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Career Trajectory

Niklas

Backstrom

Career Trajectory

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Career Statistics

Season	Team
2006	Minnesota Wild	41	36	133591	23	8	6	1028	955	73	92.9%	2.0	5
2007	Minnesota Wild	58	57	204518	33	13	8	1629	1498	131	92.0%	2.3	4
2008	Minnesota Wild	71	71	245283	37	24	8	2059	1900	159	92.3%	2.3	8
2009	Minnesota Wild	60	58	209374	26	23	8	1632	1474	158	90.3%	2.7	2
2010	Minnesota Wild	51	50	178653	22	23	5	1566	1434	132	91.6%	2.7	3
2011	Minnesota Wild	46	45	155381	19	18	7	1299	1194	105	91.9%	2.4	4
2012	Minnesota Wild	42	41	142088	24	15	3	1072	974	98	90.9%	2.5	2
2013	Minnesota Wild	21	19	65647	5	11	2	546	491	55	89.9%	3.0	0
2014	Minnesota Wild	19	14	60293	5	7	3	452	401	51	88.7%	3.0	0
2015	Calgary Flames	4	3	13963	2	2	0	109	96	13	88.1%	3.4	0
2006	Minnesota Wild	5	5	17799	1	4	0	145	134	11	92.4%	2.2	0
2007	Minnesota Wild	6	6	21682	2	4	0	170	153	17	90.0%	2.8	0
2012	Minnesota Wild	1	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	Calgary Flames	1	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Season Totals Distribution

Career Totals

#97

OF 8,954

Wins

196

#78

OF 8,954

Shutouts

28

#2331

OF 8,954

Games

413

#—

OF 8,954

Saves

10,417

#778

OF 8,954

EV Saves

0

#3553

OF 8,954

PP Saves

0

#3777

OF 8,954

SH Saves

0

Per Game Averages

#3010

OF 8,954

GAA

2.49

Efficiency & Percentages

#34

OF 8,954

Save %

0.914

Career Totals

#219

OF 4,997

Wins

3

#266

OF 4,997

Shutouts

0

#3172

OF 4,997

Games

13

#—

OF 4,997

Saves

287

#89

OF 4,997

EV Saves

0

#23

OF 4,997

PP Saves

0

#718

OF 4,997

SH Saves

0

Per Game Averages

#—

OF 4,997

GAA

2.55

Efficiency & Percentages

#—

OF 4,997

Save %

0.911

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Financial Summary: Niklas Backstrom

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Calgary Flames Outlook

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LTIR Relief $0

Cap Space -$7.5M

Top Cap Hits

Wolf $6,668,750

Sharangovich $5,750,000

Bahl $5,350,000

Farabee $5,000,000

Coleman $4,900,000

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