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David Backes

#21 · Right wing · Anaheim Ducks

Born May 1, 1984 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA · 6'3", 215 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 62nd overall in 2003 by STL (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2006-07. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Todd Marchant ANA · 23 P in 56 GP Radek Bonk MTL · 23 P in 74 GP Mike Zigomanis PHX · 23 P in 75 GP Nikita Alexeev CHI · 23 P in 78 GP Jan Bulis VAN · 23 P in 79 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.

02040602006-07: 23 points2306-072007-08: 31 points312008-09: 54 points5408-092009-10: 48 points482010-11: 62 points6210-112011-12: 54 points542012-13: 28 points2812-132013-14: 57 points572014-15: 58 points5814-152015-16: 45 points452016-17: 38 points3816-172017-18: 33 points332018-19: 20 points2018-192019-20: 6 points62020-21: 4 points420-21

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2006-07 STL 49 10 13 23 6 37 89 92 0.47
2007-08 STL 72 13 18 31 -11 99 129 240 0.43
2008-09 STL 82 31 23 54 -3 165 208 204 0.66 $2.5M
2009-10 STL 79 17 31 48 -4 106 163 266 0.61 $2.5M
2010-11 STL 82 31 31 62 32 93 211 213 0.76 $2.5M
2011-12 STL 82 24 30 54 15 101 234 226 0.66 $4.5M
2012-13 STL 48 6 22 28 5 62 100 158 0.58 $4.5M
2013-14 STL 74 27 30 57 14 119 165 273 0.77 $4.5M
2014-15 STL 80 26 32 58 7 104 183 227 0.73 $4.5M
2015-16 STL 79 21 24 45 4 83 168 239 0.57 $4.5M
2016-17 BOS 74 17 21 38 2 69 175 226 0.51 $6M
2017-18 BOS 57 14 19 33 2 53 160 137 0.58 $6M
2018-19 BOS 70 7 13 20 0 31 129 140 0.29 $6M
2019-20 BOS 16 1 2 3 -2 16 26 22 0.19 $6M
2019-20 ANA 6 0 3 3 1 6 8 16 0.50
2020-21 ANA 15 3 1 4 -4 4 30 31 0.27 $6M
15 seasons Career 965 248 313 561 64 1148 2178 2710 0.58

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2008-09 STL 4 1 2 3 1 10 11 18 0.75
2011-12 STL 9 2 2 4 -5 18 12 27 0.44
2012-13 STL 6 1 2 3 0 0 19 23 0.50
2013-14 STL 4 0 1 1 -3 2 7 25 0.25
2014-15 STL 6 1 1 2 2 2 10 20 0.33
2015-16 STL 20 7 7 14 1 8 36 93 0.70
2016-17 BOS 6 1 3 4 2 2 14 29 0.67
2017-18 BOS 12 2 1 3 -6 19 22 32 0.25
2018-19 BOS 15 2 3 5 1 2 20 50 0.33
9 seasons Playoffs 82 17 22 39 -7 63 151 317 0.48

2006-07 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
49 10 13 23 6 37 89 92 0.47 11.2 13:25

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2018-19 to 2020-21 $6M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $6M
2012-13 to 2015-16 $4.5M
2011-12 to 2015-16 $4.5M
2008-09 to 2010-11 $2.5M

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 2006-07 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 7, 2007 @ MIN L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 0 3 5 15:39
Apr 5, 2007 @ NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 17:34
Apr 3, 2007 @ PHX W 5-2 0 1 1 2 5 3 1 12:27
Apr 2, 2007 @ DAL W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 15:09
Mar 31, 2007 vs ANA L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 15:36
Mar 29, 2007 vs EDM W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 15:43
Mar 27, 2007 vs CBJ L 1-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 14:20
Mar 25, 2007 @ CBJ L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 11:19
Mar 24, 2007 @ DET W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 15:04
Mar 22, 2007 @ MIN L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:56
Mar 20, 2007 vs OTT L 2-4 0 0 0 -3 0 3 3 16:13
Mar 17, 2007 @ EDM W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16:18
Mar 15, 2007 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:11
Mar 12, 2007 @ CGY L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 14:57
Mar 10, 2007 vs MTL L 3-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 11:31
Mar 8, 2007 vs DAL W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 16:34
Mar 6, 2007 vs CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 2 2 2 16:16
Mar 3, 2007 @ NYR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:30
Mar 1, 2007 @ NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 18:36
Feb 27, 2007 vs VAN W 3-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 17:00
Feb 25, 2007 @ CHI L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 4 2 2 16:43
Feb 20, 2007 vs CBJ W 5-4 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 1 5 16:26
Feb 18, 2007 vs MIN W 5-3 2 0 2 2 6 3 1 14:00
Feb 16, 2007 vs NSH W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 13:26
Feb 14, 2007 @ CBJ W 4-2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 10:21
Feb 13, 2007 vs SJS L 5-6 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 11:20
Feb 10, 2007 @ PHI L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 12:44
Feb 8, 2007 vs DET W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14:01
Feb 6, 2007 vs TOR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 16:30
Feb 3, 2007 vs DAL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:50
Feb 2, 2007 @ DET L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 08:17
Jan 30, 2007 vs MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 09:59
Jan 27, 2007 vs NSH L 3-6 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 14:39
Jan 26, 2007 vs DET W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:33
Jan 20, 2007 @ SJS W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:26
Jan 18, 2007 @ LAK W 3-1 0 2 2 1 4 0 1 06:56
Jan 15, 2007 @ PHX L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:14
Jan 13, 2007 vs LAK W 6-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11:14
Jan 10, 2007 @ NJD W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 14:52
Jan 9, 2007 @ CBJ W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 10:54
Jan 6, 2007 @ NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11:36
Jan 4, 2007 vs CHI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 09:36
Jan 2, 2007 vs CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 11:56
Dec 30, 2006 vs COL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:17
Dec 29, 2006 @ COL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 12:30
Dec 26, 2006 @ NSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:10
Dec 23, 2006 vs BUF W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:01
Dec 21, 2006 vs LAK W 5-2 1 0 1 2 0 4 1 13:43
Dec 19, 2006 @ PIT W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 10:13