Christian Bäckman

Born on: April 28, 1980
Birth place: Alingsås, Sweden
Defenseman, shoots left
6 ' 4" (194 cm) | 209 lb (95 kg)

Drafted by: St. Louis Blues, 1. round (#24 overall), in 1998 NHL Entry Draft

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	16	1997	Team Sweden	U18 European Championship	Znojmo and Trebic, Czech Republic
	17	1998	Team Sweden	U18 European Championship	Malung and Mora, Sweden
	24	2004	Team Sweden	IIHF World Championship	Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic
	24	2005	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	Frölunda HC defeated Färjestads BK 4‑1 in a best of seven gold medal series.
	25	2006	Team Sweden	Olympics - Turin	Turin, Italy
	30	2010	Team Sweden	IIHF World Championship	Cologne, Mannheim and Gelsenkirchen, Germany
IIHF U18 European Championship Medals
IIHF World Championship Medals
Olympic Medals
Swedish Championship Medals

Last 5 NHL Games

		Overall						Time on Ice				Goals					Assists					Points						per 60 All Situations			per 60 Even-Strength			per 60 Power-Play			Shots		Defensive		Faceoffs
Date	Game	Score	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	TOI	ES	PP	SH	ESG	PPG	SHG	GWG	OTG	ESA	PPA	SHA	GWA	OTA	ESP	PPP	SHP	GWP	OTP	PPP%	G/60	A/60	P/60	ESG/60	ESA/60	ESP/60	PPG/60	PPA/60	PPP/60	SHOTS	SH%	HITS	BS	FOW	FOL	FO%
Mar 15, 2009	DET @ CBJ	(4-0)	0	0	0	2	0	12:59	12:43	0:00	0:16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0%	1	2	0	0	0.00%
Mar 29, 2009	STL @ CBJ	(5-2)	0	0	0	0	0	20:03	19:36	0:27	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0%	4	0	0	0	0.00%
Mar 31, 2009	NSH @ CBJ	(1-2)	0	0	0	0	0	14:27	13:17	1:10	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0.0%	1	1	0	0	0.00%
Apr 4, 2009	CBJ @ NSH	(4-5)	0	0	0	2	0	13:04	11:40	0:00	1:24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0	0.00%
Apr 5, 2009	CHI @ CBJ	(1-0)	0	0	0	0	0	12:27	12:27	0:00	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0.0%	2	1	0	0	0.00%
	GAME LOG

Regular Season

Stripe: Rows Seasons
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
1998‑99	Västra Frölunda HC	Elitserien	18	49	0	4	4	4
1999‑00	Västra Frölunda HC	U20 SuperElit	19	6	2	2	4	0	9	0	0	0	66.7
1999‑00	Gislaveds SK	Allsvenskan	19	21	5	2	7	8	-2	2	0	0	11.1
1999‑00	Västra Frölunda HC	Elitserien	19	27	1	0	1	14	-5	0	0	0	7.1
2000‑01	Västra Frölunda HC	Elitserien	20	50	1	10	11	32	-6	1	0	0	1.7
2001‑02	Västra Frölunda HC	Elitserien	21	44	7	4	11	38	10	2	0	1	10.8
2002‑03	St. Louis Blues	NHL	22	4	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0.0
2002‑03	Worcester IceCats	AHL	22	72	8	19	27	66	-2	4	0	1	6.7
2003‑04	Worcester IceCats	AHL	23	4	1	2	3	2	3	1	0	1	11.1
2003‑04	St. Louis Blues	NHL	23	66	5	13	18	16	3	1	0	0	5.4
2004‑05	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	24	50	4	15	19	40	29	2	0	0	4.4
2005‑06	St. Louis Blues	NHL	25	52	6	12	18	48	-15	3	0	1	8.6
2006‑07	St. Louis Blues	NHL	26	61	7	11	18	36	13	1	0	0	8.8
2007‑08	St. Louis Blues	NHL	27	45	1	9	10	30	-4	0	0	0	3.3
2007‑08	New York Rangers	NHL	27	18	2	6	8	20	2	1	0	0	9.5
2008‑09	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	28	56	2	5	7	32	5	1	0	1	3.7
2009‑10	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	29	47	10	18	28	46	12	3	0	1	10.3
2010‑11	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	30	21	4	13	17	8	-1	3	0	0	7.0
2011‑12	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	31	55	11	16	27	48	7	2	0	5	10.4
2012‑13	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	32	54	7	15	22	36	-4	4	0	1	9.2
2013‑14	Frölunda HC	SHL	33	50	2	5	7	36	4	0	1	0	3.7
2014‑15	Frölunda HC	SHL	34	33	4	3	7	16	3	0	0	1	11.8
	SHL Totals			480	51	103	154	318	49	17	1	9
	NHL Totals			302	23	56	79	182	1	7	0	2	6.6
	AHL Totals			76	9	21	30	68	1	5	0	2	7.0
	Allsvenskan Totals			21	5	2	7	8	-2	2	0	0	11.1
	U20 Nationell Totals			6	2	2	4	0	9	0	0	0	66.7

