Mikael Backlund

Born on: March 17, 1989
Birth place: Västerås, Sweden
Forward, shoots left
6 ' 0" (183 cm) | 205 lb (93 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
	36	2025	Team Sweden	World Championship	Stockholm, Sweden 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	SOG	SH%	HITS	BS	FOW	FOL	FO%
Apr 9, 2026	CGY @ COL	(1-3)	0	0	0	0	0	17:16	15:43	0:57	0:36	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	4	8	33.33%
Apr 11, 2026	CGY @ SEA	(1-4)	0	0	0	0	-2	15:16	12:34	0:42	2:00	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	5	0.0%	0	0	11	3	78.57%
Apr 12, 2026	UTA @ CGY	(1-4)	1	0	1	0	0	17:42	14:36	0:34	2:32	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0%	3.390	0.000	3.390	4.110	0.000	4.110	0.000	0.000	0.000	2	50.0%	0	0	10	7	58.82%
Apr 14, 2026	COL @ CGY	(3-1)	0	1	1	0	-1	16:36	13:08	0:01	3:27	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	3.614	3.614	0.000	4.569	4.569	0.000	0.000	0.000	2	0.0%	0	0	8	10	44.44%
Apr 16, 2026	LAK @ CGY	(1-3)	0	0	0	0	0	16:22	14:50	0:02	1:30	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	0	0.0%	0	0	11	8	57.89%
	GAME LOG

