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32 Backstrom25 Belanger47 Bergeron24 Boogaard96 Bouchard15 brunette8 burns26 foster10 Gaborik29 Harding5 johnsson9 koivu20 miettinen11 nolan2 reitz55 schultz51 Sheppard41 skoula19 Veilleux12 Weller3 ZidlickyKimJohnsson(YAHN-suhn)5DEFENSEMANShoots: LeftHt: 6-2 • Wt: 185Born: 3/16/76Malmo, SwedenVS. NHLTEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIMANA 15 1 4 5 -2 12ATL 24 1 13 14 7 22BOS 25 1 9 10 -2 16BUF 21 2 3 5 -7 8CGY 22 2 8 10 -7 20CAR 25 1 13 14 -1 6CHI 15 2 4 6 4 6COL 25 2 3 5 -4 18CBJ 14 3 2 5 4 14DAL 16 1 1 2 -4 8DET 14 1 3 4 -14 10EDM 17 1 5 6 3 10FLA 25 2 7 9 6 16LA 16 1 4 5 13 26MIN 6 1 2 3 3 4MTL 21 3 8 11 15 2NSH 15 3 5 8 -2 14NJ 29 3 6 9 4 14NYI 31 3 11 14 14 22NYR 19 2 11 13 2 4OTT 23 4 6 10 -3 0PHI 11 0 1 1 -4 2PHX 14 1 6 7 7 12PIT 30 2 15 17 -7 10SJ 16 0 2 2 -8 6STL 16 3 5 8 5 4TB 22 2 8 10 -1 6TOR 23 2 5 7 2 6VAN 24 3 5 8 -2 8WSH 23 5 10 15 -1 26CAREER HIGHLIGHTSHas played 598 games in his career two shy of the 600 mark...Owns 243 points (58-185=243)while playing seven NHL seasons with N.Y. Rangers, Philadelphia and Minnesota.2007-08 HIGHLIGHTSRanked second among Wild defensemen with 27 points (4-23=27)...Ranked first onteam in average/TOI (23:26) and second in blocked shots (121)...Set franchise record fora defenseman with 14 road assists...Recorded a point in three straight games (1-2=3,12/27-12/31)...Notched an assist in three straight games (0-3=3, 1/7-1/11)...Notched twoassists and 29:27 in ice-time vs. NSH (2/17)...Logged season-high 30:02 of ice-time at SJ(3/19)...Recorded pair of third-period goals at CGY (3/22) for fifth career two-goal game...Missed one game with flu (2/12 at EDM) and one game with leg contusion (11/1 vs. STL).2006-07 HIGHLIGHTSLed team in average ice time (23:33)...Ranked second on team in blocked shots (131)...Tied the single-season franchise record with 13 assists on the road by a defenseman...Tied a career high with two PPGs vs. WSH (10/12) and tied a franchise record for goalsin a game by a defenseman...Claimed 200th NHL point with an assist at PHX (11/14)...Played in 500th career game at COL (2/22)...Missed four games with a lower-body injury(1/12-1/19) and two games because of illness (4/3-4/5)...Led team in average/TOI duringthe postseason (23:06)...Sat out Game 5 of Western Conference Quarterfinal vs. ANA dueto head injury suffered in Game 4 (4/17).2005-06 HIGHLIGHTSMissed the final 31 games of the season with post-concussion symptoms...Missed threegames (1/21-25) due to dizziness...Missed one game (11/3) due to a groin strain.2003-04 HIGHLIGHTSWon the Barry Ashbee Trophy as the team’s most outstanding defenseman...Led the teamin average TOI (24:27)...Was first on the team in power-play assists (19)...Was first amongFlyers defensemen in points with 42 (13-29=42)...Set a new career high for both goalsand points in a season...Recorded 27 points over the course of the final 38 games ofthe season...Tied his career highs for goals in a game (2) and points in a game (3) vs.NSH (3/3)...Missed two games (12/3-5) with sinusitis, snapping his streak of consecutivegames played at 217...Led the Flyers in average TOI (26:11) during the playoffs and led allteam defensemen with eight points (2-6=8) in 15 games including a GWG.2002-03 HIGHLIGHTSLed the team in average TOI (24:05) and all Flyers defensemen with 39 points (10-29=39)...Was one of two Flyers to play in all 82 games.2001-02 HIGHLIGHTSWon the Barry Ashbee Trophy as the most outstanding Flyers defenseman...Led Flyersdefensemen with 41 points (11-30=41)...Was first on the team in average TOI (23:02)...Finished second on the team in power-play points with 19 (5-14=19)...Was one of twoplayers to play in all 82 games...Had an eight-game point-scoring streak (10/13-31),tying the longest streak of the season by an NHL defenseman.2000-01 HIGHLIGHTSRanked second among Rangers defensemen with 26 points (5-21=26)...Ranked third onthe Rangers and second among New York defensemen in average TOI (21:16)...Missed fivegames with a chip fracture in his hand (11/4-15).1999-00 HIGHLIGHTSRanked