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Christian Backman
Defenseman #5 Blue Jackets
Player Information

Selected in the 1st round (No. 24) of the 1998 NHL Draft by the St. Louis Blues, he had 79 points (23 goals, 56 assists) in 302 regular-season games for the St. Louis Blues, the New York Rangers and the Columbus Blue Jackets.

He also had 2 points (0 goals, 2 assists) in 13 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

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  • Country: Country FlagSWE
    Age: 45.7 yrs (28.04.1980)
    Height / Weight: 193 cm / 95 kg
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    Drafted: 24th in 1998
    Draft Team: Team logoSt. Louis Blues
    Awards: -
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  • 77

    Overall Rating
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    0.13
    -0.140.11
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.60
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    15.64
    1525
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.14
    0.050.7
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.14
    0.11
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.21
    0.11
    xGoals/60
    0.19
    0.090.38
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    2.53
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    2.19
    1.45.5
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.45
    0.51.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    1.66
    2.54.5
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    1.85
    24.5
    Penalties/60
    1.10
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    3.63
    26
    Takeaways/60
    0.75
    0.52
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    0.34
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.18
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    0.00
    512
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Christian Backman
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
15.03.2009 Team Logo Red Wings 1 0 0 0 0 12:58 1 0.0% 2
29.03.2009 Team Logo Blues 1 0 0 0 0 20:03 1 0.0% 0
31.03.2009 Team Logo Predators 1 0 0 0 0 14:26 0 0
04.04.2009 Team Logo Predators 1 0 0 0 0 13:04 0 2
05.04.2009 Team Logo Blackhawks 1 0 0 0 0 12:26 0 0
Total 5 0 0 0 0 2 0.0% 4
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2002-03 Team Logo Blues 4 0 0 0 -3 12:22 4 0.0% 0
2003-04 Team Logo Blues 66 5 13 18 3 19:19 92 5.4% 16
2005-06 Team Logo Blues 52 6 12 18 -15 24:49 70 8.6% 48
2006-07 Team Logo Blues 61 7 11 18 13 22:10 80 8.8% 36
2007-08 Team Logo Blues 45 1 9 10 -4 19:22 30 3.3% 30
2007-08 Team Logo Rangers 18 2 6 8 2 18:49 21 9.5% 20
2008-09 Team Logo Blue Jackets 56 2 5 7 5 15:39 54 3.7% 32
Total 302 23 56 79 1 351 6.6% 182
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2003-04 Team Logo Blues 5 0 2 2 2 23:06 6 0.0% 4
2007-08 Team Logo Rangers 8 0 0 0 3 18:16 7 0.0% 12
Total 13 0 2 2 5 13 0.0% 16