpat Oulu FINLAND             36   2136  16   8   9         77   2.16    1083   .929     4   0   3     8
03-04 Karpat Oulu FINLAND             43   2572  24   8   0         87   2.03    1353   .936     7   0   1     8
04-05 Karpat Oulu FINLAND             47   2819  27  10  10        102   2.17    1387   .926     7   0   1    14
      Finland WORLD                    5    310   1   3   1         12   2.32     123   .902     1   0   1     0
05-06 Karpat Oulu FINLAND             51   3077  32   9  10         86   1.68    1422   .940    10   0   0    20
06-07 Minnesota Wild NHL              41   2227  23   8        6    73   1.97    1028   .929     5   0   1     2
ONE (1) NHL SEASON                    41   2227  23   8        6    73   1.97    1028   .929     5   0   1     2

POST-SEASON
Year  Team                            GP    Min   W   L    GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
98-99 HIFK Helsinki FINLAND           11
02-03 Karpat Oulu FINLAND             15    990   7   8    33   2.00                    1   0   0     4
03-04 Karpat Oulu FINLAND             15    927   5   4    36   2.33     479   .925     3   0   0     6
04-05 Karpat Oulu FINLAND             12    720  10   2    15   1.25     298   .950     3
05-06 Karpat Oulu FINLAND              4    195   3   1     6   1.84      58   .897     0   0   1     0
06-07 Minnesota Wild NHL               5    297   1   4    11   2.22     145   .924     0   0   1     2
ONE (1) NHL POSTSEASON                 5    297   1   4    11   2.22     145   .924     0

NHL GAME DIRECTORY:

