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Career profile Last roster: 2020-21 ARI
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David Backes

C · USA
+ 7 other teams
Status
Retired 5 yrs ago
Career
2008–2021 (13 yrs)
Age
42 (37 in 2021)
Vitals
6'3" · 221 lb
Drafted
Undrafted

Career Regular Season

13 seasons (2008–2021)
Games 1009
Goals 273
Assists 380
Points 653
+/- +103 99th
P/GP 0.65
SHT% 11.2
PiM 1580 14th

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2008-09 PIT 71 10 21 31 0.44 +15 147 0 2 0 84 11.9% 202
2009-10 PIT / DET 77 23 28 51 0.66 +14 229 5 5 0 258 8.9% 222
2010-11 DET / ANH / CHI 78 21 18 39 0.50 +10 163 2 5 1 122 17.2% 201
2011-12 CHI 82 32 34 66 0.80 -1 242 5 14 0 291 11.0% 210
2012-13 CHI 82 20 32 52 0.63 +17 88 3 3 0 189 10.6% 205
2013-14 MIN 82 14 48 62 0.76 +18 109 1 4 0 185 7.6% 249
2014-15 MIN 76 34 33 67 0.88 +15 88 10 10 0 249 13.7% 241
2015-16 MIN 82 27 31 58 0.71 +2 97 4 9 0 231 11.7% 218
2016-17 MIN 79 29 30 59 0.75 -4 146 5 10 0 283 10.2% 215
2017-18 VGK 82 23 41 64 0.78 +14 94 1 5 0 183 12.6% 277
2018-19 VGK 80 23 25 48 0.60 -1 106 6 9 0 184 12.5% 213
2019-20 CAR / MIN 82 16 35 51 0.62 +15 61 0 3 1 155 10.3% 142
2020-21 ARI 56 1 4 5 0.09 -11 10 0 0 0 19 5.3% 26
CAREER 13 yrs 1009 273 380 653 0.65 +103 1580 42 79 2 -- 11.2% 2621
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2008-09 PIT 17 1 4 5 0.29 -2 35 0 0 0 25 4.0% 49
2011-12 CHI 7 5 4 9 1.29 +6 26 1 2 1 23 21.7% 20
2012-13 CHI 12 2 1 3 0.25 -6 20 1 0 0 19 10.5% 41
2013-14 MIN 13 2 14 16 1.23 +2 18 1 2 0 28 7.1% 43
2014-15 MIN 5 1 1 2 0.40 -4 4 0 1 0 15 6.7% 22
2015-16 MIN 18 5 3 8 0.44 -12 31 2 3 0 45 11.1% 49
2018-19 VGK 20 4 6 10 0.50 0 24 3 0 0 38 10.5% 58
CAREER 7 app. 92 20 33 53 0.58 -16 158 8 8 1 -- 10.4% 282
NHL Career Stats
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2006-07 STL 49 10 13 23 0.47 +6 37 2 2 3 11.2% 13:25
2007-08 STL 72 13 18 31 0.43 -11 99 2 3 7 10.1% 14:41
2008-09 STL 82 31 23 54 0.66 -3 165 1 6 11 14.9% 17:41
2009-10 STL 79 17 31 48 0.61 -4 106 3 5 8 10.4% 18:18
2010-11 STL 82 31 31 62 0.76 +32 93 2 5 15 14.7% 19:42
2011-12 STL 82 24 30 54 0.66 +15 101 4 8 17 10.3% 20:00
2012-13 STL 48 6 22 28 0.58 +5 62 1 1 5 6.0% 19:37
2013-14 STL 74 27 30 57 0.77 +14 119 5 10 16 16.4% 19:33
2014-15 STL 80 26 32 58 0.73 +7 104 3 10 16 14.2% 18:38
2015-16 STL 79 21 24 45 0.57 +4 83 3 8 13 12.5% 19:14
2016-17 BOS 74 17 21 38 0.51 +2 69 2 2 7 9.7% 17:07
2017-18 BOS 57 14 19 33 0.58 +2 53 1 2 6 8.8% 15:24
2018-19 BOS 70 7 13 20 0.29 0 31 1 2 7 5.4% 13:02
2019-20 BOS 16 1 2 3 0.19 -2 16 1 1 1 3.8% 8:33
2019-20 ANH 6 0 3 3 0.50 +1 6 0 0 0 0.0% 11:39
2020-21 ANH 15 3 1 4 0.27 -4 4 1 0 0 10.0% 12:44
Career NHL 965 248 313 561 0.58 +64 1148 32 65 132 11.4% -

