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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 2008-09. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Fedor Tyutin CBJ · 34 P in 82 GP Adrian Aucoin CGY · 34 P in 81 GP Roman Hamrlik MTL · 33 P in 81 GP Matt Niskanen DAL · 35 P in 80 GP Kris Letang PIT · 33 P in 74 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

2008-09 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 6 28 34 14 72 106 172 0.41 5.7 22:23

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 2008-09 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 11, 2009 vs WSH W 7-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 19:28
Apr 9, 2009 @ ATL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 20:52
Apr 7, 2009 @ PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 22:08
Apr 5, 2009 vs PIT W 4-2 0 0 0 0 5 1 6 19:39
Apr 3, 2009 vs ATL L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 21:28
Mar 31, 2009 vs OTT W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 19:40
Mar 28, 2009 @ DAL W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 19:35
Mar 26, 2009 @ PHI W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 3 21:10
Mar 25, 2009 @ BUF L 3-5 0 1 1 1 5 0 4 21:46
Mar 23, 2009 vs CAR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 19:43
Mar 21, 2009 vs CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 24:05
Mar 19, 2009 vs TOR W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 21:56
Mar 17, 2009 vs WSH L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 2 0 3 20:27
Mar 14, 2009 vs TBL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 21:13
Mar 12, 2009 @ BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 24:28
Mar 10, 2009 @ PIT L 3-4 (SO) 1 1 2 2 0 1 5 27:03
Mar 7, 2009 vs STL W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 23:08
Mar 5, 2009 vs PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 21:41
Mar 3, 2009 @ ATL W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 22:45
Mar 1, 2009 @ WSH W 6-2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 20:52
Feb 28, 2009 @ NJD L 2-7 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 24:17
Feb 26, 2009 @ NYR W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 19:38
Feb 24, 2009 @ BOS L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 5 0 2 20:16
Feb 21, 2009 vs BOS W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 20:33
Feb 19, 2009 vs CHI L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 19:48
Feb 17, 2009 vs NJD W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 21:28
Feb 15, 2009 vs WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 19:50
Feb 13, 2009 vs NYR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 23:33
Feb 12, 2009 @ CAR W 5-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 20:32
Feb 10, 2009 vs TOR W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 20:32
Feb 7, 2009 @ WSH L 1-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 17:31
Feb 5, 2009 vs NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 18:50
Feb 3, 2009 @ TOR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:54
Jan 31, 2009 @ NYI L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 20:44
Jan 29, 2009 vs MTL W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 21:10
Jan 27, 2009 vs PHI W 3-2 0 2 2 0 0 2 5 21:37
Jan 21, 2009 vs DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 22:43
Jan 19, 2009 vs BUF L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 2 6 28:13
Jan 17, 2009 @ TBL W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 23:06
Jan 16, 2009 vs PHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 21:38
Jan 10, 2009 vs ATL W 8-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21:37
Jan 8, 2009 vs CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:01
Jan 6, 2009 @ TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19:58
Jan 4, 2009 @ MTL L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 20:17
Jan 3, 2009 @ PIT W 6-1 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 19:49
Dec 31, 2008 @ NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 20:35
Dec 29, 2008 vs MTL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 21:42
Dec 27, 2008 @ TBL L 4-6 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 22:46
Dec 26, 2008 vs TBL L 3-4 (SO) 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 28:57
Dec 23, 2008 vs NSH W 3-0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 25:34
Dec 21, 2008 vs COL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 24:32
Dec 18, 2008 @ CAR L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 26:54
Dec 14, 2008 @ VAN L 3-5 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 18:36
Dec 12, 2008 @ CGY W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 21:50
Dec 11, 2008 @ EDM W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 19:03
Dec 8, 2008 @ OTT W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 21:27
Dec 6, 2008 vs BOS L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 2 1 3 19:44
Dec 4, 2008 vs BUF W 2-1 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 18:28
Dec 2, 2008 @ WSH W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23:35
Nov 30, 2008 @ NYR W 4-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 24:53
Nov 28, 2008 vs NYR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 23:28
Nov 26, 2008 vs NJD L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 5 29:32
Nov 24, 2008 vs CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 23:23
Nov 21, 2008 @ BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 2 2 3 20:51
Nov 20, 2008 @ NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:43
Nov 18, 2008 @ TBL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 26:27
Nov 14, 2008 vs DET L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 23:44
Nov 12, 2008 vs TBL W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:07
Nov 9, 2008 @ ANA W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 22:35
Nov 8, 2008 @ PHX L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 20:55
Nov 6, 2008 @ LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 7 0 3 19:43
Nov 2, 2008 @ ATL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 26:47
Nov 1, 2008 @ NSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 27:38
Oct 30, 2008 vs OTT L 1-2 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 30:04
Oct 25, 2008 @ STL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 18 0 5 24:57
Oct 24, 2008 vs SJS W 4-3 0 3 3 3 0 3 3 26:56
Oct 22, 2008 @ OTT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 26:03
Oct 20, 2008 @ MTL L 1-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 27:18
Oct 18, 2008 vs NYI W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 27:19
Oct 16, 2008 vs MIN L 2-6 0 1 1 0 4 4 1 23:35
Oct 11, 2008 vs ATL W 3-2 (OT) 0 2 2 1 4 1 4 23:45
Oct 10, 2008 @ CAR L 4-6 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 23:21