fourth among Rangers defensemen and tied for third in the league among rookiedefensemen with 21 (6-15=21) points...Tied for third in the league among rookie defensemenin goals with six...Led all NHL rookies and ranked fifth on the team with 116blocked shots.INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTSWas named to Team Sweden for the 2006 Olympic Winter Games, but was forced to withdrawdue to injury...Posted a goal and an assist in four games for Sweden at the 2002Olympic Winter Games...Won bronze medals with Team Sweden at the 2002 and 2001World Hockey Championships...Was named to the First All-Star Team at the 2001 WorldChampionships.CAREER TRANSACTIONSSigned by Minnesota as a free agent, July 1, 2006; Acquired by Philadelphia with JanHlavac, Pavel Brendl and a 2003 third round pick (Stefan Ruzicka) from N.Y. Rangers inexchange for Eric Lindros, August 20, 2001; Selected by N.Y. Rangers in the 11th round(286th overall) of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft.PERSONALKim Emil Jorgen Johnsson and his wife, Jeanette, have two daughters, Filippa and Feliciaand reside in Sweden during the offseason...Most memorable hockey moments are gettingdrafted and winning gold at 1998 World Championships...Nicknames are “KJ”, “Kimbo”and “Johnny”...Most memorable moments away from the rink are the births of his twodaughters...Lists Coldplay as his favorite band and Macworld as his favorite magazine...JOHNSSON’S PLAYING CAREERSEASON TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW S S%1993-94 Malmo IF Jr. Swe-Jr. 14 5 3 8 – 14 – – – – –Malmo IF Sweden 2 0 0 0 – 0 – – – – –1994-95 Malmo IF Jr. Swe-Jr. 29 6 15 21 – 40 – – – – –Malmo IF Sweden 13 0 0 0 – 4 – – – – –1995-96 Malmo IF Sweden 38 2 0 2 – 30 – – – – –1996-97 Malmo Sweden 49 4 9 13 – 42 – – – – –1997-98 Malmo Sweden 45 5 9 14 – 29 – – – – –1998-99 Malmo Sweden 49 9 8 17 – 76 – – – – –1999-00 N.Y. RANGERS NHL 76 6 15 21 -13 46 1 0 1 101 5.92000-01 N.Y. RANGERS NHL 75 5 21 26 -3 40 4 0 0 104 4.82001-02 PHILADELPHIA NHL 82 11 30 41 12 42 5 0 1 150 7.32002-03 PHILADELPHIA NHL 82 10 29 39 11 38 5 0 2 159 6.32003-04 PHILADELPHIA NHL 80 13 29 42 16 26 4 0 3 189 6.92004-05 HC AmbriPiotta Swiss 24 4 10 14 – 61 – – – – –2006-07 MINNESOTA NHL 76 3 19 22 -4 64 3 0 0 98 3.12007-08 MINNESOTA NHL 80 4 23 27 -4 42 2 0 0 87 4.6WILD TOTALS 156 7 42 49 -8 106 5 0 0 185 3.8NHL TOTALS 598 58 185 243 20 332 27 0 7 985 5.9JOHNSSON’S POSTSEASON CAREERSEASON TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW S S%1994-95 Malmo IF Sweden 1 0 0 0 – 0 – – – – –1995-96 Malmo IF Sweden 4 0 1 1 – 8 – – – – –1996-97 Malmo Sweden 4 0 0 0 – 2 – – – – –1998-99 Malmo Sweden 8 2 3 5 – 12 – – – – –2001-02 PHILADELPHIA NHL 5 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 12 0.02002-03 PHILADELPHIA NHL 13 0 3 3 -1 8 0 0 0 38 0.02003-04 PHILADELPHIA NHL 15 2 6 8 -3 8 0 0 1 22 9.12006-07 MINNESOTA NHL 4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 4 0.02007-08 MINNESOTA NHL 6 0 1 1 -1 18 0 0 0 12 0.0WILD TOTALS 10 0 1 1 -2 20 0 0 0 16 0.0NHL TOTALS 43 2 10 12 -8 38 0 0 1 88 2.3JOHNSSON’S INTERNATIONAL CAREERSEASON TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS +/- PIM1993-94 Sweden EJC 5 0 0 0 – 01995-96 Sweden WJC 7 1 2 3 – 61997-98 Sweden Worlds 10 1 0 1 – 41998-99 Sweden Worlds 10 0 0 0 – 42000-01 Sweden Worlds 9 4 4 8 – 62001-02 Sweden Olympics 4 1 1 2 – 0Sweden Worlds 6 0 1 1 – 22004-05 Sweden WorldCup 4 1 3 4 -1 02005-06 Sweden Olympics – – – – – –INTERNATIONAL TOTALS 55 8 11 19 – 22Favorite television show is “Entourage”...Likes to eat oatmeal for breakfast and lists steakas his favorite food...His first job was picking potatoes...Names soccer as his favorite sportother than hockey.NHL HIGHLIGHTSMost Goals, Game:2 – five timesMost Assists, Game:3 – three timesMost Points, Game:3 – five timesMost PIM, Game:12 – vs. LA, 12/15/99Goal Streak:2g – six timesAssist Streak:5g – two timesPoint Streak:8g – 10/13-10/31/01Career Hat Tricks:NoneKim JohnssonTable of contents Hockey Operations Wild THings The Players Team History Team Records Playoff History The NHL