Signed as free agent by Minnesota Wild, June 2006.
10/07/06: W (39m53s, 17/19) 6-5 victory vs. Nashville (Vokoun) [Replaced Fernandez].
11/02/06: W (40m, 19/19) 5-2 victory vs. Vancouver (Luongo) [Replaced Fernandez].
11/12/06: L (59m28s, 35/38) 2-3 defeat at Anaheim (Giguere).
11/16/06: W (31m08s, 24/25) 7-6 SO victory (2/4) at Nashville (Mason) [Replaced Fernandez].
11/18/06: SOL (65m, 30/31) 1-2 SO defeat (1/3) vs. Colorado (Budaj).
11/22/06: L (59m34s, 31/34) 2-4 defeat at Montreal (Huet).
11/24/06: W (59m40s, 28/28) 4-0 victory vs. Phoenix (Joseph, LeNeveu).
11/25/06: - (20m, 8/10) 3-5 defeat at Columbus (Norrena) [Replaced by Fernandez].
12/02/06: SOL (64m47s, 21/24) 3-4 SO defeat (0/3) at Dallas (Turco).
12/12/06: - (36m25s, 15/16) 2-5 defeat at Calgary (Kiprusoff) [Replaced Fernandez].
12/16/06: L (59m04s, 16/18) 1-2 defeat at Vancouver (Luongo).
12/27/06: L (59m58s, 30/33) 1-3 defeat at Detroit (Hasek).
01/09/07: L (59m49s, 22/25) 0-3 defeat at Calgary (Kiprusoff).
01/20/07: SOL (58m01s, 22/23) 1-2 SO defeat (6/9) vs. Dallas (Turco) [Replaced Fernandez].
01/26/07: W (65m, 23/24) 2-1 SO victory (2/2) vs. Calgary (Kiprusoff).
02/01/07: W (59m59s, 27/30) 5-3 victory at Colorado (Budaj).
02/03/07: W (59m57s, 29/29) 1-0 victory at Phoenix (Joseph).
02/06/07: L (60m, 31/35) 2-4 defeat at Dallas (Turco, Smith).
02/08/07: W (59m58s, 41/43) 4-2 victory vs. Florida (Belfour).
02/10/07: W (59m41s, 22/26) 5-4 victory vs. Carolina (Ward, Grahame).
02/14/07: OTL (64m20s, 31/34) 2-3 OT defeat vs. Vancouver (Luongo).
02/17/07: W (60m, 25/26) 4-1 victory at Nashville (Vokoun).
02/18/07: L (49m58s, 21/26) 3-5 defeat at St. Louis (Legace) [Replaced by Harding].
02/20/07: W (65m, 23/24) 2-1 SO victory (3/3) vs. Dallas (Turco).
02/22/07: W (60m, 28/31) 4-3 victory at Colorado (Budaj).
02/25/07: W (60m, 19/20) 4-1 victory vs. Edmonton (Roloson).
02/28/07: - (20m, 5/5) 1-2 SO defeat at Calgary (Kiprusoff) [Replaced by Harding].
03/04/07: SOL (65m, 32/35) 3-4 SO defeat (3/6) at Vancouver (Luongo).
03/06/07: L (40m, 21/24) 0-3 defeat vs. San Jose (Nabokov) [Replaced by Fernandez].
03/08/07: W (59m52s, 29/30) 2-1 victory at Boston (Thomas).
03/11/07: W (64m36s, 21/23) 3-2 OT victory vs. Colorado (Budaj).
03/13/07: W (64m24s, 22/24) 3-2 OT victory at Vancouver (Luongo).
03/15/07: W (60m, 22/23) 2-1 victory at Edmonton (Roloson).
03/17/07: W (60m, 19/21) 4-2 victory at Calgary (Kiprusoff).
03/20/07: W (59m50s, 29/31) 3-2 victory vs. Phoenix (Joseph).
03/22/07: W (59m58s, 22/23) 5-1 victory vs. St. Louis (Sanford).
03/27/07: SOL (65m, 24/24) 0-1 SO defeat (0/2) vs. Calgary (Kiprusoff).
03/29/07: - (1m20s, 0/2) 2-4 defeat vs. Calgary (Kiprusoff) [Replaced by Harding].
04/03/07: W (60m, 25/25) 3-0 victory vs. Edmonton (Markkanen).
04/05/07: W (60m, 22/22) 3-0 victory vs. Edmonton (Markkanen).
04/07/07: W (59m51s, 24/25) 5-1 victory vs. St. Louis (Sanford, Bacashihua).
04/11/07: L (59m03s, 32/34) 1-2 defeat at Anaheim (Bryzgalov).
04/13/07: L (59m30s, 22/25) 2-3 defeat at Anaheim (Bryzgalov).
04/15/07: L (59m00s, 17/19) 1-2 defeat vs. Anaheim (Bryzgalov).
04/17/07: W (60m, 28/29) 4-1 victory vs. Anaheim (Bryzgalov, Giguere).
04/19/07: L (59m06s, 35/38) 1-4 defeat at Anaheim (Giguere).
10/04/07: W (60m, 27/27) 1-0 victory vs. Chicago (Khabibulin).
10/06/07: W (60m, 19/21) 3-2 victory vs. Columbus (Norrena).
10/10/07: W (59m48s, 21/21) 2-0 victory vs. Edmonton (Roloson).
10/13/07: W (60m, 27/29) 3-2 victory at Phoenix (Auld).
10/16/07: SOL (65m, 26/29) 3-4 SO defeat (0/3) at Los Angeles (Aubin).
10/21/07: W (60m, 29/31) 3-2 victory vs. Colorado (Budaj).
10/24/07: L (59m51s, 19/24) 3-5 defeat at Calgary (Kiprusoff).
11/03/07: W (60m, 23/24) 4-1 victory vs. Calgary (Kiprusoff).
11/05/07: W (59m47s, 22/24) 5-2 victory vs. Edmonton (Roloson, Garon).
11/11/07: L (59m35s, 22/25) 2-4 defeat at Colorado (Budaj).
11/13/07: L (59m51s, 25/28) 2-3 defeat at Calgary (Kiprusoff).
11/15/07: W (39m53s, 24/26) 4-2 victory at Edmonton (Roloson) [Replaced by Harding].
11/16/07: - (48m01s, 17/20) 2-6 defeat at Vancouver (Luongo) [Replaced Harding].
