Niklas Bäckström

Born on: February 13, 1978
Birth place: Helsinki, Finland
Goalie, catches left
6 ' 2" (187 cm) | 192 lb (87 kg)

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	19	1998	Team Finland	U20 World Championship	Helsinki and Hämeenlinna, Finland
	25	2003	Kärpät Oulu	SM-Liiga	Tappara Tampere defeated Kärpät Oulu 3‑0 in a best of five gold medal series.
	26	2004	Kärpät Oulu	SM-Liiga	Kärpät Oulu defeated TPS Turku 3‑1 in a best of five gold medal series.
	27	2005	Kärpät Oulu	SM-Liiga	Kärpät Oulu defeated Jokerit Helsinki 3‑1 in a best of five gold medal series.
	28	2006	Kärpät Oulu	SM-Liiga	Kärpät Oulu defeated HIFK Helsinki 6‑2 in the bronze medal game.
	30	2008	Team Finland	IIHF World Championship	Halifax, Nova Scotia and Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
	32	2010	Team Finland	Olympics - Vancouver	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
	41	2019	Tappara Tampere	Liiga	Tappara Tampere defeated HIFK Helsinki 3‑2 in the bronze medal game.
IIHF U20 World Championship Medals
IIHF World Championship Medals
Olympic Medals
Finnish Championship Medals

Last 5 NHL Games

Date	Game	Score	TOI	GAA	SV%	W	L	GA	SV	SOG	SO	G	A	PIM
Jan 13, 2015	MIN @ PIT	(2-7)	50:48	7.09	0.829	0	1	6	29	35	0	0	0	0
Mar 20, 2016	CGY @ MTL	(4-1)	59:45	1.00	0.955	1	0	1	21	22	0	0	0	0
Mar 24, 2016	CGY @ MIN	(2-6)	59:49	6.02	0.793	0	1	6	23	29	0	0	0	0
Mar 30, 2016	CGY @ ANA	(3-8)	53:09	5.64	0.773	0	1	5	17	22	0	0	0	0
Apr 9, 2016	CGY @ MIN	(2-1)	60:00	1.00	0.972	1	0	1	35	36	0	0	0	0
	GAME LOG

Regular Season

Stripe: Rows Seasons
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	GA	SV	SO	TIME
1996‑97	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	18	2	5.85	0.824	0	0	3	14	0	31
1996‑97	PiTa Helsinki	I-divisioona	18
1997‑98	Hermes Kokkola	I-divisioona	19	9	2.95	0.912	4	3	23	237	1	469
1998‑99	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	20	16	1.69	0.932	9	5	26	356	1	923
1999‑00	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	21	4	6.58	0.785	0	2	17	62	0	155
1999‑00	HIFK Helsinki	European Hockey League	21	1	14.17	0.579			8	11	0	34
1999‑00	FPS Forssa	I-divisioona	21	22	2.27	0.928	13	8	50	646	1	1321
2000‑01	SaiPa Lappeenranta	SM-Liiga	22	49	2.55	0.924	21	24	120	1454	2	2826
2001‑02	AIK	Elitserien	23	40	3.05	0.897			111	962	1	2186
2002‑03	Kärpät Oulu	SM-Liiga	24	36	2.16	0.929	16	8	77	1003	4	2136
2003‑04	Kärpät Oulu	SM-Liiga	25	43	2.03	0.936	24	9	87	1266	7	2572
2004‑05	Kärpät Oulu	SM-Liiga	26	47	2.17	0.926	27	10	102	1285	7	2819
2005‑06	Kärpät Oulu	SM-Liiga	27	51	1.68	0.940	32	9	86	1336	10	3078
2006‑07	Minnesota Wild	NHL	28	41	1.97	0.929	23	8	73	955	5	2227
2007‑08	Minnesota Wild	NHL	29	58	2.31	0.920	33	13	131	1498	4	3409
2008‑09	Minnesota Wild	NHL	30	71	2.33	0.923	37	24	159	1900	8	4088
2009‑10	Minnesota Wild	NHL	31	60	2.72	0.903	26	23	158	1474	2	3489
2010‑11	Minnesota Wild	NHL	32	51	2.66	0.916	22	23	132	1434	3	2978
2011‑12	Minnesota Wild	NHL	33	46	2.43	0.919	19	18	105	1194	4	2590
2012‑13	Minnesota Wild	NHL	34	42	2.48	0.909	24	15	98	974	2	2368
2013‑14	Minnesota Wild	NHL	35	21	3.02	0.899	5	11	55	491	0	1094
2014‑15	Minnesota Wild	NHL	36	19	3.05	0.887	5	7	51	401	0	1005
2015‑16	Calgary Flames	NHL	37	4	3.35	0.881	2	2	13	96	0	233
2016‑17	HIFK Helsinki	Liiga	38	17	1.87	0.923	8	5	32	382	1	1025
2017‑18	HIFK Helsinki	Liiga	39	7	2.48	0.894	2	2	13	110	1	314
2018‑19	Tappara Tampere	Liiga	40	15	1.73	0.921	11	2	26	303	2	864
	NHL Totals			413	2.49	0.914	196	144	975	10417	28	23 481
	Liiga Totals			287	2.11	0.928	150	76	589	7571	35	16 743
	SHL Totals			40	3.05	0.897			111	962	1	2186
	Mestis Totals			31			17	11	73	883	2	1790
	European Hockey League Totals			1	14.17	0.579			8	11	0	34

Playoff Stats

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	GA	SV	SO	TIME
1998‑99	HIFK Helsinki	European Hockey League	20	2	2.34	0.886			4	31	0	102
1999‑00	FPS Forssa	I-divisioona	21	3	2.69	0.913	1	2	8	84	0	178
2002‑03	Kärpät Oulu	SM-Liiga	24	15	2.00	0.939	7	8	33	506	1	990
2003‑04	Kärpät Oulu	SM-Liiga	25	15	2.33	0.925	9	5	36	443	1	927
2004‑05	Kärpät Oulu	SM-Liiga	26	12	1.25	0.950	10	2	15	283	3	720
2005‑06	Kärpät Oulu	SM-Liiga	27	4	1.85	0.897	3	1	6	52	0	195
2006‑07	Minnesota Wild	NHL	28	5	2.22	0.924	1	4	11	134	0	297
2007‑08	Minnesota Wild	NHL	29	6	2.82	0.900	2	4	17	153	0	361
2016‑17	HIFK Helsinki	Liiga	38	2	3.42	0.864	1	1	6	38	0	105
2018‑19	Tappara Tampere	Liiga	40	1	0.00	1.000	0	0	0	9	0	50
	Liiga Totals			49	1.93	0.933	30	17	96	1331	5	2987
	NHL Totals			11	2.55	0.911	3	8	28	287	0	658
	Mestis Totals			3	2.69	0.913	1	2	8	84	0	178
	European Hockey League Totals			2	2.34	0.886			4	31	0	102

National Team Stats - Major Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	GA	SV	SO	TIME
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 1998	19	2	2.50	0.911	1	0	5	51	1	120
Team Finland - World Championship 2005	27	5	2.32	0.902	1	1	12	111	1	310
Team Finland - World Championship 2008	30	8	2.11	0.922	6	2	17	201	1	483
Team Finland - Olympics ‑ Vancouver 2010	32	2	1.09	0.952	1	0	2	40	1	110
World Championship Totals		13	2.19	0.915	7	3	29	312	2	793
U20 World Championship Totals		2	2.50	0.911	1	0	5	51	1	120
Olympics Totals		2	1.09	0.952	1	0	2	40	1	110

National and Regional Team Stats - Miscellaneous Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	GA	SV	SO	TIME
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Ceska Poijivstovna Cup 2001	23	1	1.00	0.970	1	0	1	32	0	60
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Ceska Poijivstovna Cup 2002	24	1	7.00	0.720			7	18	0	60
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Baltica Brewery Cup 2002	24	2	2.53	0.896			5	43	0	118
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Sweden Hockey Games 2003	24	1	5.01	0.615			5	8	0	60
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Ceska Poijivstovna Cup 2003	25	2	3.96	0.844			5	27	0	76
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Sweden Hockey Games 2004	25	1	0.00	1.000			0	5	0	21
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Karjala Tournament 2004	26	1	3.00	0.900			3	27	0	60
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Rosno Cup 2004	26	1	3.95	0.846			4	22	0	61
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Euro Hockey Tour Finals 2005	27	1	0.00	1.000			0	41	1	60
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Ceska Poijivstovna Cup 2005	27	2	1.93	0.937			4	59	0	124
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Rosno Cup 2005	27	1	1.00	0.975			1	39	0	60
Team Finland - EHT ‑ LG Hockey Games 2006	28	2	1.50	0.953			3	61	1	120
Team Finland - Euro Hockey Challenge 2016	38	1	2.00	0.929	1	0	2	26	0	60
EHT Totals		16	2.59	0.910	1	0	38	382	2	880
EHC Totals		1	2.00	0.929	1	0	2	26	0	60

All-Star Game Appearences

Year	Team	LGE	Age	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	GA	SV	SO	TIME
2009	Western Conference All-Stars	NHL	30	1	12.00	0.810	0	0	4	17	0	20
	NHL All-Star Game Totals			1	12.00	0.810	0	0	4	17	0	20