Mikael Backlund
Age 37 · Shoots left · 6′0″ · 206 lb · Born Vasteras, SWE
Drafted 2007, #24 overall by Calgary
2025-262025-26: 82 games, 17-26-43, 0.52 points per game Season detail →
Mikael Backlund has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 43 points in 82 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample0 points in 3 games for the 32nd-placed Calgary
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-six forward who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Calgary's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
20 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersHardest shot in the 90th percentile of forwards: 86.51 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 21.20vs
SEA1 Oct · 2nd 07:47 - 20.73@SEA4 Oct · 1st 18:07
- 20.54vsSEA1 Oct · 1st 03:43
- 20.52vsSEA1 Oct · 3rd 00:21
- 20.18@
VAN3 Oct · 1st 04:02 - 19.82@VAN3 Oct · 3rd 06:26
- 19.59@SEA4 Oct · 2nd 09:04
- 19.41vsSEA1 Oct · 1st 15:16
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 86.51vsSEA1 Oct · 2nd 07:47
- 70.54@VAN3 Oct · 2nd 10:53
- 68.93@SEA4 Oct · 3rd 16:39
- 62.70@VAN3 Oct · 2nd 12:32
- 62.15vsSEA1 Oct · 1st 17:30
- 58.52vsSEA1 Oct · 3rd 15:38
- 56.00@SEA4 Oct · 1st 03:33
- 52.73@VAN3 Oct · 1st 18:10
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.63@SEA4 Oct · 15:16 TOI
- 2.94@VAN3 Oct · 18:57 TOI
- 2.93vsSEA1 Oct · 17:07 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.83 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Colorado, a point in one of three
COLL 1-30112−116:36COLL 1-30002017:16COLL 2-90000017:56SEAW 6-10005−215:16VANW 4-10003018:57SEAL 1-60001−117:0743 points in 82 games on a team that finished 29th
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.5). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-six forward who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Calgary's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 17 goals and 26 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
4 of 17 goals broke a tie; 4 came with Calgary trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
362 attempts across the 83 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersHardest shot in the 91st percentile of forwards: 93.53 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in one game of three (34 of 82)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Colorado, a point in one of three
COLL 1-30112−116:36COLL 1-30002017:16COLL 2-90000017:56
LAKW 3-10000016:22COLL 1-30112−116:36
UTAW 4-11012017:42SEAL 1-40005−215:16COLL 1-30002017:16
DALOTL 3-4 OT0001−121:38
ANAW 5-30002−121:40
VGKL 3-60110+120:20COLL 2-90000017:56VANW 7-30110018:41SEAW 6-10005−215:16VANW 4-10003018:57SEAL 1-60001−117:07Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$3.25M a season through 2027-28
In 2025-26 he scored 13.2 points per $1M of cap hit, 82nd of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.
With Calgary
Eighteen seasons · 2008-09 to 2025-264th in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
By opponent
Seattle0 P in 20.00 P/GPFranchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsEighteen seasons, all with the Flames
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct