Mikael Backlund #11

C · Calgary Flames · Age 36 · Shoots L · 6′0″, 205 lb · Draft: 2007, round 1, 24th overall

2025-26 regular season. Shading and Pctl are the percentile among the season's forwards who meet the tables' minimum (darker is better).

Summary		Pctl
GP	82	92nd
TOI/GP	17:57	77th
G	17	61st
A	26	69th
P	43	65th
P/60	1.75	44th
ixG	17.7	61st
G−ixG	−0.7	51st
xGF%	47.0	28th
Rel xGF%	+1.1	59th
GS/GP	+0.44	45th
Pen ±	−1	30th

Scoring		Pctl
G	17	61st
A1	23	87th
A2	3	16th
P	43	65th
P1	40	77th
P/60	1.75	44th
5v5 P/60	1.57	50th
PPP	3	40th
SHP	5	99th
ENG	4	94th

Shooting		Pctl
SOG	186	86th
iCF	349	82nd
iFF	272	83rd
ixG	17.7	61st
ixG/60	0.72	34th
G	17	61st
G−ixG	−0.7	51st
Sh%	9.1	23rd
xSh%	6.5	5th
Blk'd	77	81st
5v5 iCF/60	15.0	83rd

On ice (5v5)		Pctl
5v5 TOI	1108	88th
CF%	50.2	57th
FF%	50.2	55th
xGF%	47.0	28th
GF%	50.0	51st
xGF/60	2.25	27th
xGA/60	2.54	51st
oiSh%	7.7	21st
oiSv%	92.1	81st
PDO	99.7	48th
Rel CF%	+1.3	67th
Rel xGF%	+1.1	59th
OZS%	21.6	4th

Usage		Pctl
TOI/GP	17:57	77th
EV/GP	14:25	75th
5v5/GP	13:30	75th
PP/GP	1:05	41st
SH/GP	2:27	97th
Shifts/GP	24.0	96th
Shift	0:45	34th
OZ	133	33rd
NZ	321	95th
DZ	483	99th
OZS%	21.6	4th

Game Score		Pctl
GS	+36.1	53rd
GS/GP	+0.44	45th
GS/60	+1.47	34th
Scoring	+30.5	67th
Shooting	+11.5	61st
On ice	−5.9	21st
Penalties	−0.3	23rd
Faceoffs	0.0	65th
Other	+0.3	18th

Other		Pctl
Hits	23	12th
Blk	28	39th
Tk	32	94th
Gv	86	10th
PenD	7	16th
PenT	8	71st
Pen ±	−1	30th
PP min ±	−4.0	23rd
FOW	720	97th
FOL	721	1st
FO%	50.0	70th

By season

Season		GP	G	A	P	ixG	xGF%	GS/GP	TOI/GP
2026-27	Regular season	8	1	1	2	3.1	50.5	+0.34	17:44
2025-26	Regular season	82	17	26	43	17.7	47.0	+0.44	17:57

Rolling 10-game averages

5v5 xGF% (scale at right)Game Score per game (±1.0), centred on 0 · each point the 10 games to that one, 82 games in all

Linemates

Teammate	Pos	Together	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%
Blake Coleman	L	920:07	51.0	50.2
Kevin Bahl	D	706:58	47.0	44.0
Matt Coronato	R	421:00	49.2	43.9
Rasmus Andersson	D	410:50	48.2	46.9
MacKenzie Weegar	D	377:29	51.9	48.1
Connor Zary	C	333:34	51.8	44.7
Yegor Sharangovich	C	327:08	50.9	42.0
Zach Whitecloud	D	312:17	47.0	45.0

