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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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING:

TRANSACTIONS:

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.
Member of bronze medal winning Team Finland, 2008 IIHF World Championships, May 17, 2008.
Member of bronze medal-winning Finland, 2010 Winter Olympics, February 27, 2010.

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.
Left game with neck injury, April 8, 2010. Early in the third period, Backstrom was hit in the net by the slapshot of David Moss.
Left game with "minor lower-body issue", December 2, 2011.

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].
Allowed penalty shot goal (Corey Perry), December 12, 2010.
Stopped penalty shot (Taylor Hall), December 22, 2011.

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.
October 18, 2008 - defeated Tampa Bay, 1-0 (Jussi Jokinen save, Vincent Lecavalier save, Steven Stamkos save).
November 15, 2008 - defeated Columbus, 2-0 (Kristian Huselius save, Derick Brassard miss).
November 18, 2008 - defeated Pittsburgh, 1-0 (Petr Sykora save, Alex Goligoski save, Sidney Crosby save).
February 8, 2009 - defeated Edmonton, 1-0 (Sam Gagner save, Robert Nilsson save, Ales Hemsky save, Tom Gilbert save).
February 24, 2009 - lost to Los Angeles, 1-2 (Anze Kopitar save, Jack Johnson goal, Patrick O'Sullivan save, Drew Doughty goal).
March 12, 2009 - lost to Colorado, 0-2 (Wojtek Wolski goal, Milan Hejduk goal).
March 17, 2009 - defeated Colorado, 2-1 (Wojtek Wolski goal, Milan Hejduk save, Marek Svatos save).
2008-09 season to date: 5 wins, 2 losses, 16 saves on 21 chances.
October 21, 2009 - defeated Colorado, 1-0 (Marek Svatos miss, Milan Hejduk save, Wojtek Wolski miss).
November 12, 2009 - lost to Tampa Bay, 0-2 (Vincent Lecavalier goal, Steven Stamkos goal).
November 15, 2009 - lost to Carolina, 0-1 (Tuomo Ruutu miss, Jussi Jokinen goal, Matt Cullen save).
November 25, 2009 - lost to Boston, 1-2 (Patrice Bergeron goal, Blake Wheeler save, Marc Savard save, David Krejci goal).
December 4, 2009 - defeated Anaheim, 2-1 (Corey Perry save, Ryan Getzlaf miss, Joffrey Lupul goal, Saku Koivu miss).
January 21, 2010 - lost to Detroit, 2-3 (Pavel Datsyuk goal, Henrik Zetterberg save, Todd Bertuzzi save, Ville Leino miss, Daniel Cleary save, Patrick Eaves miss, Valtteri Filppula goal, Drew Miller goal).
March 5, 2010 - lost to Edmonton, 2-3 (Patrick O'Sullivan save, Ryan Potulny goal, Shawn Horcoff miss, Gilbert Brule goal, Sam Gagner miss, Mike Comrie goal).
March 9, 2010 - lost to Florida, 0-1 (Stephen Weiss save, David Booth save, Kamil Kreps miss, Cory Stillman goal).
April 10, 2010 - lost to Dallas, 0-1 (Brad Richards save, Mike Modano save, Jere Lehtinen save, Jamie Benn save).
2009-10 season to date: 2 wins, 7 losses, 24 saves on 38 chances.
October 8, 2010 - lost to Carolina, 0-1 (Jeff Skinner goal, Jussi Jokinen miss, Tuomo Ruutu miss).
October 25, 2010 - lost to Los Angeles, 2-3 (Anze Kopitar goal, Jack Johnson save, Jarret Stoll goal, Justin Williams save, Michal Handzus goal).
December 3, 2010 - lost to Calgary, 1-2 (Alex Tanguay goal, Niklas Hagman miss, Rene Bourque goal).
February 1, 2011 - defeated Los Angeles, 1-0 (Anze Kopitar miss, Jack Johnson save, Dustin Brown save).
February 20, 2011 - lost to Detroit, 0-2 (Pavel Datsyuk goal, Jiri Hudler miss, Todd Bertuzzi goal).
2010-11 season to date: 1 win, 4 losses, 9 saves on 17 chances.
October 11, 2011 - lost to Ottawa, 1-3 (Milan Michalek goal, Jason Spezza goal, Daniel Alfredsson goal).
October 13, 2011 - defeated Edmonton, 2-1 (Jordan Eberle goal, Anton Lander save, Taylor Hall miss, Shawn Horcoff save).
October 20, 2011 - defeated Edmonton, 1-0 (Jordan Eberle save, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins save, Eric Belanger miss).
November 30, 2011 - defeated Edmonton, 4-3 (Jordan Eberle goal, Ales Hemsky save, Sam Gagner goal, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins miss, Shawn Horcoff goal, Ryan Smyth save).
December 14, 2011 - lost to Chicago, 0-2 (Jonathan Toews goal, Patrick Kane goal).
December 17, 2011 - lost to NY Islanders, 0-1 (John Tavares save, Frans Nielsen goal).
2011-12 season to date: 3 wins, 3 losses, 10 saves on 20 chances.

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SEASON RECORDS:

SEASON	TEAM	LEAGUE	AGE	GP	MIN	W	L	T	OL	WPCT	GA	GAA	SA	SVPCT	ShO	A	PiM	S/60	UNI#	SHOOTOUTS	Z-SCORE	GD	GAR	SNW%	SNW	SNL
1996-97	HIFK Helsinki	FINLAND	19	11												0	0
1997-98	HIFK Helsinki	FINLAND	20	3												0	0
1998-99	HIFK Helsinki	FINLAND	21	16	923	9	5	1	0	0.633	26	1.69	382	0.932	1	3	0	24.83
1999-00	HIFK Helsinki	FINLAND	22	23												0	0
2000-01	SaiPa Lappeenranta	FINLAND	23	49												5	12
2001-02	AIK Solna Stockholm	SWEDEN	24	40	2186						111	3.05	1079	0.897	1	1	18	29.62
2002-03	Karpat Oulu	FINLAND	25	36	2136	16	8	9	0	0.621	77	2.16	1083	0.929	4	3	8	30.42
2003-04	Karpat Oulu	FINLAND	26	43	2572	24	8	0	0	0.750	87	2.03	1353	0.936	7	1	8	31.56
2004-05	Karpat Oulu	FINLAND	27	47	2819	27	10	10	0	0.681	102	2.17	1387	0.926	7	1	14	29.52
2005-06	Karpat Oulu	FINLAND	28	51	3077	32	9	10	0	0.725	86	1.68	1422	0.940	10	0	20	27.73
2006-07	Minnesota Wild	NHL	29	41	2227	23	8	0	6	0.703	73	1.97	1028	0.929	5	1	2	27.70	32	3-5 (17/32)	2.646	24.899	40.319	0.643	24	13
2007-08	Minnesota Wild	NHL	30	58	3409	33	13	0	8	0.685	131	2.31	1629	0.920	4	0	2	28.67		1-6 (9/21)	1.501	17.431	41.866	0.562	30	24
2008-09	Minnesota Wild	NHL	31	71	4088	37	24	0	8	0.594	159	2.33	2059	0.923	8	0	6	30.22			2.262	29.614	60.499	0.585	40	29
2009-10	Minnesota Wild	NHL	32	60	3489	26	23	0	8	0.526	158	2.72	1632	0.903	2	1	4	28.06			-1.175	-13.487	10.993	0.456	26	31
2010-11	Minnesota Wild	NHL	33	51	2978	22	23	0	5	0.490	132	2.66	1566	0.916	3	1	2	31.56		1-4 (9/17)	0.405	4.518	28.008	0.517	26	24

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).
10/11/08: W (60m, 34/37) 4-3 victory vs. Boston (Fernandez).
