Christian Backman

Player profile and career history

D · #5

Christian Backman was a defenceman. Born April 28, 1980 in Gothenburg, Sweden, he stood 6'4", weighed 210 lbs and shot left. He was drafted in 1998 (round 1, 24th overall) by the St. Louis Blues. In 302 NHL regular-season games he had 23 goals and 56 assists for 79 points.

NHL regular-season career

Games: 302
Goals: 23
Assists: 56
Points: 79

All supplied career statistics

Assists: 56
Avg Toi: 20:03
Faceoff Winning Pctg: 0
Game Winning Goals: 2
Games Played: 302
Goals: 23
Ot Goals: 2
Pim: 182
Plus Minus: 1
Points: 79
Power Play Goals: 7
Power Play Points: 25
Shooting Pctg: 0.0655
Shorthanded Goals: 0
Shorthanded Points: 0
Shots: 351

NHL playoff career

Games: 13
Goals: 0
Assists: 2
Points: 2

All supplied career statistics

Assists: 2
Avg Toi: 20:07
Game Winning Goals: 0
Games Played: 13
Goals: 0
Ot Goals: 0
Pim: 16
Plus Minus: 5
Points: 2
Power Play Goals: 0
Power Play Points: 1
Shooting Pctg: 0
Shorthanded Goals: 0
Shorthanded Points: 0
Shots: 13

NHL career scoring rates

Goals / game: 0.08
Assists / game: 0.19
Points / game: 0.26
Shots / game: 1.16

Regular-season career totals divided by games played. Missing values stay blank.

NHL season record highs

Highest supplied regular-season team records. Split-team seasons are kept separate; these are not combined season totals. Ties show one recorded season.

Goals: 7
Assists: 13
Points: 18
Shots: 92

Teams & leagues through the years

Every team and league recorded in this player's supplied season history, including junior, minor-league and international appearances. Multiple teams in a season are listed together; transfer dates and their order are not supplied.

2014–15
- FrolundaSweden
2013–14
- FrolundaSweden
2012–13
- FrolundaSweden
2011–12
- FrolundaSweden
2010–11
- FrolundaSweden
2009–10
- FrolundaSweden
- SwedenWC-A
2008–09
- Columbus Blue JacketsNHL
2007–08
- New York RangersNHL
- St. Louis BluesNHL
2006–07
- St. Louis BluesNHL
2005–06
- St. Louis BluesNHL
- SwedenOlympics
2004–05
- FrolundaSweden
- SwedenWC-A
2003–04
- WorcesterAHL
- St. Louis BluesNHL
- SwedenWC-A
2002–03
- WorcesterAHL
- St. Louis BluesNHL
2001–02
- V.FrolundaSweden
2000–01
- V.FrolundaSweden
1999–00
- V.Frolunda Jr.Swe-Jr.
- V.FrolundaSweden
- GislavedSweden-2
- SwedenWJC-A
1998–99
- V.Frolunda Jr.Swe-Jr.
- V.FrolundaSweden
- SwedenWJC-A
1997–98
- SwedenEJC-A
- V.Frolunda Jr.Swe-Jr.
- V.Frolunda U18Swe-U18
1996–97
- SwedenEJC-A
- V.Frolunda Jr.Swe-Jr.
1995–96
- VästergötlandTV-Pucken

Coverage follows NHL's published player record. Earlier youth teams, loans, transfers and seasons absent from that source may be missing. A missing season does not imply the player was inactive.

Season-by-season history

All seasons and leagues supplied by the NHL player feed. NHL, junior and minor-league rows stay separate; this is not a guarantee of every game in a player's career.