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%	GS
Apr 16	vs LAK	W 3–1	16:22	0	0	0	0.00	36	12	−0.81
Apr 14	vs COL	L 1–3	16:36	0	1	2	0.13	53	62	+1.12
Apr 12	vs UTA	W 4–1	17:42	1	0	2	0.70	29	56	+1.33
Apr 11	@ SEA	L 1–4	15:16	0	0	5	0.12	71	55	+0.13
Apr 9	@ COL	L 1–3	17:16	0	0	2	0.15	50	31	−0.92
Apr 7	@ DAL	L 3–4 OT	21:38	0	0	1	0.20	58	53	−0.05
Apr 4	@ ANA	W 5–3	21:40	0	0	2	0.01	30	33	−0.63
Apr 2	@ VGK	L 3–6	20:20	0	1	0	0.00	25	61	+1.12
Mar 30	@ COL	L 2–9	17:56	0	0	0	0.13	48	58	+0.37
Mar 28	vs VAN	W 7–3	18:41	0	1	0	0.01	19	12	−0.29
Mar 26	vs ANA	L 2–3 OT	21:54	0	0	2	0.26	37	49	+0.28
Mar 24	vs LAK	W 3–2 OT	19:25	0	0	3	0.20	63	90	+0.72
Mar 22	vs TBL	W 4–3 OT	18:44	1	0	2	0.19	44	40	+0.42
Mar 20	vs FLA	W 4–1	17:58	0	0	4	0.14	50	59	+0.43
Mar 18	vs STL	W 2–1 OT	20:53	0	0	0	0.00	40	43	−0.26
Mar 16	@ DET	L 2–5	17:45	0	0	2	0.36	68	51	+0.12
Mar 14	@ NYI	L 2–3	17:07	1	0	4	0.11	76	60	+1.13
Mar 12	@ NJD	W 5–4	18:07	1	0	3	0.34	42	53	+1.23
Mar 10	@ NYR	L 0–4	16:04	0	0	1	0.03	48	12	−0.69
Mar 9	@ WSH	L 3–7	18:26	0	1	0	0.16	53	46	+0.48
Mar 7	vs CAR	W 5–4	18:03	0	0	2	0.03	35	9	−1.04
Mar 5	vs OTT	L 1–4	21:21	0	0	1	0.06	40	42	−0.10
Mar 3	vs DAL	L 1–6	17:02	0	0	3	0.14	48	15	−1.02
Mar 1	@ ANA	L 2–3 OT	18:14	0	0	3	0.34	39	50	+0.07
Feb 28	@ LAK	L 0–2	16:56	0	0	2	0.17	33	21	−0.71
Feb 26	@ SJS	W 4–1	18:57	1	1	5	0.79	36	38	+1.79
Feb 4	vs EDM	W 4–3	21:05	0	0	2	0.79	58	62	+0.83
Feb 2	vs TOR	L 2–4	16:16	0	0	2	0.26	69	75	+0.72
Jan 31	vs SJS	W 3–2	20:40	0	1	3	0.25	57	49	+0.78
Jan 29	@ MIN	L 1–4	20:30	0	0	2	0.17	61	56	+0.12
Jan 25	vs ANA	L 3–4 OT	19:20	0	1	3	0.30	67	75	+1.71
Jan 23	vs WSH	L 1–3	20:14	0	0	1	0.04	41	17	−1.14
Jan 21	vs PIT	L 1–4	17:50	0	0	1	0.22	60	43	−0.13
Jan 19	vs NJD	L 1–2 OT	17:23	0	0	4	0.34	36	41	−0.01
Jan 17	vs NYI	W 4–2	19:51	0	0	1	0.05	41	28	−0.64
Jan 15	@ CHI	W 3–1	20:07	1	1	3	0.27	55	69	+2.07
Jan 13	@ CBJ	L 3–5	20:31	1	1	4	0.60	43	36	+1.38
Jan 10	@ PIT	W 2–1	19:37	0	1	1	0.06	67	64	+0.86
Jan 8	@ BOS	L 1–4	17:35	0	0	5	0.70	42	52	+0.17
Jan 7	@ MTL	L 1–4	18:21	0	0	1	0.05	54	37	−0.36
