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Mikael Backlund

Centre · Calgary Flames · Age 37 · b. March 17, 1989 · Vasteras, SWE · Active

Mikael Backlund finished 2025-26 with 43 points (17 G, 26 A) in 82 games — 0.52 per game. The 2026-27 pace tracker updates here after every game once the puck drops.

Regular season

606 pts · 1148 gp · 0.53 P/GP

Playoffs

22 pts · 42 gp · 0.52 P/GP

Playoff Beasts

99% playoff vs reg P/GP

P/GP trend (last yr)

+0.10 vs 2024-25

Regular Season

NHL · season by season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	TOI/G
2008-09	Calgary Flames	1	0	0	0	0.00	10:44
2009-10	Calgary Flames	23	1	9	10	0.43	12:36
2010-11	Calgary Flames	73	10	15	25	0.34	12:05
2011-12	Calgary Flames	41	4	7	11	0.27	15:23
2012-13	Calgary Flames	32	8	8	16	0.50	15:07
2013-14	Calgary Flames	76	18	21	39	0.51	18:32
2014-15	Calgary Flames	52	10	17	27	0.52	17:45
2015-16	Calgary Flames	82	21	26	47	0.57	16:26
2016-17	Calgary Flames	81	22	31	53	0.65	17:36
2017-18	Calgary Flames	82	14	31	45	0.55	19:01
2018-19	Calgary Flames	77	21	26	47	0.61	17:54
2019-20	Calgary Flames	70	16	29	45	0.64	17:57
2020-21	Calgary Flames	54	9	23	32	0.59	17:36
2021-22	Calgary Flames	82	12	27	39	0.48	17:07
2022-23	Calgary Flames	82	19	37	56	0.68	18:10
2023-24	Calgary Flames	82	15	24	39	0.48	19:14
2024-25	Calgary Flames	76	15	17	32	0.42	18:44
2025-26	Calgary Flames	82	17	26	43	0.52	17:57
Career		1148	232	374	606	0.53	17:21

Stanley Cup Playoffs

NHL · season by season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	TOI/G
2014-15	Calgary Flames	11	1	1	2	0.18	18:52
2016-17	Calgary Flames	4	1	2	3	0.75	19:49
2018-19	Calgary Flames	5	1	2	3	0.60	20:03
2019-20	Calgary Flames	10	4	2	6	0.60	19:22
2021-22	Calgary Flames	12	5	3	8	0.67	19:33
Career		42	12	10	22	0.52	19:25

Player Tracking

NHL player-tracking · 2025-26

How fast he skates and how hard he shoots, measured by the league's puck-and-player tracking. Percentiles are league-wide across all skaters; seasons with no tracking are left out, never zeroed.

Top Skating Speed

22.1 mph

45th percentile in the NHL

league avg 22.2 mph

Hardest Shot

93.5 mph

94th percentile in the NHL

league avg 83.6 mph

39% offensive-zone time (12th pct)9.7 mi skated per 60

Top skating speed by season mph

Top shot velocity by season mph

Ice Time

min:sec per game · by season

Average time on ice per game each season — how much of the coach's trust he has earned. All situations, from the NHL's official game data.

17:57 per game in 2025-26

Ice time per game min:sec

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Every number from the NHL's public API. Career splits are summed from this player's NHL season totals — regular season and Stanley Cup playoffs. The Playoff Beasts rating is career playoff points-per-game ÷ career regular-season points-per-game, ×100 — over 100% means a player raises their game when it counts.