DETROIT - APRIL 05: Goaltender Niklas Backstrom #32 of the Minnesota Wild defends the net during a NHL game against the Detroit Red...

Edmonton Oilers' Patrick O'Sullivan (19) shoots wide of Minnesota Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom, of Finland, as Wild's Andrew Ebbett, left, and Marek Zidlicky, right, of the Czech Republic...

Minnesota Wild center Andrew Ebbett (16) looks for the puck as goalie Niklas Backstrom, top right, of Finland, fights off Ottawa Senators left wing Jarkko Ruutu, lower right, also of...

Ottawa Senators left wing Milan Michalek, of Czech Republic, scores on Minnesota Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom, of Finland, during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Ottawa, Saturday, Dec. 19...

Minnesota Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom, left, of Finland, stops Montreal Canadiens' Maxim Lapierre, right, during third-period NHL hockey game action...

Minnesota Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom, of Finland, stops a sliding puck while facing the Montreal Canadiens during second-period NHL hockey...

Minnesota Wild center Eric Belanger, second from left, congratulates goalie Niklas Backstrom (32), of Finland, after the Wild's 2-0 victory over the Colorado Avalanche in an...

Detroit Red Wings v Minnesota Wild SAINT PAUL, MN - FEBRUARY 21: Niklas Backstrom #32 of the Minnesota Wild keeps his eyes on the puck while defending his goal against...

SAINT PAUL, MN - FEBRUARY 21: Niklas Backstrom #32 of the Minnesota Wild keeps his eyes on the puck while defending his goal against...

...Petr Sykora (17) of the Czech Republic can't get a shot past Minnesota Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom of Finland in a shootout during a NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008...

Minnesota Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom (32) of Finland during an NHL Hockey Game between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Minnesota Wild...

...Avalanche center Paul Stastny, left, celebrates his goal in the third period as Minnesota Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom, of Finland, watches in the first-round NHL hockey playoffs as the Avalanche beat the Minnesota...

...APRIL 9: During Game One of the Western Conference Quarter-Final of the Stanley Cup Playoffs Niklas Backstrom #32 of the Minnesota Wild denies Ryan Smyth #94 of the Colorado Avalanche from scoring on...

Philadelphia 4 - Washington 3

...race. The Flyers' chances of winning this series rested in their ability to stop Ovechkin and Niklas Backstrom -- a tough job in one night, flirting with the impossible when you have to do it...

...the go-ahead goal by teammate Niklas Hagman, right, also of Finland, off Minnesota Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom in the third period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, in St. Paul...