Mikael Backlund

Born on: March 17, 1989
Birth place: Västerås, Sweden
Forward, shoots left
6 ' 0" (183 cm) | 201 lb (91 kg)

Drafted by: Calgary Flames, 1. round (#24 overall), in 2007 NHL Entry Draft

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	18	2007	Team Sweden	U18 World Championship	Tampere and Rauma, Finland
	18	2008	Team Sweden	U20 World Championship	Pardubice and Liberec, Czech Republic
	19	2009	Team Sweden	U20 World Championship	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
	20	2009	Kelowna Rockets	WHL Ed Chynoweth Cup Champion	Kelowna Rockets defeated Calgary Hitmen 4‑2 in a best of seven series.
	21	2010	Team Sweden	IIHF World Championship	Cologne, Mannheim and Gelsenkirchen, Germany
	22	2011	Team Sweden	IIHF World Championship	Bratislava and Košice, Slovakia
	25	2014	Team Sweden	World Championship	Minsk, Belarus
	29	2018	Team Sweden	World Championship	Copenhagen and Herning, Denmark
IIHF U18 World Championship Medals
IIHF U20 World Championship Medals
IIHF World Championship Medals
WHL Ed Chynoweth Cup Championships

		Overall						Time on Ice				Goals					Assists					Points						per 60 All Situations			per 60 Even-Strength			per 60 Power-Play			Shots		Defensive		Faceoffs
Date	Game	Score	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	TOI	ES	PP	SH	ESG	PPG	SHG	GWG	OTG	ESA	PPA	SHA	GWA	OTA	ESP	PPP	SHP	GWP	OTP	PPP%	G/60	A/60	P/60	ESG/60	ESA/60	ESP/60	PPG/60	PPA/60	PPP/60	SHOTS	SH%	HITS	BS	FOW	FOL	FO%
Jan 11, 2025	LAK @ CGY	(1-2)	0	0	0	0	1	19:39	15:04	2:15	2:20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	2	0.0%	0	1	5	10	33.33%
Jan 13, 2025	CGY @ CHI	(5-2)	1	0	1	0	1	16:37	12:06	2:08	2:23	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0.0%	3.611	0.000	3.611	4.959	0.000	4.959	0.000	0.000	0.000	2	50.0%	0	0	9	5	64.29%
Jan 14, 2025	CGY @ STL	(1-2)	0	0	0	0	0	17:15	13:33	1:59	1:43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	3	0.0%	0	1	6	9	40.00%
Jan 16, 2025	CGY @ STL	(1-4)	0	0	0	0	0	19:24	16:21	1:13	1:50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0%	4	0	9	12	42.86%
Jan 18, 2025	CGY @ WPG	(3-1)	0	0	0	0	1	19:21	15:07	1:32	2:42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	3	0.0%	2	1	7	10	41.18%
	GAME LOG

Stripe: Rows Seasons
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
2003‑04	Västerås IK	U16 SM	14	3	1	3	4	4	1	0	0	0	20.0
2004‑05	Västerås IK	U16 SM	15	3	3	1	4	4	-2	0	0	0	33.3
2004‑05	Västerås IK	U18 Allsvenskan	15	14	5	6	11	14	5	1	1	3	12.2
2005‑06	VIK Västerås HK	U20 SuperElit	16	25	15	16	31	30	7	6	0	3	18.3
2005‑06	VIK Västerås HK	Allsvenskan	16	12	2	2	4	14	2	0	0	1	8.3
2005‑06	Team Sweden U18		16	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	20.0
2006‑07	VIK Västerås HK	Allsvenskan	17	18	1	2	3	14	1	0	0	0	5.9
2006‑07	VIK Västerås HK	U18 Allsvenskan	17	2	2	1	3	2	3	0	0	1	18.2
2006‑07	VIK Västerås HK	U20 SuperElit	17	7	5	4	9	8	3	0	1	0	17.2
2006‑07	Team Sweden U18		17	14	7	3	10	14	-1	3	0	2
2007‑08	VIK Västerås HK	U20 SuperElit	18	9	7	6	13	20	5	2	0	1	12.3
2007‑08	VIK Västerås HK	Allsvenskan	18	37	9	4	13	24	-1	3	0	3	9.9
2007‑08	Team Sweden U20		18	6	3	4	7	10	3	0	2	1	15.8
2008‑09	VIK Västerås HK	U20 SuperElit	19	2	3	2	5	0	2	1	0	0	21.4
2008‑09	VIK Västerås HK	Allsvenskan	19	17	4	4	8	39	-3	1	0	0	8.2
2008‑09	Calgary Flames	NHL	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
2008‑09	Kelowna Rockets	WHL	19	28	12	18	30	26	10	3	0	3
2008‑09	Kelowna Rockets	Memorial Cup	19	4	0	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0.0
2008‑09	Team Sweden U20		19	9	7	5	12	8	0	4	1	1	21.9
2009‑10	Calgary Flames	NHL	20	23	1	9	10	6	5	0	0	0	2.1
2009‑10	Abbotsford Heat	AHL	20	54	15	17	32	26	0	5	0	2	8.2
2009‑10	Team Sweden		20	6	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0.0
2010‑11	Abbotsford Heat	AHL	21	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0.0
2010‑11	Calgary Flames	NHL	21	73	10	15	25	18	4	2	0	1	6.9
2010‑11	Team Sweden		21	12	3	3	6	4	4	0	0	1	11.1
2011‑12	Calgary Flames	NHL	22	41	4	7	11	16	-13	2	0	2	4.7
2012‑13	VIK Västerås HK	Allsvenskan	23	23	12	18	30	22	13	5	0	1	12.0
2012‑13	Calgary Flames	NHL	23	32	8	8	16	29	-6	2	0	1	9.1
2012‑13	Team Sweden		23	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0
2013‑14	Calgary Flames	NHL	24	76	18	21	39	32	4	5	4	3	10.1
2013‑14	Team Sweden		24	13	7	5	12	29	5	3	2	0	17.1
2014‑15	Calgary Flames	NHL	25	52	10	17	27	14	4	0	2	2	9.7
2015‑16	Calgary Flames	NHL	26	82	21	26	47	28	10	3	3	4	13.5
2015‑16	Team Sweden		26	16	7	1	8	4	-2	6	0	0	13.7
2016‑17	Calgary Flames	NHL	27	81	22	31	53	36	9	7	0	7	11.2
2016‑17	Team Sweden		27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
2017‑18	Calgary Flames	NHL	28	82	14	31	45	78	-21	3	1	2	6.5
2017‑18	Team Sweden		28	16	2	9	11	6	7	1	0	0	4.9
2018‑19	Calgary Flames	NHL	29	77	21	26	47	52	34	1	1	4	10.2
2019‑20	Calgary Flames	NHL	30	70	16	29	45	26	3	3	3	3	10.2
2020‑21	Calgary Flames	NHL	31	54	9	23	32	30	-7	0	1	1	6.3
2021‑22	Calgary Flames	NHL	32	82	12	27	39	30	16	0	0	1	5.6
2022‑23	Calgary Flames	NHL	33	82	19	37	56	36	24	5	1	2	7.3
2023‑24	Calgary Flames	NHL	34	82	15	24	39	24	-4	2	1	2	7.2
2024‑25	Calgary Flames	NHL	35	45	9	10	19	22	8	1	0	3	7.6
	NHL Totals			1035	209	341	550	477	70	36	17	38	8.3
	Allsvenskan Totals			107	28	30	58	113	12	9	0	5	10.0
	AHL Totals			55	15	17	32	26	-1	5	0	2	8.2
	U20 Nationell Totals			43	30	28	58	58	17	9	1	4	16.5
	WHL Totals			28	12	18	30	26	10	3	0	3
	U18 Nationell Totals			16	7	7	14	16	8	1	1	4	13.5
	U16 SM Totals			6	4	4	8	8	-1	0	0	0	28.6

