Mikael Backlund

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Roster

Height: 6′0″

Weight: 206 lb

Born: 3/17/1989 (Age: 36)

Birthplace: Vasteras, SWE

Shoots: L

Draft: 2007, CGY (24th overall), 1st round, 24th pick

2024-25 Season

GP	G	A	P	+/-
76	15	17	32	+4

Career

GP	G	A	P	+/-
1066	215	348	563	+66

Last 5 Games

Date	Opp
Apr 17, 25	@ LAK	1	1	2	+2	0	3	21	18:02
Apr 15, 25	vs VGK	1	0	1	0	0	2	24	19:09
Apr 13, 25	vs SJS	0	1	1	0	0	2	25	19:31
Apr 11, 25	vs MIN	1	0	1	+1	0	5	26	21:10
Apr 9, 25	@ ANA	1	1	2	+1	2	5	29	20:30

Stats

Career Stats


2008-09	Calgary Flames	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:44	0	0	1	0.0	28.6
2009-10	Calgary Flames	23	1	9	10	+5	6	0	0	0	0	12:36	0	0	47	2.1	53.4
2010-11	Calgary Flames	73	10	15	25	+4	18	2	4	0	1	12:05	1	0	144	6.9	48.0
2011-12	Calgary Flames	41	4	7	11	-13	16	2	3	0	0	15:23	2	0	85	4.7	45.4
2012-13	Calgary Flames	32	8	8	16	-6	29	2	4	0	0	15:07	1	0	88	9.1	47.7
2013-14	Calgary Flames	76	18	21	39	+4	32	5	11	4	4	18:32	3	1	178	10.1	47.5
2014-15	Calgary Flames	52	10	17	27	+4	14	0	1	2	2	17:45	2	1	103	9.7	48.3
2015-16	Calgary Flames	82	21	26	47	+10	28	3	9	3	4	16:26	4	2	155	13.6	47.2
2016-17	Calgary Flames	81	22	31	53	+9	36	7	16	0	3	17:36	7	2	197	11.2	48.1
2017-18	Calgary Flames	82	14	31	45	-21	78	3	11	1	3	19:01	2	0	214	6.5	50.0
2018-19	Calgary Flames	77	21	26	47	+34	52	1	2	1	2	17:54	4	1	205	10.2	49.6
2019-20	Calgary Flames	70	16	29	45	+3	26	3	10	3	3	17:57	3	0	157	10.2	47.3
2020-21	Calgary Flames	54	9	23	32	-7	30	0	6	1	2	17:36	1	0	144	6.3	52.0
2021-22	Calgary Flames	82	12	27	39	+16	30	0	7	0	0	17:07	1	0	214	5.6	50.5
2022-23	Calgary Flames	82	19	37	56	+24	36	5	12	1	4	18:10	2	1	260	7.3	50.9
2023-24	Calgary Flames	82	15	24	39	-4	24	2	3	1	2	19:14	2	0	209	7.2	50.3
2024-25	Calgary Flames	76	15	17	32	+4	32	1	6	1	1	18:44	3	0	175	8.6	48.4
Career		1066	215	348	563	+66	487	36	105	18	31	17:18	38	8	2576	8.3	49.0