Rows Seasons		Overall								Goals			per Game			Shots
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
2003‑04	Västerås IK	U16 SM	14	3	1	3	4	4	1	0	0	0	0.333	1.000	1.333	5	20.0
2004‑05	Västerås IK	U16 SM	15	3	3	1	4	4	-2	0	0	0	1.000	0.333	1.333	9	33.3
2004‑05	Västerås IK	U18 Allsvenskan	15	14	5	6	11	14	5	1	1	3	0.357	0.429	0.786	41	12.2
2005‑06	VIK Västerås HK	U20 SuperElit	16	25	15	16	31	30	7	6	0	3	0.600	0.640	1.240	82	18.3
2005‑06	VIK Västerås HK	Allsvenskan	16	12	2	2	4	14	2	0	0	1	0.167	0.167	0.333	24	8.3
2005‑06	Team Sweden U18		16	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.333	0.000	0.333	5	20.0
2006‑07	VIK Västerås HK	Allsvenskan	17	18	1	2	3	14	1	0	0	0	0.056	0.111	0.167	17	5.9
2006‑07	VIK Västerås HK	U18 Allsvenskan	17	2	2	1	3	2	3	0	0	1	1.000	0.500	1.500	11	18.2
2006‑07	VIK Västerås HK	U20 SuperElit	17	7	5	4	9	8	3	0	1	0	0.714	0.571	1.286	29	17.2
2006‑07	Team Sweden U18		17	14	7	3	10	14	-1	3	0	2	0.500	0.214	0.714
2007‑08	VIK Västerås HK	U20 SuperElit	18	9	7	6	13	20	5	2	0	1	0.778	0.667	1.444	57	12.3
2007‑08	VIK Västerås HK	Allsvenskan	18	37	9	4	13	24	-1	3	0	3	0.243	0.108	0.351	91	9.9
2007‑08	Team Sweden U20		18	6	3	4	7	10	3	0	2	1	0.500	0.667	1.167	19	15.8
2008‑09	VIK Västerås HK	U20 SuperElit	19	2	3	2	5	0	2	1	0	0	1.500	1.000	2.500	14	21.4
2008‑09	VIK Västerås HK	Allsvenskan	19	17	4	4	8	39	-3	1	0	0	0.235	0.235	0.471	49	8.2
2008‑09	Calgary Flames	NHL	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0
2008‑09	Kelowna Rockets	WHL	19	28	12	18	30	26	10	3	0	3	0.429	0.643	1.071
2008‑09	Kelowna Rockets	Memorial Cup	19	4	0	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0.000	1.000	1.000	8	0.0
2008‑09	Team Sweden U20		19	9	7	5	12	8	0	4	1	1	0.778	0.556	1.333	32	21.9
2009‑10	Calgary Flames	NHL	20	23	1	9	10	6	5	0	0	0	0.043	0.391	0.435	47	2.1
2009‑10	Abbotsford Heat	AHL	20	54	15	17	32	26	0	5	0	2	0.278	0.315	0.593	182	8.2
2009‑10	Team Sweden		20	6	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0.000	0.167	0.167	15	0.0
2010‑11	Abbotsford Heat	AHL	21	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0
2010‑11	Calgary Flames	NHL	21	73	10	15	25	18	4	2	0	1	0.137	0.205	0.342	144	6.9
2010‑11	Team Sweden		21	12	3	3	6	4	4	0	0	1	0.250	0.250	0.500	27	11.1
2011‑12	Calgary Flames	NHL	22	41	4	7	11	16	-13	2	0	2	0.098	0.171	0.268	85	4.7
2012‑13	VIK Västerås HK	Allsvenskan	23	23	12	18	30	22	13	5	0	1	0.522	0.783	1.304	100	12.0
2012‑13	Calgary Flames	NHL	23	32	8	8	16	29	-6	2	0	1	0.250	0.250	0.500	88	9.1
2012‑13	Team Sweden		23	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.333	0.333	4	0.0
2013‑14	Calgary Flames	NHL	24	76	18	21	39	32	4	5	4	3	0.237	0.276	0.513	178	10.1
2013‑14	Team Sweden		24	13	7	5	12	29	5	3	2	0	0.538	0.385	0.923	41	17.1
2014‑15	Calgary Flames	NHL	25	52	10	17	27	14	4	0	2	2	0.192	0.327	0.519	103	9.7
2015‑16	Calgary Flames	NHL	26	82	21	26	47	28	10	3	3	4	0.256	0.317	0.573	155	13.5
2015‑16	Team Sweden		26	16	7	1	8	4	-2	6	0	0	0.438	0.063	0.500	51	13.7
2016‑17	Calgary Flames	NHL	27	81	22	31	53	36	9	7	0	7	0.272	0.383	0.654	197	11.2
2016‑17	Team Sweden		27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	2	0.0
2017‑18	Calgary Flames	NHL	28	82	14	31	45	78	-21	3	1	2	0.171	0.378	0.549	214	6.5
2017‑18	Team Sweden		28	16	2	9	11	6	7	1	0	0	0.125	0.563	0.688	41	4.9
2018‑19	Calgary Flames	NHL	29	77	21	26	47	52	34	1	1	4	0.273	0.338	0.610	205	10.2
2019‑20	Calgary Flames	NHL	30	70	16	29	45	26	3	3	3	3	0.229	0.414	0.643	157	10.2
2020‑21	Calgary Flames	NHL	31	54	9	23	32	30	-7	0	1	1	0.167	0.426	0.593	144	6.3
2021‑22	Calgary Flames	NHL	32	82	12	27	39	30	16	0	0	1	0.146	0.329	0.476	214	5.6
2022‑23	Calgary Flames	NHL	33	82	19	37	56	36	24	5	1	2	0.232	0.451	0.683	260	7.3
2023‑24	Calgary Flames	NHL	34	82	15	24	39	24	-4	2	1	2	0.183	0.293	0.476	209	7.2
2024‑25	Calgary Flames	NHL	35	76	15	17	32	32	4	1	1	3	0.197	0.224	0.421	175	8.6
2024‑25	Team Sweden		35	9	3	6	9	4	7	0	0	1	0.333	0.667	1.000	24	12.5
2025‑26	Calgary Flames	NHL	36	82	17	26	43	16	7	1	1	3	0.207	0.317	0.524	186	9.1
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
	NHL Totals			1148	232	374	606	503	73	37	19	41	0.202	0.326	0.528	2762	8.4
	Allsvenskan Totals			107	28	30	58	113	12	9	0	5	0.262	0.280	0.542	281	10.0
	AHL Totals			55	15	17	32	26	-1	5	0	2	0.273	0.309	0.582	183	8.2
	U20 Nationell Totals			43	30	28	58	58	17	9	1	4	0.698	0.651	1.349	182	16.5
	WHL Totals			28	12	18	30	26	10	3	0	3	0.429	0.643	1.071
	U18 Nationell Totals			16	7	7	14	16	8	1	1	4	0.438	0.438	0.875	52	13.5
	U16 SM Totals			6	4	4	8	8	-1	0	0	0	0.667	0.667	1.333	14	28.6
	Memorial Cup Totals			4	0	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0.000	1.000	1.000	8	0.0