Playoff Stats

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
2004‑05	Västerås IK	U18 Allsvenskan	15	4	2	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	16.7
2006‑07	VIK Västerås HK	U18 Allsvenskan	17	1	0	0	0	10	-2	0	0	0	0.0
2006‑07	VIK Västerås HK	U20 SuperElit	17	5	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	7.7
2007‑08	VIK Västerås HK	Allsvenskan	18	5	4	3	7	0	-1	3	0	0	20.0
2008‑09	Kelowna Rockets	WHL	19	19	13	10	23	26	16	3	1	2
2008‑09	Kelowna Rockets	Memorial Cup	19	4	0	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0.0
2009‑10	Abbotsford Heat	AHL	20	13	1	8	9	14	5	1	0	0	2.6
2014‑15	Calgary Flames	NHL	25	11	1	1	2	8	-1	0	0	1	3.3
2016‑17	Calgary Flames	NHL	27	4	1	2	3	0	-3	0	1	0	7.1
2018‑19	Calgary Flames	NHL	29	5	1	2	3	8	-5	1	0	0	5.9
2019‑20	Calgary Flames	NHL	30	10	4	2	6	8	-2	1	1	1	14.8
2021‑22	Calgary Flames	NHL	32	12	5	3	8	8	6	0	0	0	15.2
	NHL Totals			42	12	10	22	32	-5	2	2	2	9.9
	WHL Totals			19	13	10	23	26	16	3	1	2
	AHL Totals			13	1	8	9	14	5	1	0	0	2.6
	Allsvenskan Totals			5	4	3	7	0	-1	3	0	0	20.0
	U20 Nationell Totals			5	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	7.7
	U18 Nationell Totals			5	2	1	3	12	-2	0	1	0	14.3
	Memorial Cup Totals			4	0	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0.0

National Team Stats - Major Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
Team Sweden - U18 World Championship 2006	16	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	20.0
Team Sweden - U18 Junior World Cup 2006	17	4	1	1	2	8	-2	1	0	0
Team Sweden - U18 World Championship 2007	17	6	6	1	7	6	0	2	0	2	25.0
Team Sweden - U20 World Championship 2008	18	6	3	4	7	10	3	0	2	1	15.8
Team Sweden - U20 World Championship 2009	19	6	5	2	7	6	-1	3	0	1	19.2
Team Sweden - World Championship 2010	21	6	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0.0
Team Sweden - World Championship 2011	22	9	3	2	5	2	4	0	0	1	13.6
Team Sweden - World Championship 2014	25	10	5	3	8	29	3	2	2	0	14.3
Team Sweden - World Championship 2016	27	8	3	1	4	4	-2	2	0	0	9.7
Team Sweden - World Cup 2016	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Sweden - World Championship 2018	29	10	2	7	9	6	7	1	0	0	8.0
World Championship Totals		43	13	14	27	43	15	5	2	1	10.2
U20 World Championship Totals		12	8	6	14	16	2	3	2	2	17.8
U18 World Championship Totals		9	7	1	8	6	2	2	0	2	24.1
Hlinka Gretzky Cup Totals		4	1	1	2	8	-2	1	0	0
World Cup Totals		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0

National and Regional Team Stats - Miscellaneous Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	SH%
Team Sweden - U18 4‑Nations 2006	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Sweden - U18 Exhibition Game 2006	17	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0.0
Team Sweden - U20 4‑Nations 2008	19	3	2	3	5	2	1	1	1	33.3
Team Sweden - EHT ‑ Czech Hockey Games 2011	22	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0.0
Team Sweden - EHT ‑ Karjala Tournament 2012	23	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0.0
Team Sweden - EHT ‑ Oddset Hockey Games 2014	25	3	2	2	4	0	2	1	0	33.3
Team Sweden - EHT ‑ Double Headers 2016	26	4	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	22.2
Team Sweden - Euro Hockey Challenge 2016	27	4	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	18.2
Team Sweden - Euro Hockey Challenge 2018	29	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Sweden - EHT ‑ Sweden Hockey Games 2018	29	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.0
Men Totals		23	6	6	12	2	3	5	0	11.8
U18 Men Totals		4	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0.0
U20 Men Totals		3	2	3	5	2	1	1	1	33.3