10/14/08: W (60m, 24/26) 4-2 victory at Atlanta (Lehtonen).
10/16/08: W (59m47s, 24/26) 6-2 victory at Florida (Vokoun, Anderson).
10/18/08: SOW (65m, 32/32) 1-0 SO victory (3/3) at Tampa Bay (Smith).
10/23/08: OTL (60m44s, 20/24) 3-4 OT defeat vs. Buffalo (Miller).
10/25/08: W (59m49s, 25/26) 2-1 victory vs. Columbus (Leclaire, Norrena).
10/27/08: W (59m47s, 34/36) 3-2 victory vs. Chicago (Huet).
10/29/08: L (19m52s, 10/13) 2-4 defeat at Dallas (Stephan) [Replaced by Harding].
11/01/08: W (60m, 25/27) 3-2 victory at Phoenix (Bryzgalov).
11/04/08: L (60m, 46/49) 1-3 defeat at San Jose (Nabokov).
11/06/08: W (60m, 35/36) 3-1 victory at Colorado (Budaj).
11/08/08: L (59m58s, 27/29) 0-2 defeat at Vancouver (Luongo).
11/13/08: W (59m49s, 24/24) 4-0 victory vs. Phoenix (Bryzgalov).
11/15/08: SOW (64m52s, 24/26) 3-2 SO victory (2/2) vs. Columbus (Mason).
11/18/08: SOW (65m, 24/25) 2-1 SO victory (3/3) at Pittsburgh (Sabourin).
11/20/08: L (59m05s, 24/27) 2-3 defeat vs. Vancouver (Sanford).
11/22/08: L (58m17s, 24/26) 1-2 defeat vs. St. Louis (Mason).
11/24/08: W (60m, 25/28) 4-3 victory vs. Washington (Theodore).
11/26/08: L (59m23s, 26/30) 3-4 defeat vs. Dallas (Turco).
11/28/08: W (59m58s, 35/37) 4-2 victory vs. Tampa Bay (Smith).
12/01/08: L (39m48s, 20/26) 5-6 defeat vs. Colorado (Budaj) [Replaced by Harding].
12/03/08: W (60m, 22/22) 4-0 victory vs. St. Louis (Mason).
12/05/08: L (59m18s, 29/31) 1-2 defeat vs. Vancouver (Schneider).
12/11/08: L (59m50s, 29/32) 1-3 defeat at Phoenix (Bryzgalov).
12/13/08: L (59m46s, 40/42) 1-3 defeat at Los Angeles (Ersberg).
12/17/08: OTL (63m48s, 27/30) 2-3 OT defeat vs. Calgary (Kiprusoff).
12/19/08: W (60m, 15/16) 4-1 victory vs. NY Islanders (MacDonald).
12/20/08: L (59m05s, 20/23) 2-4 defeat at St. Louis (Legace).
12/23/08: W (60m, 35/37) 3-2 victory vs. Carolina (Leighton).
12/28/08: L (59m05s, 28/31) 1-4 defeat vs. Chicago (Huet).
12/31/08: OTW (61m29s, 32/34) 3-2 OT victory vs. San Jose (Nabokov).
01/04/09: W (59m55s, 33/33) 2-0 victory at Colorado (Budaj).
01/06/09: W (60m, 28/28) 1-0 victory at Boston (Fernandez).
01/08/09: L (59m00s, 20/23) 1-3 defeat at Philadelphia (Biron).
01/13/09: W (59m47s, 21/24) 6-3 victory vs. Phoenix (Bryzgalov).
01/15/09: W (59m29s, 20/21) 5-1 victory vs. Edmonton (Roloson).
01/17/09: L (59m58s, 31/34) 0-3 defeat vs. Anaheim (Hiller).
01/19/09: W (60m, 40/41) 4-1 victory at Chicago (Khabibulin).
01/20/09: L (40m, 22/26) 2-5 defeat vs. Los Angeles (Quick) [Replaced by Harding].
01/25/09: - (20m, 15/21) 12-11 SO victory [in Montreal] vs. Western Conference (Giguere, Backstrom, Luongo) [Replaced Price, replaced by Thomas].
01/27/09: W (60m, 27/28) 6-1 victory vs. Toronto (Pogge).
01/30/09: L (22m51s, 8/11) 1-3 defeat at Edmonton (Roloson) [Replaced by Harding].
01/31/09: OTW (61m52s, 37/40) 4-3 OT victory at Vancouver (Luongo).
02/04/09: W (60m, 34/34) 3-0 victory vs. Anaheim (Hiller).
02/06/09: L (58m55s, 24/26) 0-2 defeat vs. Nashville (Ellis).
02/08/09: SOW (65m, 28/30) 3-2 SO victory (4/4) vs. Edmonton (Roloson).
02/11/09: W (59m29s, 20/22) 3-2 victory vs. Colorado (Budaj).
02/14/09: - (40m, 16/19) 3-5 defeat vs. Ottawa (Elliott, Auld) [Replaced by Harding].
02/19/09: OTL (63m50s, 19/22) 2-3 OT defeat vs. Calgary (Kiprusoff).
02/21/09: W (59m37s, 35/37) 5-2 victory vs. Detroit (Howard).
02/24/09: SOL (65m, 24/25) 1-2 SO defeat (2/4) vs. Los Angeles (Quick).
02/27/09: L (60m, 25/29) 1-4 defeat at Calgary (Kiprusoff).
03/03/09: L (58m03s, 28/32) 2-4 defeat at Vancouver (Luongo).
03/05/09: OTW (64m46s, 32/35) 4-3 OT victory at San Jose (Boucher).
03/07/09: - (28m45s, 10/13) 3-4 defeat at Los Angeles (Quick) [Replaced by Harding].
03/08/09: W (60m, 36/38) 3-2 victory at Anaheim (Hiller).
03/10/09: OTL (63m34s, 18/23) 4-5 OT defeat vs. San Jose (Boucher).
03/12/09: SOL (64m56s, 40/41) 1-2 SO defeat (0/2) at Colorado (Budaj).
03/14/09: OTL (62m23s, 26/29) 2-3 OT defeat at Dallas (Turco).
03/15/09: L (40m, 25/29) 3-5 defeat at St. Louis (Mason) [Replaced by Harding].
03/17/09: SOW (64m54s, 24/26) 3-2 SO victory (2/3) vs. Colorado (Budaj).
03/20/09: L (31m02s, 8/11) 0-4 defeat at New Jersey (Brodeur) [Replaced by Harding].
03/22/09: W (60m, 31/31) 3-0 victory vs. Edmonton (Roloson).
03/24/09: L (59m24s, 28/30) 1-2 defeat at NY Rangers (Lundqvist).
03/25/09: W (59m56s, 32/34) 6-2 victory at NY Islanders (Danis).
03/28/09: L (59m27s, 37/40) 2-3 defeat at Calgary (Kiprusoff).
03/29/09: W (59m53s, 31/33) 3-2 victory at Edmonton (Roloson).
03/31/09: OTL (63m42s, 17/19) 1-2 OT defeat vs. Vancouver (Luongo).
04/03/09: W (59m56s, 27/27) 4-0 victory vs. Calgary (Kiprusoff, McElhinney, Kiprusoff).
04/05/09: L (59m31s, 41/44) 2-3 defeat at Detroit (Osgood).
04/07/09: W (59m52s, 27/28) 3-1 victory vs. Dallas (Climie).
04/10/09: W (59m46s, 31/35) 8-4 victory vs. Nashville (Rinne).
10/03/09: L (58m58s, 37/39) 1-2 defeat at Columbus (Mason).
10/06/09: OTW (63m06s, 16/19) 4-3 OT victory vs. Anaheim (Giguere).
10/10/09: L (58m18s, 25/29) 2-4 defeat at San Jose (Nabokov).
10/17/09: L (58m53s, 37/39) 1-2 defeat at Vancouver (Luongo).
10/21/09: SOW (64m53s, 33/35) 3-2 SO victory (3/3) vs. Colorado (Anderson).
10/23/09: L (59m17s, 23/25) 1-3 defeat at St. Louis (Mason).
10/24/09: OTW (61m37s, 21/23) 3-2 OT victory vs. Carolina (Ward).
10/26/09: L (58m48s, 32/35) 1-3 defeat at Chicago (Huet).
10/28/09: L (58m37s, 18/22) 3-4 defeat vs. Nashville (Ellis, Rinne).
10/30/09: W (59m36s, 18/20) 3-2 victory vs. NY Rangers (Lundqvist).
10/31/09: W (60m, 34/35) 2-1 victory at Pittsburgh (Fleury).
11/05/09: L (39m47s, 13/17) 2-5 defeat vs. Vancouver (Raycroft) [Replaced by Harding].
11/07/09: W (60m, 19/21) 3-2 victory vs. Dallas (Auld).
11/10/09: W (60m, 37/39) 5-2 victory at Toronto (Gustavsson).
11/12/09: SOL (64m47s, 19/22) 3-4 SO defeat (0/2) at Tampa Bay (Niittymaki).
11/15/09: SOL (65m, 31/35) 4-5 SO defeat (2/3) at Carolina (Leighton).
11/18/09: L (58m38s, 29/32) 2-3 defeat vs. Phoenix (Bryzgalov).
11/20/09: W (59m39s, 27/29) 3-2 victory vs. NY Islanders (Biron).
11/25/09: SOL (64m56s, 15/16) 1-2 SO defeat (2/4) vs. Boston (Rask).
11/27/09: W (59m58s, 31/34) 5-3 victory vs. Colorado (Anderson).
12/02/09: OTW (61m26s, 31/35) 5-4 OT victory vs. Nashville (Rinne).
12/04/09: SOW (65m, 18/22) 5-4 SO victory (3/4) vs. Anaheim (Hiller).
12/07/09: L (59m11s, 29/31) 0-2 defeat at Phoenix (Bryzgalov).
12/09/09: W (60m, 22/22) 1-0 victory at Colorado (Budaj).
12/11/09: OTW (63m03s, 22/23) 2-1 OT victory at Calgary (Kiprusoff).
12/15/09: W (59m40s, 21/22) 2-1 victory vs. Columbus (Mason).
12/17/09: W (60m, 30/31) 3-1 victory at Montreal (Price).
12/19/09: L (59m49s, 20/24) 1-4 defeat at Ottawa (Brodeur).
12/21/09: L (58m11s, 17/21) 3-4 defeat vs. Colorado (Anderson).
12/23/09: W (59m46s, 30/31) 3-1 victory vs. Edmonton (Deslauriers).
12/26/09: W (60m, 15/18) 4-3 victory vs. St. Louis (Mason).
12/28/09: W (60m, 29/32) 4-3 victory at Los Angeles (Quick).
12/31/09: L (58m42s, 24/28) 2-5 defeat vs. Los Angeles (Quick).
01/02/10: L (59m19s, 21/25) 3-5 defeat vs. New Jersey (Brodeur).
01/06/10: W (60m, 25/26) 4-1 victory vs. Calgary (Kiprusoff).
01/09/10: - (40m, 7/12) 6-5 SO victory vs. Chicago (Huet) [Replaced by Harding].
01/11/10: W (59m41s, 35/38) 4-3 victory vs. Pittsburgh (Fleury).
01/13/10: W (60m, 29/31) 5-2 victory vs. Vancouver (Luongo, Raycroft).
01/16/10: L (59m09s, 27/33) 4-6 defeat at Phoenix (Bryzgalov).
01/18/10: L (33m37s, 11/15) 3-4 defeat at Dallas (Auld) [Replaced by Harding].
01/21/10: SOL (45m, 16/18) 3-4 SO defeat (5/8) vs. Detroit (Howard) [Replaced Harding].
01/23/10: W (59m53s, 22/24) 4-2 victory vs. Columbus (Mason).
02/10/10: L (58m30s, 28/31) 2-3 defeat vs. Phoenix (Bryzgalov).
02/12/10: L (58m42s, 21/24) 2-3 defeat vs. Atlanta (Hedberg).
02/14/10: W (59m42s, 27/29) 6-2 victory vs. Vancouver (Luongo, Raycroft).
03/03/10: W (60m, 29/29) 4-0 victory at Calgary (Kiprusoff).
03/05/10: SOL (65m, 22/23) 1-2 SO defeat (3/6) at Edmonton (Deslauriers).
03/07/10: L (58m53s, 19/23) 2-5 defeat vs. Minnesota (Toskala).
03/09/10: SOL (65m, 29/31) 2-3 OT defeat vs. Florida (Vokoun).
03/23/10: L (59m40s, 13/16) 1-4 defeat vs. San Jose (Nabokov).
03/25/10: OTW (62m33s, 32/35) 4-3 OT victory at Philadelphia (Boucher).
03/26/10: - (20m, 8/10) 2-6 defeat at Detroit (Howard) [Replaced Harding].
03/29/10: W (59m44s, 29/31) 3-2 victory vs. Los Angeles (Quick).
03/31/10: L (60m, 31/35) 0-4 defeat vs. Chicago (Niemi).
04/02/10: L (58m40s, 25/28) 2-3 defeat vs. San Jose (Nabokov).
04/04/10: OTL (61m37s, 36/39) 3-4 OT defeat at Vancouver (Luongo).
04/05/10: L (59m34s, 27/31) 1-4 defeat at Edmonton (Dubnyk).
04/08/10: - (42m03s, 27/28) 2-1 SO victory at Calgary (Kiprusoff) [Replaced by Dubielewicz].
04/10/10: SOL (65m, 23/26) 3-4 SO defeat (3/4) vs. Dallas (Lehtonen).
10/07/10: L (58m35s, 27/31) 3-4 defeat [in Helsinki] vs. Carolina (Ward).
10/08/10: SOL (64m42s, 36/37) 1-2 SO defeat (2/3) [in Helsinki] at Carolina (Ward).
10/14/10: W (60m, 24/26) 4-2 victory vs. Edmonton (Khabibulin).
10/16/10: L (58m38s, 22/25) 2-3 defeat vs. Columbus (Garon).
10/19/10: W (60m, 25/27) 6-2 victory vs. Vancouver (Luongo, Schneider).
10/21/10: W (60m, 34/36) 4-2 victory at Edmonton (Khabibulin).
10/25/10: SOL (65m, 32/34) 2-3 SO defeat (2/5) vs. Los Angeles (Quick).
10/28/10: W (60m, 21/22) 2-1 victory vs. Washington (Neuvirth).
10/30/10: L (59m56s, 29/31) 1-3 defeat vs. Chicago (Turco).
11/02/10: W (59m26s, 36/36) 1-0 victory vs. San Jose (Niittymaki).
11/05/10: W (60m, 33/34) 2-1 victory vs. Calgary (Kiprusoff).
11/11/10: L (60m, 29/34) 1-5 defeat at Atlanta (Pavelec).
11/14/10: W (59m48s, 37/38) 4-1 victory at Tampa Bay (Ellis).
11/17/10: OTW (63m36s, 27/28) 2-1 OT victory vs. Anaheim (McElhinney).
11/20/10: L (58m25s, 25/30) 2-5 defeat vs. NY Rangers (Biron).
11/24/10: L (60m, 22/28) 1-6 defeat vs. Philadelphia (Bobrovsky).
11/27/10: L (46m49s, 31/38) 4-7 defeat at Colorado (Budaj) [Replaced by Theodore].