11/23/07: L (59m57s, 25/29) 0-4 defeat vs. Columbus (Leclaire).
11/24/07: W (60m, 40/43) 4-3 victory at Nashville (Mason).
11/28/07: W (59m52s, 21/22) 3-1 victory vs. Phoenix (Bryzgalov).
11/30/07: OTW (62m05s, 22/24) 3-2 OT victory vs. St. Louis (Legace).
12/02/07: W (59m54s, 19/20) 2-1 victory vs. Vancouver (Luongo).
12/05/07: L (60m, 22/25) 1-3 defeat vs. Philadelphia (Niittymaki).
12/08/07: W (59m58s, 31/32) 2-1 victory at Columbus (Leclaire).
12/11/07: L (60m, 26/30) 1-4 defeat at San Jose (Nabokov).
12/22/07: L (60m, 47/51) 1-4 defeat vs. Detroit (Hasek).
12/27/07: W (59m39s, 46/48) 3-2 victory at Phoenix (Bryzgalov).
12/29/07: OTW (61m25s, 23/27) 5-4 OT victory vs. Edmonton (Roloson).
12/31/07: L (59m16s, 22/25) 2-3 defeat vs. San Jose (Nabokov).
01/03/08: W (60m, 25/28) 6-3 victory vs. Dallas (Turco, Smith).
01/07/08: L (58m56s, 27/30) 1-3 defeat at Dallas (Turco).
01/10/08: - (28m38s, 15/19) 6-5 SO victory at Detroit (Osgood) [Replaced by Harding].
01/16/08: SOL (64m51s, 29/31) 2-3 SO defeat (1/3) vs. Calgary (Kiprusoff).
01/21/08: W (59m18s, 38/40) 4-2 victory at Vancouver (Luongo).
01/24/08: W (60m, 28/30) 3-2 victory at Colorado (Theodore).
01/30/08: W (59m44s, 20/21) 5-1 victory vs. Anaheim (Giguere, Hiller).
02/02/08: W (60m, 33/34) 4-1 victory at Columbus (Norrena).
02/05/08: OTL (61m29s, 35/38) 2-3 OT defeat vs. Detroit (Hasek).
02/07/08: L (58m43s, 25/26) 0-1 defeat vs. Dallas (Smith).
02/09/08: OTW (62m34s, 26/29) 4-3 OT victory vs. NY Islanders (DiPietro).
02/12/08: - (40m, 9/11) 2-4 defeat at Edmonton (Garon) [Replaced by Harding].
02/14/08: SOW (64m55s, 24/28) 5-4 SO victory (2/3) at Vancouver (Luongo).
02/17/08: OTW (64m38s, 24/28) 5-4 OT victory vs. Nashville (Mason).
02/19/08: OTL (63m11s, 34/37) 2-3 OT defeat vs. Vancouver (Luongo).
02/24/08: L (58m31s, 14/16) 1-2 defeat vs. Calgary (Kiprusoff).
02/26/08: L (60m, 22/26) 1-4 defeat at Washington (Kolzig).
02/27/08: W (60m, 31/33) 3-2 victory at Tampa Bay (Smith).
02/29/08: W (60m, 32/34) 3-2 victory at Florida (Vokoun).
03/02/08: OTW (63m19s, 27/29) 2-1 OT victory vs. Los Angeles (Ersberg).
03/04/08: L (59m07s, 30/33) 2-4 defeat vs. Chicago (Lalime).
03/07/08: SOL (64m59s, 24/26) 2-3 SO defeat (2/3) at Atlanta (Hedberg).
03/09/08: SOL (64m22s, 24/26) 2-3 SO defeat (1/3) vs. San Jose (Nabokov).
03/13/08: SOL (65m, 27/30) 3-4 SO defeat (2/3) vs. New Jersey (Brodeur).
03/15/08: W (59m49s, 24/24) 2-0 victory vs. Los Angeles (Ersberg).
03/17/08: W (59m57s, 29/30) 3-1 victory vs. Colorado (Theodore).
03/19/08: SOL (64m27s, 30/33) 3-4 SO defeat (1/3) at San Jose (Nabokov).
03/21/08: W (60m, 30/31) 2-1 victory at Vancouver (Luongo).
03/22/08: L (59m05s, 26/31) 4-5 defeat at Calgary (Kiprusoff).
03/24/08: - (24m30s, 7/10) 3-5 defeat at Edmonton (Roloson) [Replaced by Harding, replaced Harding].
03/26/08: W (60m, 32/33) 3-1 victory vs. Edmonton (Roloson).
03/28/08: W (60m, 28/28) 4-0 victory vs. Vancouver (Luongo, Sanford).
03/30/08: OTW (63m01s, 24/26) 3-2 OT victory vs. Colorado (Theodore).
04/03/08: W (60m, 26/27) 3-1 victory vs. Calgary (Kiprusoff).
04/09/08: L (71m04s, 19/22) 2-3 OT defeat vs. Colorado (Theodore).
04/11/08: W (61m11s, 24/26) 3-2 OT victory vs. Colorado (Theodore).
04/14/08: W (71m58s, 44/46) 3-2 OT victory at Colorado (Theodore).
04/15/08: L (39m56s, 24/29) 1-5 defeat at Colorado (Theodore) [Replaced by Harding].
04/17/08: L (58m14s, 14/17) 2-3 defeat vs. Colorado (Theodore).
04/19/08: L (58m57s, 28/30) 1-2 defeat at Colorado (Theodore).

INTERNATIONAL GAME DIRECTORY:

Played for Finland in 2005 IIHF World Championships (Austria).
05/02/05: W (60m, 19/20) 4-1 victory vs. Ukraine (Simchuk).
05/06/05: T (60m, 18/22) 4-4 tie vs. United States (Conklin).
05/08/05: T (60m, 21/24) 3-3 tie vs. Canada (Luongo).
05/09/05: T (60m, 15/15) 0-0 tie vs. Latvia (Irbe).
05/12/05: L (70m, 39/42) 3-4 SO defeat (0/3) vs. Russia (Sokolov) [Quarterfinals].
Played for Finland in 2008 IIHF World Championships (Halifax and Quebec City, Canada).
05/03/08: W (60m, 21/22) 5-1 victory vs. Germany (Patzold).

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