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Forwards, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2008-09 24 C PIT 99 62 56 72 83 - 74 71 55 70 70 65 - 65 66 -
2009-10 25 RW DET 94 57 49 79 83 - 88 80 59 76 81 71 - 67 68 73
2010-11 26 C CHI 99 63 64 79 83 - 88 74 73 76 71 74 - 69 70 73
2011-12 27 C CHI 97 60 66 74 78 88 95 78 74 76 80 76 78 63 63 74
2012-13 28 C CHI 81 51 65 72 82 92 97 77 70 71 74 79 68 68 71 73
2013-14 29 C MIN 85 49 62 72 82 89 96 75 78 78 66 77 65 70 77 73
2014-15 30 C MIN 87 51 63 75 82 87 89 81 79 75 78 71 68 72 79 74
2015-16 31 C MIN 84 52 66 75 82 83 92 80 83 74 79 70 67 74 81 74
2016-17 32 C MIN 95 71 71 84 83 73 97 79 92 75 78 88 33 78 80 77
2017-18 33 C VGK 96 48 74 82 82 75 94 81 49 73 74 68 25 80 83 73
2018-19 34 C VGK 89 80 74 77 83 70 83 76 66 76 76 64 38 82 85 71
2019-20 35 C MIN 85 76 86 74 83 64 81 73 73 65 59 64 57 84 88 67
2020-21 36 C ARI 82 46 72 74 82 54 64 60 49 68 57 57 57 85 89 64
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2008-09 24 C PIT 99 62 56 72 83 - 74 71 55 70 70 65 - 65 66 -
2009-10 25 RW DET −5 −5 −7 +7 · - +14 +9 +4 +6 +11 +6 - +2 +2 73
2010-11 26 C CHI +5 +6 +15 · · - · −6 +14 · −10 +3 - +2 +2 ·
2011-12 27 C CHI −2 −3 +2 −5 −5 88 +7 +4 +1 · +9 +2 78 −6 −7 +1
2012-13 28 C CHI −16 −9 −1 −2 +4 +4 +2 −1 −4 −5 −6 +3 −10 +5 +8 −1
2013-14 29 C MIN +4 −2 −3 · · −3 −1 −2 +8 +7 −8 −2 −3 +2 +6 ·
2014-15 30 C MIN +2 +2 +1 +3 · −2 −7 +6 +1 −3 +12 −6 +3 +2 +2 +1
2015-16 31 C MIN −3 +1 +3 · · −4 +3 −1 +4 −1 +1 −1 −1 +2 +2 ·
2016-17 32 C MIN +11 +19 +5 +9 +1 −10 +5 −1 +9 +1 −1 +18 −34 +4 −1 +3
2017-18 33 C VGK +1 −23 +3 −2 −1 +2 −3 +2 −43 −2 −4 −20 −8 +2 +3 −4
2018-19 34 C VGK −7 +32 · −5 +1 −5 −11 −5 +17 +3 +2 −4 +13 +2 +2 −2
2019-20 35 C MIN −4 −4 +12 −3 · −6 −2 −3 +7 −11 −17 · +19 +2 +3 −4
2020-21 36 C ARI −3 −30 −14 · −1 −10 −17 −13 −24 +3 −2 −7 · +1 +1 −3
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Signed as
2008-09 PIT $700,000 3 yr 1.2% 24 ELC Rookie
2011-12 CHI $4,500,000 1 yr 7.0% 27 RFA
2012-13 CHI $5,500,000 3 yr 7.8% 28 RFA
2015-16 MIN $8,000,000 5 yr 11.2% 31 UFA
2020-21 ARI $850,000 2 yr 1.0% 36 UFA
2004-05
Jul 13 2004
2004-05
to MAPLE LEAFS
  • David Backes P
to BLUES
2005-06
Jul 8 2005
2005-06
to OILERS
2006-07
Oct 7 2006
2006-07
to PENGUINS
to OILERS
2009-10
Jan 7 2010
2009-10
to RED WINGS
2010-11
Dec 3 2010
2010-11
to DUCKS
to RED WINGS
Jan 3 2011
2010-11
to BLACKHAWKS
2013-14
Jul 14 2013
2013-14
to WILD
to BLACKHAWKS
2017-18
Jul 20 2017
2017-18
to GOLDEN KNIGHTS
to WILD
2019-20
Jun 16 2019
2019-20
to HURRICANES
  • David Backes 67
to GOLDEN KNIGHTS
Mar 12 2020
2019-20
to WILD
  • David Backes 67
to HURRICANES
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