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Ralph Backstrom

Regular Season

Season	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1956-57	MTL	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
1957-58	MTL	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	0
1958-59	MTL	64	18	22	40		17	1	1	0	0	2
1959-60	MTL	64	13	15	28	-2	24	1	1	0	0	2		130	10.0
1960-61	MTL	69	12	20	32	+3	44	1	2	0	0	0		152	7.9
1961-62	MTL	66	27	38	65	+35	29	3	2	0	0	3		181	14.9
1962-63	MTL	70	23	12	35	+11	51	0	1	0	0	6		180	12.8
1963-64	MTL	70	8	21	29	+10	41	0	0	0	0	1		168	4.8
1964-65	MTL	70	25	30	55	+2	44	7	8	0	0	2		225	11.1
1965-66	MTL	67	22	20	42	+26	12	1	1	0	0	3		196	11.2
1966-67	MTL	69	14	27	41	-3	39	1	4	0	0	0		188	7.4
1967-68	MTL	70	20	25	45	+5	14	3	4	0	0	5		198	10.1
1968-69	MTL	72	13	28	41	+20	16	2	1	0	0	3		180	7.2
1969-70	MTL	72	19	24	43	+4	20	1	2	0	0	2		187	10.2
1970-71	MTL	16	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18	5.6
1970-71	LAK	33	14	13	27	-7	8	2	4	1	0	1		108	13.0
1970-71	TOT	49	15	17	32	-7	8	2	4	1	0	1		126	11.9
1971-72	LAK	76	23	29	52	-22	22	7	5	1	2	4		181	12.7
1972-73	LAK	63	20	29	49	-11	6	1	5	1	0	6		132	15.2
1972-73	CHI	16	6	3	9	0	2	0	0	1	1	0		36	16.7
1972-73	TOT	79	26	32	58	-11	8	1	5	2	1	6		168	15.5
Career		1,032	278	361	639	+71	389	31	41	4	3	40		2,460	10.6

Playoffs

Season	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1958-59	MTL	11	3	5	8		12	1	1	0	0	0	0
1959-60	MTL	7	0	3	3	+4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
1960-61	MTL	5	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
1961-62	MTL	5	0	1	1	-2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	0.0
1962-63	MTL	5	0	0	0	-6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0
1963-64	MTL	7	2	1	3	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	8.0
1964-65	MTL	13	2	3	5	-2	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	36	5.6
1965-66	MTL	10	3	4	7	-1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	28	10.7
1966-67	MTL	10	5	2	7	+2	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	37	13.5
1967-68	MTL	13	4	3	7	+3	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	29	13.8
1968-69	MTL	14	3	4	7	+4	10	1	1	0	0	1	1	27	11.1
1972-73	CHI	16	5	6	11	+1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	32	15.6
Career		116	27	32	59	+3	68	2	5	1	1	5	1	239	10.0

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23.9

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PK%

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21st

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Red Wings	29	16	4	62	3
Lightning	29	13	4	62	43
Canadiens	27	15	7	61	4
Bruins	28	19	2	58	14
Sabres	26	16	5	57	9
Maple Leafs	24	16	8	56	4
Panthers	25	19	3	53	-11
Senators	22	19	6	50	-3

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 1/20	MIN	@	MTL	7:00 PM
Thu 1/22	BUF	@	MTL	7:00 PM
Sat 1/24	MTL	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Tue 1/27	VGK	@	MTL	7:00 PM
Thu 1/29	COL	@	MTL	7:00 PM

MTL

27 - 15 - 7

6

Final

5

OTT

22 - 19 - 6

Sat 17 Jan 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

36

MacKinnon

Nathan MacKinnon

30

McDavid

Connor McDavid

27

Boldy

Matt Boldy

Assists Leaders

53

McDavid

Connor McDavid

48

Celebrini

Macklin Celebrini

46

MacKinnon

Nathan MacKinnon

83

McDavid

Connor McDavid

82

MacKinnon

Nathan MacKinnon

72

Celebrini

Macklin Celebrini

240

Trenin

Yakov Trenin

210

Sherwood

Kiefer Sherwood

175

Cuylle

Will Cuylle

124

Dobson

Noah Dobson

119

Parayko

Colton Parayko

117

McCabe

Jake McCabe

23

Vejmelka

Karel Vejmelka

19

Saros

Juuse Saros

19

Swayman

Jeremy Swayman

Goals Against Leaders

2.19

Wedgewood

Scott Wedgewood

2.20

Cooley

Devin Cooley

2.25

Bussi

Brandon Bussi

Save Percentage Leaders

.921

Cooley

Devin Cooley

.917

Wedgewood

Scott Wedgewood

.917

Blackwood

Mackenzie Blackwood

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

4.00

3.48

3.41

Goals Against Rankings

2.30

2.54

2.69

Power Play Rankings

33.1

28.8

28.7

Penalty Kill Rankings

85.2

84.5

84.3

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

33-14

33-16

31-16

31-17

28-19

28-19

Worst Record ATS

16-31

17-30

18-30

18-30

18-29

19-30

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	33	5	8	74	75
Stars	27	12	9	63	27
Wild	27	13	9	63	15
Mammoth	25	20	4	54	18
Predators	23	21	4	50	-23
Blues	19	21	8	46	-43
Blackhawks	19	22	7	45	-21
Jets	19	22	6	44	-4
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	24	11	12	60	15
Oilers	24	17	8	56	7
Kraken	21	17	9	51	-11
Sharks	24	20	3	51	-20
Ducks	24	21	3	51	-14
Kings	19	16	13	51	-11
Flames	21	23	4	46	-17
Canucks	16	27	5	37	-50

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	29	13	4	62	43
Red Wings	29	16	4	62	3
Canadiens	27	15	7	61	4
Bruins	28	19	2	58	14
Sabres	26	16	5	57	9
Maple Leafs	24	16	8	56	4
Panthers	25	19	3	53	-11
Senators	22	19	6	50	-3
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	30	15	4	64	27
Islanders	26	17	5	57	7
Penguins	22	14	11	55	6
Capitals	24	19	6	54	14
Flyers	22	17	8	52	-8
Blue Jackets	22	19	7	51	-12
Devils	24	22	2	50	-22
Rangers	21	22	6	48	-18

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 12/20	MTL	@	PIT	3-4
Sat 12/20	TOR	@	DAL	1-5
Sat 12/20	WPG	@	UTA	3-4
Sat 12/20	VGK	@	EDM	3-4
Sun 12/21	STL	@	TBL	1-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 1/18	TBL	@	DAL	2:00 PM
Sun 1/18	OTT	@	DET	5:00 PM
Sun 1/18	STL	@	EDM	8:00 PM
Mon 1/19	BUF	@	CAR	1:30 PM
Mon 1/19	WSH	@	COL	4:00 PM