Mikael Backlund

Age 33 Mar 17, 1989

Vasteras SWE

Center shoots left

6'0" 183 cm

200 lbs 91 kg

ELC Signing Age 19

Waivers Signing Age 19

UFA Year 2016

Agent J.P. Barry

Draft Year 2007
Drafted Overall 24
Draft Round 1
Draft Team

Cap Hit: $5,350,000
6.6% of team cap space
Accumulated Cap Hit: $5,350,000
Year 4 of 6 year contract
Expiry Status UFA | 2024 | 35 yrs old
Career Earnings: $38,387,500

Transaction History

May 18, 2022		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund posted an assist, two hits, two PIM and a plus-2 rating in Wednesday's 9-6 win over the Oilers in Game 1.
May 13, 2022		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund scored a goal on four shots in Friday's 4-2 loss to the Stars in Game 6.
May 11, 2022		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund scored a goal on three shots, dished an assist and went plus-3 in Wednesday's 3-1 win over the Stars in Game 5.
May 9, 2022		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund scored an empty-net goal on two shots, logged two hits and added four PIM in Monday's 4-1 win over the Stars in Game 4.
Apr 27, 2022		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund notched a power-play assist, three shots on goal and a minus-2 rating in Tuesday's 5-4 overtime win over the Predators.
Apr 23, 2022		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund provided an assist, three shots on goal and two PIM in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Canucks.
Apr 16, 2022		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund provided an assist and went plus-3 in Saturday's 9-1 win over the Coyotes.
Apr 14, 2022		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund notched a power-play assist, four shots on goal and a minus-2 rating in Thursday's 6-1 loss to the Golden Knights.
Apr 12, 2022		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund logged a power-play assist and three shots on goal in Tuesday's 5-3 win over the Kraken.
Apr 2, 2022		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund recorded an assist in Saturday's 6-4 loss to the Blues.
Mar 26, 2022		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund scored a pair of goals on eight shots, dished an assist, went plus-3 and added two PIM in Saturday's 9-5 win over the Oilers.
Mar 22, 2022		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund scored a goal on two shots and went plus -2 in Tuesday's 4-3 loss to the Sharks.
Mar 19, 2022		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund notched an assist, five shots on goal, two hits and two blocked shots in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Canucks.
Mar 10, 2022		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund scored a goal on three shots in Thursday's 4-1 win over the Lightning.
Mar 2, 2022		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund scored an empty-net goal on four shots, dished an assist and went plus-2 in Tuesday's 5-1 win over the Wild.
Feb 24, 2022		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund managed an assist and two hits in Thursday's 7-1 loss to Canucks.
Feb 21, 2022		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund produced an assist and three shots on goal in Monday's 3-1 win over the Jets.
Feb 10, 2022		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund registered two assists (one on the power play), three shots on net, two hits and two PIM in Thursday's 5-2 win over the Maple Leafs.
Feb 9, 2022		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund had a goal and three assists, including one on the power play, in Wednesday's 6-0 win over the Golden Knights.
Jan 27, 2022		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund scored a goal on seven shots and added two hits in Thursday's 5-1 loss to the Blues.
Jan 26, 2022		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund scored a goal on a game-high eight shots in Wednesday's 6-0 win over the Blue Jackets.
Jan 24, 2022		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund logged an assist and fired seven shots on goal in Monday's 7-1 win over the Blues.
Jan 18, 2022		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund notched an assist and two shots on goal in Tuesday's 5-1 win over the Panthers.
Jan 4, 2022		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund notched an assist, three shots on goal and three blocked shots in Tuesday's 6-2 loss to the Panthers.
Jan 3, 2022		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund notched an assist, three shots on goal and two hits in Sunday's 5-1 win over the Blackhawks.
Dec 27, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund cleared COVID-19 protocol and practiced Monday, Pat Steinberg of Sportsnet 960 The Fan reports.
Dec 17, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| The Flames placed Backlund in COVID-19 protocol Friday.
Dec 2, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund logged a power-play assist and four shots on goal in Thursday's 3-2 win over the Kings.
Nov 21, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund scored a goal on four shots and blocked two shots in Sunday's 4-0 win over the Bruins.
Nov 20, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund produced a power-play assist in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Islanders.
Nov 11, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund scored a goal on two shots and added four hits in Thursday's 4-2 loss to the Canadiens.
Oct 30, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund scored an empty-net goal on two shots in Saturday's 4-0 win over the Flyers.
Oct 28, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund produced an assist, two shots on goal, three hits and a plus-2 rating in Thursday's 4-0 win over the Penguins.
