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Niklas Backstrom | 32 | G
Minnesota Wild
W GAA Sv%
8 2.66 0.909
Height: 6-1 Born: 2/13/1978
Weight: 189 Birthplace: Helsinki, Finland
Draft:  Undrafted
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Nov. 13 2:59 PM PT3:59 PM MT4:59 PM CT5:59 PM ET10:59 PM GMT6:59 AM 北京时间-Backstrom suffered his second loss in six starts as he gave up the tying goal with 14.7 seconds left in a 4-3 shootout loss at Tampa Bay on Thursday night.
Analysis: Backstrom is 4-1-1 with a 2.44 goals-against average over his last six games.
Nov. 11 2:05 PM PT3:05 PM MT4:05 PM CT5:05 PM ET10:05 PM GMT6:05 AM 北京时间-Backstrom led the Wild to their fourth win in five games by stopping a season high-tying 37 shots in Tuesday night's 5-2 win in Toronto.
Analysis: Backstrom has a 2.36 goals-against average over the past five games after posting a 2.71 GAA in his 10 contests. He's 3-0-0 with a 1.30 GAA all-time versus the Wild's next opponent, Tampa Bay. The teams play Thursday night at the St. Pete Times Forum.
Nov. 6 1:05 PM PT2:05 PM MT3:05 PM CT4:05 PM ET9:05 PM GMT5:05 AM 北京时间-Backstrom gave up four goals on 17 shots Thursday in a 5-2 loss to Vancouver.
Analysis: Backstrom took poor angles throughout the first two periods and somehow let Matt Pettinger score from a seemingly impossible shallow angle, prompting coach Todd Richards to insert Josh Harding to start the third.
Nov. 1 1:31 PM PT2:31 PM MT3:31 PM CT4:31 PM ET9:31 PM GMT5:31 AM 北京时间-Backstrom made 34 saves and the Minnesota Wild won on the road for the first time this season, beating the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on Saturday night.
Analysis: Backstrom has split his last eight games but it hasn't been for his lack of effort. He has allowed two goals or fewer in six of those contests.
Oct. 31 2:06 PM PT3:06 PM MT4:06 PM CT5:06 PM ET10:06 PM GMT6:06 AM 北京时间-Backstrom ended a two-game losing streak by stopping 18 shots in a 3-2 win Friday night over the visiting New York Rangers.
Analysis: Backstrom has allowed two goals in five of his last seven starts. He allowed seven in his consecutive defeats.
Oct. 27 3:17 PM PT4:17 PM MT5:17 PM CT6:17 PM ET11:17 PM GMT7:17 AM 北京时间-Backstrom ended a streak of allowing two goals in four straight games in Monday night's 3-1 loss in Chicago.
Analysis: Backstrom could start Wednesday night against the Predators, who he's beaten six times in seven games. He's 3-6-0 with a 2.54 goals-against average this season.
Oct. 25 1:42 PM PT2:42 PM MT3:42 PM CT4:42 PM ET9:42 PM GMT5:42 AM 北京时间-Backstrom earned his second win in three games in a 3-2 overtime victory over visiting Carolina on Saturday night.
Analysis: Backstrom has given up two goals in four straight games but both wins have come beyond regulation with a shootout victory over Colorado on Oct. 21. Minnesota's expected starter, Niklas Backstrom, earned a win in his only game in Chicago, the Wild's next opponent, on Jan. 19 and is 3-2-0 with a 1.81 GAA all-time against the Blackhawks.
Oct. 24 7:52 AM PT8:52 AM MT9:52 AM CT10:52 AM ET3:52 PM GMT11:52 PM 北京时间-Despite giving up two goals for the third straight game, Backstrom suffered the loss in Friday night's 3-1 defeat in St. Louis.
Analysis: Backstrom fell to 2-5-0 despite lowering his goals-against average from 2.65 to 2.56.
Oct. 15 11:47 AM PT12:47 PM MT1:47 PM CT2:47 PM ET7:47 PM GMT3:47 AM 北京时间-Backstrom made 32 saves in Wednesday's 3-2 loss to Anaheim.
Analysis: Backstrom is 0-3-0 with a 3.07 GAA on the road this season.

Career Regular Season Stats
Totals Team GPI Min GAA W L OTL T ENG ShO GA SA Sv%
2006-07 Min 41 2226 1.97 23 8 6 - 1 5 73 1028 0.929
2007-08 Min 58 3408 2.31 33 13 8 - 2 4 131 1629 0.920
2008-09 Min 71 4088 2.33 37 24 8 - 3 8 159 2059 0.923
2009-10 Min 19 1128 2.66 8 9 2 - 1 0 50 551 0.909
Career 189 10851 2.28 101 54 24 0 7 17 413 5267 0.922

Career Postseason Stats
Totals Team GPI Min GAA W L OTL T ENG ShO GA SA Sv%
2006-07 Min 5 296 2.22 1 4 0 - 1 0 11 145 0.924
2007-08 Min 6 361 2.83 2 4 0 - 0 0 17 170 0.900
Career 11 658 2.55 3 8 0 0 1 0 28 315 0.911

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