Mikael Backlund
01/Where he scores from
Backlund scored 15 regular season goals on 246 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2025-26. His densest patch is the crease, 8 ft out: 9/15 · 60% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 34% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 9/15 · 60% of his goals came from here, on 65/246 · 26% of his attempts — 9/65 · 14% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 4/15 · 27% of his goals came from here, on 54/246 · 22% of his attempts — 4/54 · 7% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 2/15 · 13% of his goals came from here, on 116/246 · 47% of his attempts — 2/116 · 2% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 0/15 · 0% of his goals came from here, on 11/246 · 4% of his attempts — 0/11 · 0% of what he sent from there went in.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone — which is where 2 of his goals in this window came from, empty nets and long range. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
Backlund scored 43 regular season goals on 794 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. His densest patch is the doorstep, 10 ft out: 24/43 · 56% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 38% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 20/43 · 47% of his goals came from here, on 182/794 · 23% of his attempts — 20/182 · 11% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 15/43 · 35% of his goals came from here, on 224/794 · 28% of his attempts — 15/224 · 7% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 8/43 · 19% of his goals came from here, on 333/794 · 42% of his attempts — 8/333 · 2% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 0/43 · 0% of his goals came from here, on 55/794 · 7% of his attempts — 0/55 · 0% of what he sent from there went in.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone — which is where 4 of his goals in this window came from, empty nets and long range. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
Backlund scored 226 regular season goals on 3,616 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2010-11 to 2025-26. His densest patch is the doorstep, 12 ft out: 103/226 · 46% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 29% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 113/226 · 50% of his goals came from here, on 806/3,616 · 22% of his attempts — 113/806 · 14% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 87/226 · 38% of his goals came from here, on 1,353/3,616 · 37% of his attempts — 87/1,353 · 6% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 24/226 · 11% of his goals came from here, on 1,199/3,616 · 33% of his attempts — 24/1,199 · 2% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 2/226 · 1% of his goals came from here, on 258/3,616 · 7% of his attempts — 2/258 · 1% of what he sent from there went in.
Backlund scored 12 playoff goals on 145 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2010-11 to 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 4 of his 12 goals came from here, on 31 of his 145 attempts.
Slot. 5 of his 12 goals came from here, on 59 of his 145 attempts.
Perimeter. 3 of his 12 goals came from here, on 47 of his 145 attempts.
Point. 0 of his 12 goals came from here, on 8 of his 145 attempts.
Under 150 located attempts, so the counts are raw. A share of 145 shots moves by more than a point on one bounce, and printing it would give the sample an authority it has not earned.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2010-11 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone — which is where 5 of his goals in this window came from, empty nets and long range. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
02/When his goals came
9 of his 17 goals came in the 3rd period, on 63 shots. That is a record of last season, not a description of the player: which period a skater scores in does not carry from one year to the next.
03/Game log
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | S | H | +/- | PIM | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17 | LAK | W 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:22 |
| Apr 15 | COL | L 1-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:36 |
| Apr 13 | UTA | W 4-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:42 |
| Apr 11 | @SEA | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:16 |
| Apr 10 | @COL | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:16 |
| Apr 8 | @DAL | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:38 |
| Apr 5 | @ANA | W 5-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 21:40 |
| Apr 3 | @VGK | L 3-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:20 |
| Mar 31 | @COL | L 2-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:56 |
| Mar 29 | VAN | W 7-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:41 |
| Mar 27 | ANA | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:54 |
| Mar 25 | LAK | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:25 |
| Mar 23 | TBL | W 4-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:44 |
| Mar 21 | FLA | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:58 |
| Mar 19 | STL | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:53 |
| Mar 16 | @DET | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:45 |
| Mar 14 | @NYI | L 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:07 |
| Mar 12 | @NJD | W 5-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:07 |
| Mar 10 | @NYR | L 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:04 |
| Mar 9 | @WSH | L 3-7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:26 |
| Mar 8 | CAR | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 18:03 |
| Mar 6 | OTT | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 21:21 |
| Mar 4 | DAL | L 1-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:02 |
| Mar 2 | @ANA | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:14 |
| Mar 1 | @LAK | L 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:56 |
Showing the 25 most recent of 82 regular season games. Playoff games are kept out of this table and totalled separately in the career record.