12/03/10: SOL (65m, 30/32) 2-3 SO defeat (1/3) vs. Calgary (Karlsson).
12/09/10: W (59m52s, 33/35) 3-2 victory at Phoenix (Bryzgalov).
12/12/12: L (60m, 30/36) 2-6 defeat at Anaheim (Hiller).
12/18/10: W (60m, 28/29) 3-1 victory at Calgary (Kiprusoff).
12/20/10: W (59m54s, 34/35) 4-1 victory vs. Calgary (Kiprusoff).
12/23/10: W (60m, 36/37) 3-1 victory at Colorado (Anderson, Budaj).
12/26/10: L (59m56s, 23/27) 1-4 defeat vs. Detroit (Howard).
12/29/10: W (59m33s, 29/32) 5-3 victory vs. San Jose (Niittymaki).
12/31/10: L (58m48s, 28/30) 1-4 defeat vs. Nashville (Rinne).
01/19/11: W (60m, 37/37) 6-0 victory at Calgary (Kiprusoff).
01/22/11: L (58m49s, 38/42) 3-4 defeat at San Jose (Niemi).
01/25/11: W (60m, 31/33) 4-2 victory at Chicago (Crawford).
02/01/11: SOW (64m48s, 27/27) 1-0 SO victory (3/3) vs. Los Angeles (Bernier).
02/05/11: L (58m27s, 40/41) 0-1 defeat at Phoenix (Bryzgalov).
02/09/11: W (60m, 23/25) 3-2 victory vs. Colorado (Anderson, Budaj).
02/12/11: W (60m, 24/25) 3-1 victory vs. St. Louis (Halak, Conklin).
02/15/11: L (58m58s, 10/13) 1-4 defeat vs. Vancouver (Schneider).
02/18/11: W (60m, 29/30) 5-1 victory vs. Anaheim (McElhinney).
02/20/11: SOL (64m50s, 38/39) 1-2 SO defeat (1/3) vs. Detroit (Howard).
02/22/11: W (59m58s, 20/21) 4-1 victory vs. Edmonton (Khabibulin).
02/24/11: L (58m50s, 26/29) 2-4 defeat at Los Angeles (Bernier).
02/28/11: L (58m32s, 30/34) 2-4 defeat vs. Chicago (Crawford).
03/02/11: L (20m41s, 16/19) 1-4 defeat at NY Islanders (Montoya) [Replaced by Theodore].
03/08/11: W (59m55s, 28/30) 5-2 victory vs. Colorado (Budaj).
03/10/11: L (60m, 27/31) 0-4 defeat at Nashville (Rinne).
03/14/11: L (59m28s, 18/21) 2-4 defeat at Vancouver (Luongo).
03/17/11: L (59m00s, 47/50) 2-3 defeat at San Jose (Niemi).
03/19/11: OTL (64m26s, 28/33) 4-5 OT defeat vs. Columbus (Garon).
03/20/11: - (32m25s, 10/13) 1-8 defeat vs. Montreal (Auld) [Replaced Theodore].
03/22/11: L (60m, 14/17) 0-3 defeat vs. Toronto (Reimer).
03/26/11: L (60m, 41/47) 3-6 defeat vs. St. Louis (Conklin).
03/31/11: W (60m, 33/35) 4-2 victory vs. Edmonton (Khabibulin).
04/02/11: L (57m57s, 20/23) 1-3 defeat vs. Tampa Bay (Roloson).
04/07/11: L (42m18s, 18/23) 0-5 defeat at Vancouver (Luongo) [Replaced by Theodore].
10/08/11: W (59m55s, 29/31) 4-2 victory vs. Columbus (Mason, Sanford).
10/10/11: L (58m23s, 12/14) 1-2 defeat at NY Islanders (Montoya).
10/11/11: SOL (65m, 41/44) 3-4 SO defeat (0/3) at Ottawa (Anderson).