Date	Team	Opp
Apr 17, 25	CGY	@ LAK	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	21	18:02
Apr 15, 25	CGY	vs VGK	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	24	19:09
Apr 13, 25	CGY	vs SJS	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	25	19:31
Apr 11, 25	CGY	vs MIN	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	26	21:10
Apr 9, 25	CGY	@ ANA	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	29	20:30
Apr 7, 25	CGY	@ SJS	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	16:27
Apr 5, 25	CGY	vs VGK	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	27	18:55
Apr 3, 25	CGY	vs ANA	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	24	18:22
Apr 1, 25	CGY	@ UTA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	26	18:49
Mar 31, 25	CGY	@ COL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	22	15:13
Mar 29, 25	CGY	@ EDM	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	17:08
Mar 27, 25	CGY	vs DAL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	23	17:07
Mar 12, 25	CGY	vs VAN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2:58
Mar 8, 25	CGY	vs MTL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	25	16:37
Mar 6, 25	CGY	@ DAL	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	24	18:49
Mar 4, 25	CGY	@ PHI	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	16:45
Mar 2, 25	CGY	@ CAR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	23:01
Mar 1, 25	CGY	@ FLA	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	21	16:19
Feb 27, 25	CGY	@ TBL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	23	16:58
Feb 25, 25	CGY	@ WSH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	23	18:58
Feb 23, 25	CGY	vs SJS	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	16:29
Feb 8, 25	CGY	vs SEA	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	27	20:37
Feb 6, 25	CGY	vs COL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	15:43
Feb 4, 25	CGY	vs TOR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	27	20:15
Feb 2, 25	CGY	@ SEA	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	22	17:15
Feb 1, 25	CGY	vs DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	18:25
Jan 30, 25	CGY	vs ANA	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	22	14:41
Jan 28, 25	CGY	vs WSH	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	20:24
Jan 26, 25	CGY	@ WPG	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	22	18:52
Jan 25, 25	CGY	@ MIN	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	23	21:14
Jan 23, 25	CGY	vs BUF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	26	19:27
Jan 18, 25	CGY	@ WPG	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	24	19:21
Jan 16, 25	CGY	@ STL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	24	19:24
Jan 14, 25	CGY	@ STL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	20	17:15
Jan 13, 25	CGY	@ CHI	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	22	16:37
Jan 11, 25	CGY	vs LAK	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	24	19:39
Jan 7, 25	CGY	@ ANA	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	27	20:18
Jan 4, 25	CGY	vs NSH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	25	19:33
Jan 2, 25	CGY	vs UTA	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	19:27
Dec 31, 24	CGY	vs VAN	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	18:06
Dec 29, 24	CGY	@ VGK	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	22	18:43
Dec 28, 24	CGY	@ SJS	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	23	21:23
Dec 21, 24	CGY	vs CHI	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	6	27	20:56
Dec 19, 24	CGY	vs OTT	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	25	16:18
Dec 17, 24	CGY	vs BOS	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	29	21:08
Dec 14, 24	CGY	vs FLA	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	29	19:47
Dec 12, 24	CGY	vs TBL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	24	18:41
Dec 10, 24	CGY	@ NSH	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	23	18:48
Dec 8, 24	CGY	@ DAL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	20	16:31
Dec 5, 24	CGY	vs STL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	23	18:05
Dec 3, 24	CGY	vs CBJ	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	23	20:14
Nov 30, 24	CGY	@ PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	25	18:53
Nov 29, 24	CGY	@ CBJ	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	18:13
Nov 27, 24	CGY	@ DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	27	18:40
Nov 25, 24	CGY	@ OTT	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	24	20:47
Nov 23, 24	CGY	vs MIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	26	22:09
Nov 21, 24	CGY	vs NYR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	26	18:11
Nov 19, 24	CGY	vs NYI	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	25	20:02
Nov 15, 24	CGY	vs NSH	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	27	19:18
Nov 12, 24	CGY	@ VAN	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	20:42
Nov 11, 24	CGY	vs LAK	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	23	18:40
Nov 9, 24	CGY	@ BUF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	23	20:52
Nov 7, 24	CGY	@ BOS	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	25	19:12
Nov 5, 24	CGY	@ MTL	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	24	19:57
Nov 3, 24	CGY	vs EDM	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	23	19:06
Nov 1, 24	CGY	vs NJD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	25	19:33
Oct 30, 24	CGY	@ UTA	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	18	16:20
Oct 28, 24	CGY	@ VGK	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	23	16:07
Oct 26, 24	CGY	vs WPG	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	24	21:07
Oct 24, 24	CGY	vs CAR	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	23	18:49
Oct 22, 24	CGY	vs PIT	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	28	22:11
Oct 19, 24	CGY	@ SEA	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	24	21:09
Oct 15, 24	CGY	vs CHI	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	22	18:45
Oct 13, 24	CGY	@ EDM	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	23	20:31
Oct 12, 24	CGY	vs PHI	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	27	19:03
Oct 9, 24	CGY	@ VAN	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	21:19

Awards

King Clancy Memorial Trophy

Season	GP
2022-23	82

Bio

Mikael Backlund

The Flames honored Backlund on Sept. 27, 2023, not only with a two-year, $9 million contract (average annual value of $4.5 million) that started with the 2024-25 season, he was named the first team captain since defenseman Mark Giordano was claimed by the Seattle Kraken in the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft.

He was in the final season of a six-year, $32.1 million contract ($5.3 million AAV) he signed Feb. 16, 2018, and could have become an unrestricted free agent after a season when he had 56 points (19 goals, 37 assists) in 82 games and was voted the King Clancy Trophy for leadership and humanitarian contributions to his community.

"Mikael Backlund is our captain," Flames general manager Craig Conroy said. "He has been our captain for some time."

Backlund became the 397th skater and the 19th born in Sweden to play his 1,000th NHL game when the Flames lost 5-1 to the Utah Hockey Club at Delta Center on Oct. 30. He also joined former teammate and Calgary captain Jarome Iginla as the second Flames player to skate his first 1,000 NHL games with the team.

Selected by the Flames in the first round (No. 24) of the 2007 NHL Draft, Backlund endured multiple stops and starts due to injury (broken finger, shoulder separation, abdominal pull) that slowed his progress.

The Flames stuck by the Vasteras, Sweden, native through the setbacks that caused him to miss significant time in two of his first three seasons. Calgary signed Backlund to a two-year contract in July of 2013.

The 2013-14 season was a turning point; he played 76 games and finished with 18 goals and 39 points.

Backlund was limited to 52 games in 2014-15 due to an abdominal muscle pull, but bounced back the following season to play in all 82 games for the first time.

After the season, the Flames signed Backlund to a multiyear contract.

NOTES & TRANSACTIONS

Signed as a free agent by Vasteras (Sweden-2), October 4, 2012.

Mikael Backlund

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Last 5 Games

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