04/Splits
Home / Road
In wins / In losses
Every split prints its own denominator. Any split under eight games is greyed rather than hidden, so the edge of the sample is visible instead of guessed at.
05/Career
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-10 | CGY | 23 | – | – | – | +5 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 12:36 |
| 2010-11 | CGY | 73 | 10 | 15 | 25 | +4 | 18 | 144 | 6.9 | 35 | 19 | 12:05 |
| 2011-12 | CGY | 41 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -13 | 16 | 85 | 4.7 | 25 | 19 | 15:23 |
| 2012-13 | CGY | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | -3 | 29 | 88 | 9.1 | 31 | 19 | 10:20 |
| 2013-14 | CGY | 76 | 18 | 21 | 39 | -3 | 32 | 178 | 10.1 | 64 | 62 | 14:51 |
| 2014-15 | CGY | 52 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 0 | 14 | 103 | 9.7 | 41 | 32 | 15:58 |
| 2015-16 | CGY | 82 | 21 | 26 | 47 | +10 | 28 | 155 | 13.5 | 68 | 51 | 13:33 |
| 2016-17 | CGY | 81 | 22 | 31 | 53 | +9 | 36 | 197 | 11.2 | 55 | 41 | 13:59 |
| 2017-18 | CGY | 82 | 14 | 31 | 45 | -18 | 78 | 214 | 6.5 | 54 | 40 | 15:49 |
| 2018-19 | CGY | 77 | 21 | 26 | 47 | +21 | 52 | 205 | 10.2 | 52 | 26 | 15:25 |
| 2019-20 | CGY | 70 | 16 | 29 | 45 | +2 | 26 | 157 | 10.2 | 44 | 11 | 15:13 |
| 2020-21 | CGY | 54 | 9 | 23 | 32 | -5 | 30 | 144 | 6.3 | 43 | 21 | 15:40 |
| 2021-22 | CGY | 82 | 12 | 27 | 39 | +12 | 30 | 214 | 5.6 | 62 | 27 | 15:15 |
| 2022-23 | CGY | 82 | 19 | 37 | 56 | +19 | 36 | 260 | 7.3 | 97 | 31 | 16:17 |
| 2023-24 | CGY | 82 | 15 | 24 | 39 | +2 | 24 | 209 | 7.2 | 70 | 40 | 17:07 |
| 2024-25 | CGY | 76 | 15 | 17 | 32 | +3 | 32 | 175 | 8.6 | 41 | 61 | 2:36 |
| 2025-26 | CGY | 82 | 17 | 26 | 43 | -2 | 16 | 186 | 9.1 | 23 | 37 | 15:17 |
| Career | from 2010-11 | 1,147 | 231 | 365 | 596 | +43 | 503 | 2,714 | 8.5 | 805 | 537 | 14:06 |
Playoffs
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-15 | CGY | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 8 | 30 | 3.3 | 12 | 9 | – |
| 2016-17 | CGY | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 0 | 14 | 7.1 | 8 | 3 | – |
| 2018-19 | CGY | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 8 | 17 | 5.9 | 11 | 3 | – |
| 2019-20 | CGY | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | — | 8 | 27 | 14.8 | 19 | 6 | – |
| 2021-22 | CGY | 12 | 5 | 3 | 8 | — | 8 | 33 | 15.2 | 17 | 3 | – |
| Career | 42 | 12 | 10 | 22 | — | 32 | 121 | 9.9 | 67 | 24 | – |
Seasons before 2010-11 predate the play-by-play record used here. Those rows carry appearances, time on ice, penalty minutes and plus/minus from box scores; the columns derived from event data are left blank rather than filled with a zero.
06/Bio
- Position
- Center
- Jersey
- #11
- Shoots
- L
- Height
- 6'0"
- Weight
- 206 lb
- Born
- Mar 17, 1989 (age 37)
- Birthplace
- Vasteras, SWE
- Drafted
- 2007 · Round 1 · Pick 24 · CGY
- Club
- Calgary Flames