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Season	League	Team	Type	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/−	Shots	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG
2014–15	Sweden	Frolunda	Regular	33	4	3	7	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Games Played 33 Goals 4 Pim 16 Points 7
2014–15	Sweden	Frolunda	Playoffs	13	0	2	2	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 13 Goals 0 Pim 8 Points 2
2013–14	Sweden	Frolunda	Regular	50	2	5	7	36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 5 Games Played 50 Goals 2 Pim 36 Points 7
2013–14	Sweden	Frolunda	Playoffs	7	1	1	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 7 Goals 1 Pim 2 Points 2
2012–13	Sweden	Frolunda	Regular	54	7	15	22	36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 15 Games Played 54 Goals 7 Pim 36 Points 22
2012–13	Sweden	Frolunda	Playoffs	6	1	3	4	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Games Played 6 Goals 1 Pim 0 Points 4
2011–12	Sweden	Frolunda	Regular	55	11	16	27	48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 16 Games Played 55 Goals 11 Pim 48 Points 27
2011–12	Sweden	Frolunda	Playoffs	6	0	2	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 6 Goals 0 Pim 2 Points 2
2010–11	Sweden	Frolunda	Regular	21	4	13	17	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 13 Games Played 21 Goals 4 Pim 8 Points 17
2009–10	Sweden	Frolunda	Regular	47	10	18	28	46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 18 Games Played 47 Goals 10 Pim 46 Points 28
2009–10	WC-A	Sweden	Regular	9	0	3	3	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 9 Goals 0 Pim 10 Points 3
2009–10	Sweden	Frolunda	Playoffs	7	1	2	3	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 7 Goals 1 Pim 6 Points 3
2008–09	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	Regular	56	2	5	7	32	5	54	1	2	0	0	1	1	All stats Assists 5 Avg Toi 15:39 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 56 Goals 2 Ot Goals 1 Pim 32 Plus Minus 5 Points 7 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 2 Shooting Pctg 0.037 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 54
2007–08	NHL	New York Rangers	Regular	18	2	6	8	20	2	21	1	3	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 6 Avg Toi 18:49 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 18 Goals 2 Ot Goals 0 Pim 20 Plus Minus 2 Points 8 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 3 Shooting Pctg 0.0952 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 21
2007–08	NHL	St. Louis Blues	Regular	45	1	9	10	30	-4	30	0	2	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 9 Avg Toi 19:22 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 45 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 30 Plus Minus -4 Points 10 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 2 Shooting Pctg 0.0333 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 30
2007–08	NHL	New York Rangers	Playoffs	8	0	0	0	12	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Avg Toi 18:16 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 8 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 12 Plus Minus 3 Points 0 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 7
2006–07	NHL	St. Louis Blues	Regular	61	7	11	18	36	13	80	1	4	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 11 Avg Toi 22:10 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 61 Goals 7 Ot Goals 0 Pim 36 Plus Minus 13 Points 18 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 4 Shooting Pctg 0.0875 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 80
2005–06	NHL	St. Louis Blues	Regular	52	6	12	18	48	-15	70	3	9	0	0	1	1	All stats Assists 12 Avg Toi 24:49 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 52 Goals 6 Ot Goals 1 Pim 48 Plus Minus -15 Points 18 Power Play Goals 3 Power Play Points 9 Shooting Pctg 0.0857 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 70
2005–06	Olympics	Sweden	Regular	8	1	2	3	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 8 Goals 1 Pim 6 Points 3
2004–05	Sweden	Frolunda	Regular	50	4	15	19	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 15 Games Played 50 Goals 4 Pim 40 Points 19
2004–05	WC-A	Sweden	Regular	9	1	1	2	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 9 Goals 1 Pim 6 Points 2
2004–05	Sweden	Frolunda	Playoffs	14	2	7	9	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 7 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 14 Goals 2 Pim 10 Points 9
2003–04	AHL	Worcester	Regular	4	1	2	3	2	3	—	1	—	0	—	1	—	All stats Assists 2 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 4 Goals 1 Pim 2 Plus Minus 3 Points 3 Power Play Goals 1 Shorthanded Goals 0
2003–04	NHL	St. Louis Blues	Regular	66	5	13	18	16	3	92	1	5	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 13 Avg Toi 19:20 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 66 Goals 5 Ot Goals 0 Pim 16 Plus Minus 3 Points 18 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 5 Shooting Pctg 0.0543 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 92
