League Leaders Who Led?
Niklas Backstrom

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Niklas Backstrom

2006–2015  ·  G  ·  Shoots L

Career 196 W · 28 SO · 2.49 GAA · .914 SV%

Seasons leading the NHL
3
8 Top-5 finishes
2 Title seasons
3 Categories led
2006 Best season

Spanning 2006–2012, peaking at 2 titles in 2006.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1917

Among league leaders

  • 109th League titles 3
  • 258th Top-5 finishes 8

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Save Percentage 1 1st — 2006 .929 2008 #3
Goals Against Average 1 1st — 2006 1.97 2008 #3
Wins 1 1st — 2012 24
Saves — #2 — 2008 #2
Shutouts — #3 — 2008 #3

Title Seasons

2 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
2012 1 W 24
2006 2 GAA 1.97 SV% .929

Goaltending

10 seasons
Year Team GP W L T OTL GA SA SV SV% GAA SO
2006 MIN 41 23 8 — 6 73 1,028 955 .929 1.97 5
2007 MIN 58 33 13 — 8 131 1,629 1,498 .920 2.31 4
2008 MIN 71 37 24 — 8 159 2,059 1,900 .923 2.33 8
2009 MIN 60 26 23 — 8 158 1,632 1,474 .903 2.72 2
2010 MIN 51 22 23 — 5 132 1,566 1,434 .916 2.66 3
2011 MIN 46 19 18 — 7 105 1,299 1,194 .919 2.43 4
2012 MIN 42 24 15 — 3 98 1,072 974 .909 2.48 2
2013 MIN 21 5 11 — 2 55 546 491 .899 3.02 0
2014 MIN 19 5 7 — 3 51 452 401 .887 3.05 0
2015 CGY 4 2 2 — 0 13 109 96 .881 3.35 0
Career — 413 196 144 — 50 975 11,392 10,417 .914 2.49 28