Oct 25, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund scored a goal on four shots, dished an assist, added two PIM and went plus-2 in Monday's 5-1 win over the Rangers.
May 19, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund posted an assist, two shots on goal and a plus-2 rating in Wednesday's 6-2 win over the Canucks.
May 16, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund notched two assists, four shots on goal and two PIM in Sunday's 6-5 overtime win over the Canucks.
May 13, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund notched a power-play assist and three shots on goal in Thursday's 4-1 win over the Canucks.
May 9, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund scored a goal on six shots in Sunday's 6-1 win over the Senators.
Apr 19, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund registered an assist, three shots on goal and a minus-2 rating in Monday's 4-2 loss to the Senators.
Apr 14, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund registered an assist and two shots on goal in Wednesday's 4-1 win over the Canadiens.
Apr 13, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund recorded an assist, two shots on goal and a pair of hits in Tuesday's 3-2 overtime win over the Maple Leafs.
Apr 10, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund recorded two assists, two PIM and a plus-2 rating in Saturday's 5-0 win over the Oilers.
Apr 5, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund scored two goals, including one while shorthanded, on five shots in Monday's 5-3 loss to the Maple Leafs.
Apr 4, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund (undisclosed) recorded an assist and four shots on goal in 14:59 of ice time in Sunday's 4-2 loss to the Maple Leafs.
Apr 4, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund (undisclosed) will play in Sunday's game against the Maple Leafs, Pat Steinberg of Sportsnet 960 The Fan reports.
Apr 2, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund (undisclosed) won't play in Friday's game versus the Oilers.
Mar 27, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund produced an assist and three shots on goal in Saturday's 4-2 win over the Jets.
Mar 26, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund produced a power-play assist and two shots on goal in Friday's 3-2 loss to the Jets.
Mar 19, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund collected a power-play assist in Friday's 4-3 win over the Maple Leafs.
Mar 17, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund scored a goal on four shots but went minus-3 in Wednesday's 7-3 loss to the Oilers.
Mar 15, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund recorded two assists in Monday's 4-3 win over the Oilers.
Mar 13, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund scored a goal on three shots Saturday in a 3-1 win over Montreal.
Feb 27, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund scored a goal and two assists, one of them short-handed, in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Senators.
Feb 17, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund (lower body) had three shots on goal in Wednesday's 5-1 loss to the Canucks.
Feb 17, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund (lower body) will return to the lineup for Wednesday's game versus Vancouver, Derek Wills of Sportsnet 960 The Fan reports.
Feb 15, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund (lower body) will not suit up against the Canucks on Monday, Ben Kuzma of The Vancouver Province reports.
Feb 15, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund (lower body) is a game-time decision for Monday's game versus the Canucks, Hailey Salvian of The Athletic reports.
Feb 14, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund (lower body) was described as day-to-day by head coach Geoff Ward on Sunday, Pat Steinberg of Sportsnet 960 The Fan reports.
Feb 13, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund (lower body) will not return to Saturday's game versus the Canucks.
Feb 9, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund recorded an assist and a team-high five shots on goal in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Jets.
Feb 6, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund scored a goal on a team-high seven shots and added two assists in Saturday's 6-4 win over the Oilers.
Jan 30, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund scored an empty-net goal on four shots with four PIM in Saturday's 2-0 win at Montreal. He also had two hits and won 10 of 19 faceoffs (52.6 percent).
Jan 26, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund recorded an assist and went minus-2 in Tuesday's 4-3 loss to the Maple Leafs.
Jan 18, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund scored a goal in Monday's 5-2 win over the Canucks.
Jan 16, 2021		Calgary Flames \| Mikael Backlund \| Backlund recorded a power-play assist, two shots on goal and two PIM in Saturday's 3-0 win over the Canucks.
Dec 16, 2018	Activated	Calgary Flames \| activated C Mikael Backlund from injured reserve.
Feb 16, 2018		Calgary Flames \| signed C Mikael Backlund to a six-year, $32.1 million contract extension.
Jun 20, 2015		Calgary Flames \| re-signed C Mikael Backlund to a three year, one-way contract worth $10,725,000.
Oct 30, 2014	Injured	Calgary Flames \| placed C Mikael Backlund on IR.
Jul 10, 2013		Calgary Flames \| signed C Mikael Backlund to a two-year, $3 million contract.
Feb 8, 2013	Injured	Calgary Flames \| placed C Mikael Backlund on IR.
Jul 5, 2012		Calgary Flames \| signed C Mikael Backlund to a one-year contract.
Jan 2, 2011	Assigned	Calgary Flames \| (Mikael Backlund) assigned to Abbotsford (AHL).

Current Stats
Career Stats

2021-2022 Regular Season Stats

Mikael Backlund	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60
Calgary Flames	82	12	27	39	16	30	1,061	58.80	54.90	-0.20	57.40	2.50	0.57	1.64
Mikael Backlund Stats by Elite Prospects							Mikael Backlund Advanced Stats by

Career Stats

	Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
	2003-2004	Västmanland	TV-Pucken	8	5	1	6	8
	2003-2004	Västerås IK U16	U16 SM	3	1	3	4	4
	2004-2005	Västmanland	TV-Pucken	8	6	2	8	4
	2004-2005	Västerås IK J18	J18 Nationell	14	5	6	11	14									Playoffs	4	2	1	3	0
	2004-2005	Sweden U16 (all)	International-Jr	6	9	2	11	8
	2004-2005	Västerås IK U16	U16 SM	3	3	1	4	4
	2005-2006	Västmanland	TV-Pucken	8	11	6	17	6
	2005-2006	Västerås IK J20	J20 Nationell	25	15	16	31	30
	2005-2006	Västerås IK	HockeyAllsvenskan	12	2	2	4	14
	2005-2006	Sweden U17 (all)	International-Jr	7	6	7	13	10
	2005-2006	Sweden U18	WJC-18	3	1	0	1	0
	2005-2006	Sweden U18 (all)	International-Jr	14	2	0	2	6
Draft Yr	2006-2007	Västerås IK	HockeyAllsvenskan	18	1	2	3	14
Draft Yr	2006-2007	Västerås IK J20	J20 Nationell	7	5	4	9	8									Playoffs	5	1	0	1	0
Draft Yr	2006-2007	Västerås IK J18	J18 Nationell	2	2	1	3	2									Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
Draft Yr	2006-2007	Sweden U18	WJC-18	6	6	1	7	6
Draft Yr	2006-2007	Sweden U18 (all)	International-Jr	16	7	3	10	14
Draft Yr	2006-2007	Sweden U18	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	4	1	1	2	8
	2007-2008	Västerås IK	HockeyAllsvenskan	37	9	4	13	24
	2007-2008	Västerås IK	HockeyAllsvenskan	9	2	0	2	4
	2007-2008	Västerås IK J20	J20 Nationell	9	7	6	13	20
	2007-2008	Sweden U20	WJC-20	6	3	4	7	10
	2007-2008	Sweden U20 (all)	International-Jr	15	7	8	15	10
	2007-2008	Sweden U19 (all)	International-Jr	5	3	2	5	6
	2008-2009	Sweden U20 (all)	International-Jr	15	10	6	16	10
	2008-2009	Västerås IK	HockeyAllsvenskan	17	4	4	8	39
	2008-2009	Västerås IK J20	J20 Nationell	2	3	2	5	0
	2008-2009	Sweden U20	WJC-20	6	5	2	7	6
	2008-2009	Calgary Flames	NHL	1	0	0	0	0	9		57.82	-4.84	69.41	9.99	0.00	0.00
	2008-2009	Kelowna Rockets	WHL	28	12	18	30	26									Playoffs	19	13	10	23	0
	2008-2009	Kelowna Rockets	M-Cup	4	0	4	4	2									Playoffs	19	13	10	23	0
	2009-2010	Abbotsford Heat	AHL	54	15	17	32	26									Playoffs	13	1	8	9	0
	2009-2010	Calgary Flames	NHL	23	1	9	10	6	257	61.90	53.83	1.23	57.01	4.34	0.23	2.33
	2009-2010	Sweden	WC	6	0	1	1	2
	2009-2010	Sweden (all)	International	6	0	1	1	2
	2010-2011	Calgary Flames	NHL	73	10	15	25	18	757	53.33	57.50	4.67	56.58	6.82	0.63	1.59
	2010-2011	Abbotsford Heat	AHL	1	0	0	0	0
	2010-2011	Sweden	WC	9	3	2	5	2
	2010-2011	Sweden (all)	International	12	3	3	6	4
	2010-2011	Sweden	EHT	3	0	1	1	2
