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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 2007-08. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Michael Ryder MTL · 31 P in 70 GP Tyler Arnason COL · 31 P in 70 GP Loui Eriksson DAL · 31 P in 69 GP Kyle Brodziak EDM · 31 P in 80 GP Jason Chimera CBJ · 31 P in 81 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

2007-08 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
72 13 18 31 -11 99 129 240 0.43 10.1 14:41

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 2007-08 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 6, 2008 @ CBJ W 4-1 1 0 1 1 14 3 1 12:59
Apr 5, 2008 vs CBJ W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 14:50
Apr 3, 2008 @ NSH L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 6 16:48
Apr 1, 2008 vs NSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 16:03
Mar 29, 2008 vs CHI L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 17 4 5 13:22
Mar 28, 2008 @ DET W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 16:09
Mar 25, 2008 vs DET L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 18:29
Mar 23, 2008 @ CHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 7 1 3 12:07
Mar 20, 2008 @ OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 5 2 16:45
Mar 18, 2008 @ MTL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 13:07
Mar 15, 2008 @ ANA L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 18:10
Mar 14, 2008 @ SJS L 1-4 1 0 1 -2 2 3 4 18:31
Mar 11, 2008 @ EDM L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 19:23
Mar 10, 2008 @ CGY L 3-7 1 0 1 -4 0 6 2 16:53
Mar 8, 2008 @ VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 4 18:39
Mar 5, 2008 @ DET L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 15:22
Mar 4, 2008 vs LAK W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 16:50
Mar 1, 2008 vs SJS L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 8 15:31
Feb 28, 2008 vs PHX L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 13:54
Feb 26, 2008 vs DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 9 17:49
Feb 24, 2008 @ PHX L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 16:31
Feb 22, 2008 @ ANA L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:32
Feb 21, 2008 @ LAK L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 15:31
Feb 19, 2008 vs CHI W 5-1 0 0 0 -1 4 1 4 13:03
Feb 17, 2008 vs CBJ W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 16:08
Feb 16, 2008 @ NSH L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:10
Feb 14, 2008 @ COL W 4-1 1 1 2 1 2 3 5 14:22
Feb 12, 2008 vs LAK W 4-2 1 1 2 3 2 1 6 16:36
Feb 10, 2008 vs MIN L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 10 17:19
Feb 9, 2008 @ DAL L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 17:30
Feb 5, 2008 vs TBL L 4-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 4 17:01
Feb 2, 2008 vs COL L 4-6 0 2 2 0 0 1 5 17:26
Feb 1, 2008 vs ANA W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 17:58
Jan 29, 2008 @ TOR W 3-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 15:57
Jan 24, 2008 @ SJS L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 16:58
Jan 23, 2008 @ VAN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 14:46
Jan 21, 2008 @ NSH L 3-6 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 15:04
Jan 19, 2008 vs NSH L 2-5 0 1 1 -2 2 2 4 14:43
Jan 16, 2008 @ CHI L 1-6 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 14:04
Jan 13, 2008 vs VAN L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 -2 0 0 4 14:33
Jan 11, 2008 @ CBJ L 4-6 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 15:20
Jan 10, 2008 vs DAL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 15:18
Jan 8, 2008 vs CBJ W 6-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 16:13
Jan 5, 2008 vs CAR W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 15:38
Jan 2, 2008 vs EDM L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 5 1 4 10:47
Dec 31, 2007 @ DET W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 12:19
Dec 29, 2007 @ DAL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 11:16
Dec 28, 2007 vs SJS L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 13:54
Dec 26, 2007 vs DET L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 14:14
Dec 23, 2007 vs ATL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10:55
Dec 22, 2007 @ BOS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:08
Dec 20, 2007 vs DET W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 2 1 3 10:34
Dec 16, 2007 vs CGY L 3-5 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 11:54
Dec 13, 2007 vs FLA L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 06:55
Dec 11, 2007 vs EDM L 4-5 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 11:02
Dec 9, 2007 @ COL L 5-9 0 1 1 -1 0 4 7 13:06
Dec 7, 2007 @ EDM W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 09:08
Dec 4, 2007 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 14:44
Dec 1, 2007 vs CHI W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 15:41
Nov 30, 2007 @ MIN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:51
Nov 3, 2007 vs CHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 02:37
Nov 1, 2007 @ MIN W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:28
Oct 30, 2007 vs PHX L 1-2 0 0 0 0 7 3 2 15:00
Oct 27, 2007 vs WSH W 4-3 1 0 1 0 4 2 3 15:01
Oct 25, 2007 @ CBJ L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 15:29
Oct 23, 2007 vs ANA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 12:40
Oct 20, 2007 vs MIN L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 13:39
Oct 17, 2007 @ CHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 15:45
Oct 12, 2007 vs COL W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 13:01
Oct 10, 2007 vs NSH W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:33
Oct 6, 2007 @ LAK W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 5 14:06
Oct 4, 2007 @ PHX L 2-3 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 14:34