Playoff Stats

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
1998‑99	Västra Frölunda HC	Elitserien	18	4	0	0	0	0
1999‑00	Västra Frölunda HC	Elitserien	19	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
2000‑01	Västra Frölunda HC	Elitserien	20	3	0	2	2	2	-2	0	0	0	0.0
2001‑02	Västra Frölunda HC	Elitserien	21	10	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0.0
2002‑03	Worcester IceCats	AHL	22	3	0	1	1	5	1	0	0	0	0.0
2003‑04	St. Louis Blues	NHL	23	5	0	2	2	4	2	0	0	0	0.0
2004‑05	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	24	14	2	7	9	10	17	1	0	0	7.4
2007‑08	New York Rangers	NHL	27	8	0	0	0	12	3	0	0	0	0.0
2009‑10	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	29	7	1	2	3	6	4	1	0	0	7.7
2011‑12	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	31	6	0	2	2	2	-2	0	0	0	0.0
2012‑13	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	32	6	1	3	4	0	-1	1	0	0	8.3
2013‑14	Frölunda HC	SHL	33	7	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	14.3
2014‑15	Frölunda HC	SHL	34	13	0	2	2	8	-1	0	0	0	0.0
	SHL Totals			75	5	19	24	38	18	3	0	0
	NHL Totals			13	0	2	2	16	5	0	0	0	0.0
	AHL Totals			3	0	1	1	5	1	0	0	0	0.0

National Team Stats - Major Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
Team Sweden - U18 European Championship 1997	16	6	0	0	0	4
Team Sweden - U18 European Championship 1998	17	6	2	6	8	2	8
Team Sweden - U20 World Championship 1999	18	6	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0
Team Sweden - U20 World Championship 2000	19	7	1	1	2	6	8	1	0	0	5.0
Team Sweden - World Championship 2004	23	9	1	1	2	6	0	0	0	1	10.0
Team Sweden - World Championship 2005	25	9	1	1	2	6	0	1	0	0	4.3
Team Sweden - Olympics ‑ Turin 2006	25	8	1	2	3	6	-1	0	0	1	12.5
Team Sweden - World Championship 2010	30	9	0	3	3	10	4	0	0	0	0.0
World Championship Totals		27	2	5	7	22	4	1	0	1	4.8
U20 World Championship Totals		13	1	4	5	6	9	1	0	0
U18 European Championship Totals		12	2	6	8	6	8
Olympics Totals		8	1	2	3	6	-1	0	0	1	12.5

National and Regional Team Stats - Miscellaneous Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
Team Sweden - EHT ‑ Karjala Tournament 2004	24	3	1	0	1	12	1	1	0	0	14.3
Team Sweden - EHT ‑ Sweden Hockey Games 2005	24	3	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0	0.0
Team Sweden - EHT ‑ Euro Hockey Tour Finals 2005	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Sweden - EHT ‑ Karjala Tournament 2009	29	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0.0
Team Sweden - EHT ‑ Channel One Cup 2009	29	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Team Sweden - EHT ‑ LG Hockey Games 2010	30	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Sweden - EHT ‑ Karjala Tournament 2011	31	3	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	50.0
Team Sweden - EHT ‑ Oddset Hockey Games 2012	31	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0
EHT Totals		23	2	2	4	20	3	2	0	0	6.9