Jan 5	vs SEA	L 1–5	16:39	0	0	7	0.19	55	48	−0.08
Jan 3	vs NSH	L 3–4	17:57	0	1	1	0.27	50	57	+1.44
Dec 31	vs PHI	W 5–1	15:56	1	0	2	0.12	57	74	+1.61
Dec 29	vs BOS	W 2–1 OT	16:38	0	1	2	0.13	63	63	+1.12
Dec 27	vs EDM	W 3–2	19:27	0	1	6	0.19	40	27	−0.13
Dec 23	@ EDM	L 1–5	18:24	0	1	4	0.26	41	22	−0.42
Dec 20	vs VGK	W 6–3	19:24	2	1	5	0.75	39	39	+2.23
Dec 18	vs SEA	W 4–2	16:34	2	0	4	1.20	71	64	+2.72
Dec 16	@ SJS	L 3–6	17:50	0	0	3	0.10	71	60	+0.39
Dec 13	@ LAK	W 2–1 OT	11:10	0	0	3	0.13	75	53	+0.09
Dec 10	vs DET	L 3–4	17:08	0	0	3	0.22	59	40	−0.36
Dec 8	vs BUF	W 7–4	16:29	1	0	2	0.80	52	50	+1.16
Dec 6	vs UTA	W 2–0	18:01	0	0	1	0.14	31	14	−0.33
Dec 4	vs MIN	W 4–1	20:11	0	1	1	0.12	38	43	+0.31
Dec 2	@ NSH	L 1–5	17:48	0	0	2	0.01	59	55	+0.31
Nov 30	@ CAR	L 0–1 OT	19:53	0	0	0	0.00	28	21	−0.60
Nov 28	@ FLA	W 5–3	19:49	0	1	1	0.09	42	73	+1.68
Nov 26	@ TBL	L 1–5	18:19	0	0	1	0.07	50	71	0.00
Nov 23	@ VAN	W 5–2	18:16	0	2	2	0.34	58	86	+2.49
Nov 22	vs DAL	W 3–2 OT	21:24	0	0	0	0.04	61	71	+0.28
Nov 19	@ BUF	W 6–2	16:53	1	0	3	0.19	66	69	+1.26
Nov 18	@ CHI	L 2–5	18:17	0	1	2	0.05	63	70	+1.01
Nov 15	vs WPG	L 3–4 OT	15:59	0	0	0	0.05	48	73	+0.21
Nov 13	vs SJS	W 2–0	16:00	0	1	2	0.21	70	97	+2.14
Nov 11	@ STL	L 2–3	15:56	0	1	3	0.06	52	22	+0.40
Nov 9	@ MIN	L 0–2	14:35	0	0	3	0.07	72	56	+0.18
Nov 7	vs CHI	L 0–4	14:16	0	0	4	0.44	47	62	+0.43
Nov 5	vs CBJ	W 5–1	14:46	1	0	4	0.66	63	74	+1.71
Nov 2	@ PHI	W 2–1	17:31	0	0	2	0.06	40	23	−0.53
Nov 1	@ NSH	L 2–4	16:13	0	0	4	0.31	82	81	+1.06
Oct 30	@ OTT	L 3–4 OT	18:31	0	0	6	0.33	58	59	+0.23
Oct 28	@ TOR	L 3–4	16:27	0	1	1	0.01	38	37	+0.15
Oct 26	vs NYR	W 5–1	16:43	0	2	1	0.04	35	39	+1.23
Oct 24	@ WPG	L 3–5	15:42	1	1	4	0.50	74	84	+2.66
Oct 22	vs MTL	L 1–2 OT	19:39	0	0	5	0.20	55	30	−0.20
Oct 20	vs WPG	L 1–2	18:54	0	0	0	0.00	52	19	−0.38
Oct 18	@ VGK	L 1–6	13:03	0	0	2	0.02	59	32	−0.52
Oct 15	@ UTA	L 1–3	19:09	0	0	1	0.00	43	48	−0.34
Oct 14	vs VGK	L 2–4	15:25	1	0	3	0.41	58	62	+1.54
Oct 11	vs STL	L 2–4	14:39	0	0	0	0.00	67	63	−0.28
Oct 9	@ VAN	L 1–5	16:31	0	0	1	0.01	33	39	−0.23
Oct 8	@ EDM	W 4–3 OT	19:38	0	0	1	0.01	48	13	−0.07