2003–04	WC-A	Sweden	Regular	9	1	1	2	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 9 Goals 1 Pim 6 Points 2
2003–04	NHL	St. Louis Blues	Playoffs	5	0	2	2	4	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 2 Avg Toi 23:06 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 5 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 4 Plus Minus 2 Points 2 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 6
2002–03	AHL	Worcester	Regular	72	8	19	27	66	-2	120	4	—	0	—	1	—	All stats Assists 19 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 72 Goals 8 Pim 66 Plus Minus -2 Points 27 Power Play Goals 4 Shooting Pctg 6.67 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shots 120
2002–03	NHL	St. Louis Blues	Regular	4	0	0	0	0	-3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Avg Toi 12:22 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 4 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -3 Points 0 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 4
2002–03	AHL	Worcester	Playoffs	3	0	1	1	5	1	6	0	—	0	—	0	—	All stats Assists 1 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 3 Goals 0 Pim 5 Plus Minus 1 Points 1 Power Play Goals 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shots 6
2001–02	Sweden	V.Frolunda	Regular	44	7	4	11	38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 4 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 44 Goals 7 Pim 38 Points 11
2001–02	Sweden	V.Frolunda	Playoffs	10	0	0	0	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 10 Goals 0 Pim 8 Points 0
2000–01	Sweden	V.Frolunda	Regular	50	1	10	11	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 10 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 50 Goals 1 Pim 32 Points 11
2000–01	Sweden	V.Frolunda	Playoffs	3	0	2	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 3 Goals 0 Pim 2 Points 2
1999–00	Swe-Jr.	V.Frolunda Jr.	Regular	5	1	1	2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 5 Goals 1 Pim 0 Points 2
1999–00	Sweden	V.Frolunda	Regular	27	1	0	1	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 27 Goals 1 Pim 14 Points 1
1999–00	Sweden-2	Gislaved	Regular	21	5	2	7	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 21 Goals 5 Pim 8 Points 7
1999–00	WJC-A	Sweden	Regular	7	1	1	2	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 7 Goals 1 Pim 6 Points 2
1999–00	Swe-Jr.	V.Frolunda Jr.	Playoffs	3	1	1	2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 3 Goals 1 Pim 0 Points 2
1999–00	Sweden	V.Frolunda	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 5 Goals 0 Pim 0 Points 0
1998–99	Swe-Jr.	V.Frolunda Jr.	Regular	4	0	2	2	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 4 Goals 0 Pim 4 Points 2
1998–99	Sweden	V.Frolunda	Regular	49	0	4	4	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 4 Games Played 49 Goals 0 Pim 4 Points 4
1998–99	WJC-A	Sweden	Regular	6	0	3	3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 6 Goals 0 Pim 0 Points 3
1998–99	Sweden	V.Frolunda	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 4 Goals 0 Pim 0 Points 0
1997–98	EJC-A	Sweden	Regular	6	2	6	8	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 6 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 6 Goals 2 Pim 2 Points 8
1997–98	Swe-Jr.	V.Frolunda Jr.	Regular	28	5	14	19	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 14 Games Played 28 Goals 5 Pim 12 Points 19
1997–98	Swe-U18	V.Frolunda U18	Regular	4	4	1	5	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 4 Goals 4 Pim 2 Points 5
1997–98	Swe-Jr.	V.Frolunda Jr.	Playoffs	2	0	1	1	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 2 Goals 0 Pim 4 Points 1
1997–98	Swe-U18	V.Frolunda U18	Playoffs	5	2	2	4	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 5 Goals 2 Pim 2 Points 4
1996–97	EJC-A	Sweden	Regular	4	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 4 Goals 0 Pim 2 Points 0
1996–97	Swe-Jr.	V.Frolunda Jr.	Regular	26	2	5	7	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 5 Games Played 26 Goals 2 Pim 16 Points 7
1995–96	TV-Pucken	Västergötland	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 4 Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus 1 Points 1

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Recent NHL games

Date	Opponent	Time on ice
2009-04-05	CHI	12:27
2009-04-04	NSH	13:04
2009-03-31	NSH	14:27
2009-03-29	STL	20:03
2009-03-15	DET	12:59

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Profile updated Oct 13, 12:45 pm EDT. Missing stats are shown as –.

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NHL regular-season career

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NHL season record highs

Teams & leagues through the years

2014–15

2013–14

2012–13

2011–12

2010–11

2009–10

2008–09

2007–08

2006–07

2005–06

2004–05

2003–04

2002–03

2001–02

2000–01

1999–00

1998–99

1997–98

1996–97

1995–96

Season-by-season history

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