10/13/11: SOW (65m, 21/22) 2-1 SO victory (3/4) vs. Edmonton (Khabibulin).
10/18/11: L (58m34s, 21/25) 2-4 defeat vs. Pittsburgh (Johnson).
10/20/11: SOW (64m02s, 30/31) 2-1 SO victory (3/3) at Edmonton (Khabibulin).
10/22/11: OTL (64m39s, 29/32) 2-3 OT defeat at Vancouver (Schneider).
10/27/11: L (59m41s, 13/16) 2-3 defeat vs. Anaheim (Hiller).
11/08/11: W (59m58s, 41/41) 3-0 victory at Calgary (Kiprusoff).
11/10/11: L (58m45s, 33/36) 1-3 defaet at San Jose (Niemi).
11/12/11: - (28m16s, 14/15) 2-5 defeat at Los Angeles (Quick) [Replaced Harding].
11/13/11: W (60m, 32/34) 3-2 victory at Anaheim (Hiller, Ellis, Hiller).
11/15/11: W (60m, 43/45) 4-2 victory at Columbus (Mason).
11/17/11: W (60m, 27/27) 1-0 victory vs. Colorado (Giguere).
11/27/11: L (8m45s, 5/8) 2-5 defeat vs. Calgary (Kiprusoff) [Replaced by Harding].
11/28/11: W (59m48s, 32/33) 3-1 victory vs. Tampa Bay (Garon).
11/30/11: SOW (65m, 28/30) 3-2 SO victory (3/6) at Edmonton (Khabibulin).
12/02/11: W (20m, 7/9) 4-2 victory vs. New Jersey (Brodeur, Hedberg) [Replaced by Harding].
12/10/11: W (60m, 35/36) 4-1 victory at Phoenix (Smith).
12/13/11: L (58m40s, 25/27) 1-2 defeat at Winnipeg (Pavelec).
12/14/11: SOL (64m52s, 28/31) 3-4 SO defeat (0/2) vs. Chicago (Emery).
12/17/11: SOL (65m, 35/36) 1-2 SO defeat (1/2) vs. NY Islanders (Montoya).
12/19/11: L (60m, 29/33) 0-4 defeat at Vancouver (Luongo).
12/22/11: L (60m, 27/31) 1-4 defeat at Edmonton (Khabibulin).
12/26/11: L (59m17s, 28/32) 2-4 defeat vs. Colorado (Varlamov).
12/29/11: W (60m, 27/30) 4-3 victory vs. Edmonton (Khabibulin, Dubnyk).
12/31/11: L (58m49s, 26/29) 2-4 defeat vs. Phoenix (McElhinney).
01/07/12: L (58m06s, 33/36) 1-3 defeat at Calgary (Kiprusoff).
01/19/12: L (60m, 29/33) 1-4 defeat at Toronto (Gustavsson).
01/24/12: W (60m, 24/26) 3-2 victory at Colorado (Giguere).

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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).
05/07/08: W (60m, 37/39) 3-2 victory vs. Slovakia (Budaj).
05/09/08: W (60m, 26/27) 2-1 victory vs. Latvia (Masalskis).
05/11/08: W (60m, 20/22) 3-2 victory vs. United States (Esche).
05/12/08: L (60m, 16/22) 3-6 defeat at Canada (Leclaire).
05/14/08: W (63m59s, 22/24) 3-2 OT victory vs. United States (Esche) [Quarterfinals].
05/16/08: L (59m23s, 23/26) 0-4 defeat vs. Russia (Nabokov) [Semifinals].
05/17/08: W (60m, 36/36) 4-0 victory vs. Sweden (Liv) [Bronze Medal Game].
Played for Finland in 2010 Winter Olympics (Vancouver, British Columbia).
02/19/10: W (60m, 24/24) 5-0 victory vs. Germany (Patzold).
02/26/10: - (49m52s, 16/18) 1-6 defeat vs. United States (Miller, Thomas) [Replaced Kiprusoff] [Semifinals].

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