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Keith Ballard

#2 · Defence · Minnesota Wild

Born Nov 26, 1982 in Baudette, Minnesota, USA · 5'11", 204 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 11th overall in 2002 by BUF (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2005-06. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Andrej Meszaros OTT · 39 P in 82 GP Sheldon Souray MTL · 39 P in 75 GP Dan Hamhuis NSH · 38 P in 82 GP Joe Corvo LAK · 40 P in 81 GP Patrice Brisebois COL · 38 P in 80 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

01020302005-06: 39 points3905-062006-07: 27 points2706-072007-08: 21 points2107-082008-09: 34 points3408-092009-10: 28 points2809-102010-11: 7 points710-112011-12: 7 points711-122012-13: 2 points212-132013-14: 9 points913-142014-15: 1 points114-15

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2005-06 PHX 82 8 31 39 -18 99 102 120 0.48
2006-07 PHX 70 5 22 27 -7 59 79 130 0.39
2007-08 PHX 82 6 15 21 7 85 105 169 0.26
2008-09 FLA 82 6 28 34 14 72 106 172 0.41
2009-10 FLA 82 8 20 28 -7 88 90 156 0.34
2010-11 VAN 65 2 5 7 10 53 53 99 0.11
2011-12 VAN 47 1 6 7 0 64 41 61 0.15
2012-13 VAN 36 0 2 2 -2 29 35 45 0.06 $3.3M
2013-14 MIN 45 2 7 9 -7 37 29 58 0.20 $1.5M
2014-15 MIN 14 0 1 1 -3 26 5 15 0.07
10 seasons Career 605 38 137 175 -13 612 645 1025 0.29

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2010-11 VAN 10 0 0 0 -4 6 12 14 0.00
2011-12 VAN 4 0 1 1 -1 2 2 6 0.25
2013-14 MIN 3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 4 0.00
3 seasons Playoffs 17 0 1 1 -7 8 16 24 0.06

2005-06 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 8 31 39 -18 99 102 120 0.48 7.8 19:59

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2013-14 to 2013-14 $1.5M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $3.3M

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2005-06 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 16, 2006 @ STL W 3-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 19:28
Apr 15, 2006 @ NSH L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 7 0 1 17:15
Apr 13, 2006 vs LAK W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 14:30
Apr 11, 2006 @ COL L 4-6 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 16:41
Apr 10, 2006 vs SJS L 2-3 0 1 1 1 2 0 3 17:59
Apr 8, 2006 vs DAL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 16:56
Apr 5, 2006 @ CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:18
Apr 3, 2006 @ EDM L 1-7 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 19:44
Apr 1, 2006 @ SJS W 4-3 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 2 2 19:30
Mar 30, 2006 @ SJS W 5-2 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 22:27
Mar 28, 2006 vs NSH W 5-3 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 27:48
Mar 25, 2006 vs ANA L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 24:25
Mar 23, 2006 vs CHI W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 22:15
Mar 21, 2006 @ CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 18:02
Mar 19, 2006 @ CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:31
Mar 16, 2006 @ NSH L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:33
Mar 14, 2006 @ LAK W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 18:13
Mar 12, 2006 @ ANA L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:59
Mar 11, 2006 vs ANA L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 7 0 4 17:17
Mar 9, 2006 @ CBJ L 4-5 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 20:36
Mar 7, 2006 @ DET W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:51
Mar 4, 2006 vs DET L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 21:36
Mar 2, 2006 vs DAL W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 5 0 1 15:21
Feb 12, 2006 vs SJS L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 25:04
Feb 9, 2006 vs DAL L 1-5 0 1 1 -1 0 4 7 22:44
Feb 7, 2006 vs CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 25:36
Feb 4, 2006 vs MIN L 4-6 0 2 2 1 0 2 3 24:57
Feb 2, 2006 vs LAK W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 27:32
Jan 31, 2006 vs VAN L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 21:04
Jan 29, 2006 vs EDM L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 24:15
Jan 28, 2006 vs SJS W 6-2 1 2 3 2 0 1 0 22:29
Jan 26, 2006 @ STL W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 21:22
Jan 24, 2006 @ MIN L 2-3 1 1 2 -1 0 3 2 20:14
Jan 23, 2006 @ DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 20:40
Jan 21, 2006 vs EDM W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 3 0 1 3 25:04
Jan 19, 2006 vs FLA W 6-3 0 4 4 0 0 2 0 26:25
Jan 16, 2006 vs WSH L 1-6 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 21:54
Jan 14, 2006 @ TOR W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 23:32
Jan 12, 2006 @ BUF W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 26:53
Jan 10, 2006 @ OTT L 2-7 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 21:28
Jan 8, 2006 vs CBJ L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 21:21
Jan 5, 2006 @ LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 22:14
Dec 31, 2005 vs COL L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 4 1 4 18:08
Dec 29, 2005 vs LAK W 6-5 (OT) 2 0 2 1 5 3 2 19:46
Dec 28, 2005 @ SJS W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:40
Dec 26, 2005 @ COL L 4-7 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 17:01
Dec 23, 2005 @ DAL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 13:10
Dec 22, 2005 vs SJS W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:39
Dec 20, 2005 vs STL L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 2 5 1 18:17
Dec 17, 2005 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:11
Dec 15, 2005 vs TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 5 1 1 15:54
Dec 13, 2005 @ MTL L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 16:00
Dec 11, 2005 @ BOS W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 21:21
Dec 5, 2005 vs ATL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:26
Dec 3, 2005 vs CAR W 8-4 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 15:43
Nov 30, 2005 @ ANA L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 22:07
Nov 26, 2005 vs VAN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 14:19
Nov 25, 2005 @ DAL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:16
Nov 22, 2005 vs ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 23:45
Nov 20, 2005 vs CBJ W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 17:56
Nov 19, 2005 @ SJS W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 22:53
Nov 16, 2005 vs COL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 15:50
Nov 12, 2005 vs ANA W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 17:32
Nov 10, 2005 vs CGY L 3-4 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 19:14
Nov 8, 2005 @ MIN W 4-2 0 2 2 0 4 2 1 19:35
Nov 6, 2005 @ CHI L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 21:00
Nov 5, 2005 @ DET W 4-1 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 21:22
Nov 3, 2005 vs LAK W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 18:31
Oct 30, 2005 @ ANA L 2-3 0 1 1 1 2 4 1 21:41
Oct 29, 2005 vs DAL L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 16:32
Oct 27, 2005 vs CGY W 3-2 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 19:38
Oct 25, 2005 vs STL W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 17:07
Oct 23, 2005 @ ANA L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 19:12
Oct 20, 2005 @ VAN L 2-3 1 0 1 0 9 1 1 19:50
Oct 18, 2005 @ EDM W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 4 3 2 21:05
Oct 17, 2005 @ CGY W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 22:45
Oct 15, 2005 vs DET L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 22:06
Oct 13, 2005 vs NSH L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22:39
Oct 11, 2005 @ DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 2 1 2 20:33
Oct 8, 2005 vs MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 21:38
Oct 6, 2005 @ LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:28
Oct 5, 2005 @ VAN L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 15:23