Playoff Stats

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
2004‑05	Västerås IK	U18 Allsvenskan	15	4	2	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	0.500	0.250	0.750	12	16.7
2006‑07	VIK Västerås HK	U18 Allsvenskan	17	1	0	0	0	10	-2	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	2	0.0
2006‑07	VIK Västerås HK	U20 SuperElit	17	5	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0.200	0.000	0.200	13	7.7
2007‑08	VIK Västerås HK	Allsvenskan	18	5	4	3	7	0	-1	3	0	0	0.800	0.600	1.400	20	20.0
2008‑09	Kelowna Rockets	WHL	19	19	13	10	23	26	16	3	1	2	0.684	0.526	1.211
2009‑10	Abbotsford Heat	AHL	20	13	1	8	9	14	5	1	0	0	0.077	0.615	0.692	39	2.6
2014‑15	Calgary Flames	NHL	25	11	1	1	2	8	-1	0	0	1	0.091	0.091	0.182	30	3.3
2016‑17	Calgary Flames	NHL	27	4	1	2	3	0	-3	0	1	0	0.250	0.500	0.750	14	7.1
2018‑19	Calgary Flames	NHL	29	5	1	2	3	8	-5	1	0	0	0.200	0.400	0.600	17	5.9
2019‑20	Calgary Flames	NHL	30	10	4	2	6	8	-2	1	1	1	0.400	0.200	0.600	27	14.8
2021‑22	Calgary Flames	NHL	32	12	5	3	8	8	6	0	0	0	0.417	0.250	0.667	33	15.2
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
	NHL Totals			42	12	10	22	32	-5	2	2	2	0.286	0.238	0.524	121	9.9
	WHL Totals			19	13	10	23	26	16	3	1	2	0.684	0.526	1.211
	AHL Totals			13	1	8	9	14	5	1	0	0	0.077	0.615	0.692	39	2.6
	Allsvenskan Totals			5	4	3	7	0	-1	3	0	0	0.800	0.600	1.400	20	20.0
	U20 Nationell Totals			5	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0.200	0.000	0.200	13	7.7
	U18 Nationell Totals			5	2	1	3	12	-2	0	1	0	0.400	0.200	0.600	14	14.3

National Team Stats - Major Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
Team Sweden - U18 World Championship 2006	16	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.333	0.000	0.333	5	20.0
Team Sweden - U18 Junior World Cup 2006	17	4	1	1	2	8	-2	1	0	0	0.250	0.250	0.500
Team Sweden - U18 World Championship 2007	17	6	6	1	7	6	0	2	0	2	1.000	0.167	1.167	24	25.0
Team Sweden - U20 World Championship 2008	18	6	3	4	7	10	3	0	2	1	0.500	0.667	1.167	19	15.8
Team Sweden - U20 World Championship 2009	19	6	5	2	7	6	-1	3	0	1	0.833	0.333	1.167	26	19.2
Team Sweden - World Championship 2010	21	6	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0.000	0.167	0.167	15	0.0
Team Sweden - World Championship 2011	22	9	3	2	5	2	4	0	0	1	0.333	0.222	0.556	22	13.6
Team Sweden - World Championship 2014	25	10	5	3	8	29	3	2	2	0	0.500	0.300	0.800	35	14.3
Team Sweden - World Championship 2016	27	8	3	1	4	4	-2	2	0	0	0.375	0.125	0.500	31	9.7
Team Sweden - World Cup 2016	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	2	0.0
Team Sweden - World Championship 2018	29	10	2	7	9	6	7	1	0	0	0.200	0.700	0.900	25	8.0
Team Sweden - World Championship 2025	36	9	3	6	9	4	7	0	0	1	0.333	0.667	1.000	24	12.5
Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
World Championship Totals		52	16	20	36	47	22	5	2	2	0.308	0.385	0.692	152	10.5
U20 World Championship Totals		12	8	6	14	16	2	3	2	2	0.667	0.500	1.167	45	17.8
U18 World Championship Totals		9	7	1	8	6	2	2	0	2	0.778	0.111	0.889	29	24.1
Hlinka Gretzky Cup Totals		4	1	1	2	8	-2	1	0	0	0.250	0.250	0.500
World Cup Totals		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	2	0.0

National and Regional Team Stats - Miscellaneous Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
Team Sweden - U18 4‑Nations 2006	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	10	0.0
Team Sweden - U18 Exhibition Game 2006	17	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	1.000	1.000	1	0.0
Team Sweden - U20 4‑Nations 2008	19	3	2	3	5	2	1	1	1	0	0.667	1.000	1.667	6	33.3
Team Sweden - EHT ‑ Czech Hockey Games 2011	22	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.333	0.333	5	0.0
Team Sweden - EHT ‑ Karjala Tournament 2012	23	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.333	0.333	4	0.0
Team Sweden - EHT ‑ Oddset Hockey Games 2014	25	3	2	2	4	0	2	1	0	0	0.667	0.667	1.333	6	33.3
Team Sweden - EHT ‑ Double Headers 2016	26	4	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0.500	0.000	0.500	9	22.2
Team Sweden - Euro Hockey Challenge 2016	27	4	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0.500	0.000	0.500	11	18.2
Team Sweden - Euro Hockey Challenge 2018	29	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.333	0.333	8	0.0
Team Sweden - EHT ‑ Sweden Hockey Games 2018	29	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.333	0.333	8	0.0
Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
Men Totals		23	6	6	12	2	3	5	0	0	0.261	0.261	0.522	51	11.8
U18 Men Totals		4	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.250	0.250	11	0.0
U20 Men Totals		3	2	3	5	2	1	1	1	0	0.667	1.000	1.667	6	33.3