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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 2009-10. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Adrian Aucoin PHX · 28 P in 82 GP Sami Salo VAN · 28 P in 68 GP Filip Kuba OTT · 28 P in 53 GP Jay Bouwmeester CGY · 29 P in 82 GP Marc Staal NYR · 27 P in 82 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

2009-10 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 8 20 28 -7 88 90 156 0.34 8.9 22:24

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 2009-10 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, 2010 vs TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 19 1 2 17:14
Apr 10, 2010 @ TBL L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 25:06
Apr 8, 2010 vs NJD W 3-2 0 1 1 3 2 2 0 25:08
Apr 6, 2010 vs OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 23:02
Apr 3, 2010 vs NYR L 1-4 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 28:14
Apr 1, 2010 @ BOS W 1-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 27:23
Mar 31, 2010 @ BUF L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23:51
Mar 29, 2010 vs NSH L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 24:33
Mar 27, 2010 @ OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 27:47
Mar 25, 2010 @ MTL L 1-4 0 1 1 -3 0 1 1 27:21
Mar 23, 2010 @ TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 27:12
Mar 21, 2010 vs TBL W 5-2 0 2 2 3 0 3 1 22:29
Mar 20, 2010 vs BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 27:13
Mar 18, 2010 vs PHX L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 28:07
Mar 16, 2010 vs WSH L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 25:22
Mar 13, 2010 @ SJS W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 2 2 2 2 28:59
Mar 11, 2010 @ COL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 24:45
Mar 9, 2010 @ MIN W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 29:55
Mar 6, 2010 vs CAR W 4-1 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 25:27
Mar 3, 2010 vs PHI W 7-4 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 24:05
Mar 2, 2010 @ ATL L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 24:11
Feb 13, 2010 vs BOS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22:03
Feb 11, 2010 vs VAN L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 19:36
Feb 9, 2010 @ CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 4 0 2 18:13
Feb 6, 2010 @ ATL L 2-4 0 0 0 1 5 2 2 19:52
Feb 5, 2010 vs CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:24
Feb 1, 2010 vs ANA L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 20:19
Jan 31, 2010 vs NYI W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 20:53
Jan 29, 2010 @ WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 2 1 2 18:59
Jan 26, 2010 vs MTL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 20:53
Jan 23, 2010 vs TOR W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:05
Jan 21, 2010 @ NYI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:30
Jan 20, 2010 @ NJD L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20:21
Jan 18, 2010 vs ATL W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 20:45
Jan 16, 2010 vs TBL W 5-2 0 3 3 0 0 2 2 21:20
Jan 14, 2010 @ TBL W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 26:49
Jan 13, 2010 vs WSH L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 24:12
Jan 9, 2010 @ OTT W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 21:22
Jan 7, 2010 @ MTL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22:21
Jan 5, 2010 @ TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 21:19
Jan 3, 2010 vs PIT W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:58
Dec 31, 2009 vs MTL L 4-5 1 0 1 -1 5 2 2 19:28
Dec 27, 2009 vs BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 21:02
Dec 23, 2009 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 21:48
Dec 21, 2009 @ PHI W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 22:05
Dec 19, 2009 @ CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 24:31
Dec 18, 2009 vs CAR W 6-3 1 0 1 -1 0 2 4 24:09
Dec 16, 2009 vs ATL W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 23:40
Dec 14, 2009 @ NYI W 7-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 20:00
Dec 12, 2009 @ PIT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 26:16
Dec 11, 2009 @ NJD W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 23:55
Dec 9, 2009 @ CBJ L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 19:21
Dec 7, 2009 vs EDM L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 23:16
Dec 5, 2009 vs ATL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 25:04
Dec 3, 2009 @ WSH L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 23:34
Dec 2, 2009 vs COL W 6-5 (SO) 0 1 1 0 4 4 1 22:04
Nov 30, 2009 @ ATL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 20:25
Nov 28, 2009 @ NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 19:32
Nov 27, 2009 vs TOR L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 22:02
Nov 25, 2009 vs NYR L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 30:27
Nov 23, 2009 vs PIT L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 2 0 2 5 27:59
Nov 21, 2009 @ NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19:52
Nov 20, 2009 @ DET W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 22:10
Nov 18, 2009 @ BUF W 6-2 0 3 3 2 0 1 3 25:08
Nov 16, 2009 vs LAK L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 6 3 3 24:19
Nov 14, 2009 vs NYI W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 23:37
Nov 12, 2009 @ BOS W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 24:18
Nov 7, 2009 @ WSH L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 4 1 2 20:17
Nov 6, 2009 vs WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 18:14
Nov 4, 2009 vs CAR W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 21:31
Oct 31, 2009 @ STL W 4-0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 18:56
Oct 30, 2009 @ DAL W 6-5 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 24:40
Oct 28, 2009 vs OTT L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 16:42
Oct 24, 2009 @ PHI L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 21:22
Oct 23, 2009 @ PIT L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 17:27
Oct 21, 2009 vs BUF L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 09:15
Oct 16, 2009 vs PHI W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 19:24
Oct 12, 2009 @ TBL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16:48
Oct 10, 2009 vs NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 17:13
Oct 9, 2009 @ CAR L 2-7 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17:41
Oct 3, 2009 vs CHI L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:11
Oct 2, 2009 @ CHI W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 24:03