Niklas Backstrom
Niklas Backstrom
Photo by Thom
Last Game:
January 4th, 2009 vs Col, W 2-0
  Backstrom (W, 33/33 sv, 0 ga, 59:55 mins)
Goalie Stats:
  GS W L OT GAA SV % SO
Backstrom 32 18 13 1 2.21 0.927 4
Harding 6 1 5 0 2.01 0.935 0
Northwest Division:
  GP W L OT PTS
Calgary 39 23 15 1 47
Vancouver 41 21 20 0 42
Minnesota 38 19 18 1 39
Colorado 39 19 20 0 38
Edmonton 37 18 18 1 37
Season Highlights:
Oct 29 Backstrom pulled/left game Dal
Nov 4 Backstrom made 46 saves Sjs
Nov 13 Backstrom earned a shutout Phx
Nov 26 Backstrom 4 goals against Dal
Dec 1 Backstrom left game with 6 goals against Col
Dec 3 Backstrom earned a shutout Stl
Dec 6 Harding made 42 saves Nsh
Dec 13 Backstrom made 40 saves Lak
Dec 14 Harding 4 goals against Ana
Jan 4 Backstrom earned a shutout Col
Schedule:
January 2009
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
       
1
 
2
 
3
Det
L 2-3
4
@Col
W 2-0
5
 
6
@Bos
7
 
8
@Phi
9
 
10
@Cbj
11
 
12
 
13
Phx
14
 
15
Edm
16
 
17
Ana
18
 
19
@Chi
20
Lak
21
 
22
 
23
 
24
 
25
 
26
 
27
Tor
28
 
29
 
30
@Edm
31
@Van
February 2009
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1
 
2
 
3
 
4
Ana
5
 
6
Nsh
7
 
8
Edm
9
 
10
 
11
Col
12
@Det
13
 
14
Ott
15
 
16
 
17
 
18
 
19
Cgy
20
 
21
Det
22
@Chi
23
 
24
Lak
25
 
26
 
27
@Cgy
28
@Edm
Complete Schedule
Goalie Games:
      Score Shot/Save GA GAA SV % SO Opp
Dec 3 Backstrom W 4-0 22/22 0 0.00 1.000 1 Stl
Dec 5 Backstrom L 1-2 29/31 2 2.02 0.935 0 Van
Dec 6 Harding L 0-1 42/43 1 1.01 0.977 0 Nsh
Dec 11 Backstrom L 1-3 29/32 3 3.01 0.906 0 Phx
Dec 13 Backstrom L 1-3 40/42 2 2.01 0.952 0 Lak
Dec 14 Harding L 2-4 30/34 4 4.13 0.882 0 Ana
Dec 17 Backstrom L 2-3 27/30 3 2.82 0.900 0 Cgy
Dec 19 Backstrom W 4-1 15/16 1 1.00 0.938 0 Nyi
Dec 20 Backstrom L 2-4 20/23 3 3.05 0.870 0 Stl
Dec 23 Backstrom W 3-2 35/37 2 2.00 0.946 0 Car
Dec 28 Backstrom L 1-4 28/31 3 3.05 0.903 0 Chi
Dec 29 Harding L 1-2 27/29 2 2.04 0.931 0 Cgy
Dec 31 Backstrom W 3-2 32/34 2 1.95 0.941 0 Sjs
Jan 3 Harding L 2-3 35/37 2 1.85 0.946 0 Det
Jan 4 Backstrom W 2-0 33/33 0 0.00 1.000 1 Col
All Goalie Games
(*) denotes non-starting goalie
1st B2B game, 2nd B2B game
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GoaliePost.com
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Thu, 2 Oct 2008

Wild Sign Barry Brust
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Previous News
Yahoo! Sports
NHL Power Poll: Teams set sights on playoffs (SportingNews.com)
Toronto coach Ron Wilson noticed it while playing Ottawa this week. The intensity is rising for tea...(more)
Mon, 5 Jan 2009

Pass or Fail: Johan Franzen's controversial goal vs. Minnesota (Yahoo! Sports)
In the Minnesota Wild 's defense, they should have carte blanche for rigorous overreaction after lo...(more)
Mon, 5 Jan 2009

Wild Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
Even though the Wild lacks depth, coach Jacques Lemaire doesn't mind benching players late in games...(more)
Mon, 5 Jan 2009

Sunday's three stars: A Wild franchise first for Backstrom (Yahoo! Sports)
No. 1 star: Niklas Backstrom, Minnesota Wild There really wasn't much ugly and obnoxious about Minn...(more)
Mon, 5 Jan 2009