	2011-2012	Calgary Flames	NHL	41	4	7	11	16	527	35.90	51.15	3.03	51.43	5.49	0.23	0.91
	2012-2013	Calgary Flames	NHL	32	8	8	16	29	416	39.39	55.02	8.00	50.12	4.37	0.86	1.59
	2012-2013	Västerås IK	HockeyAllsvenskan	23	12	18	30	22
	2012-2013	Sweden (all)	International	3	0	1	1	0
	2012-2013	Sweden	EHT	3	0	1	1	0
	2013-2014	Calgary Flames	NHL	76	18	21	39	32	1,055	51.35	49.47	4.31	51.05	7.54	0.40	1.14
	2013-2014	Sweden	WC	10	5	3	8	29
	2013-2014	Sweden (all)	International	13	7	5	12	29
	2013-2014	Sweden	EHT	3	2	2	4	0
	2014-2015	Calgary Flames	NHL	52	10	17	27	14	707	49.15	49.33	4.44	46.30	2.56	0.51	1.70	Playoffs	11	1	1	2	0
	2015-2016	Calgary Flames	NHL	82	21	26	47	28	1,018	56.63	52.56	4.54	51.87	5.65	0.71	1.77
	2015-2016	Sweden (all)	International	12	5	1	6	4
	2015-2016	Sweden	WC	8	3	1	4	4
	2016-2017	Calgary Flames	NHL	81	22	31	53	36	1,011	53.09	51.50	4.76	54.65	5.67	0.77	1.66	Playoffs	4	1	2	3	0
	2016-2017	Sweden	WCup	2	0	0	0	0
	2016-2017	Sweden (all)	International	3	0	0	0	2
	2017-2018	Calgary Flames	NHL	82	14	31	45	78	1,105	40.43	52.44	-0.59	55.67	3.58	0.49	1.47
	2017-2018	Sweden	WC	10	2	7	9	6
	2017-2018	Sweden (all)	International	13	2	8	10	6
	2017-2018	Sweden	EHT	3	0	1	1	0
	2018-2019	Calgary Flames	NHL	77	21	26	47	52	1,087	61.29	51.76	-2.12	55.33	2.15	0.88	2.04	Playoffs	5	1	2	3	0
	2019-2020	Calgary Flames	NHL	70	16	29	45	26	981	51.60	49.30	-0.40	50.90	0.80	0.49	1.71	Playoffs	10	4	2	6	0
	2020-2021	Calgary Flames	NHL	54	9	23	32	30	706	48.50	55.80	2.90	54.30	1.40	0.59	1.95
	2021-2022	Calgary Flames	NHL	82	12	27	39	30	1,061	58.80	54.90	-0.20	57.40	2.50	0.57	1.64	Playoffs	8	3	2	5	0
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Active Contract

Signing Team

Signing Date February 16, 2018
Signing Status UFA
Agent J.P. Barry

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Standard Contract | 6 Years $32,100,000 6.56% of cap space

	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Cap Hit	$5,350,000	$5,350,000	$5,350,000	$5,350,000	$5,350,000	$5,350,000	UFA
AAV	$5,350,000	$5,350,000	$5,350,000	$5,350,000	$5,350,000	$5,350,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$3,850,000	$3,850,000	$4,350,000	$5,350,000	$5,350,000	$5,350,000
Signing Bonuses	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Salary	$5,850,000	$5,850,000	$4,350,000	$5,350,000	$5,350,000	$5,350,000
Minors Salary	$5,850,000	$5,850,000	$4,350,000	$5,350,000	$5,350,000	$5,350,000
Clauses	NTC	NTC	NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC
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				Buy It Out	Buy It Out	Buy It Out

Contract History

Signing Team

Signing Date June 20, 2015
Signing Status RFA
Agent J.P. Barry

Standard Contract | 3 Years $10,725,000 5.01% of cap space

	2015-2016	2016-2017	2017-2018
Cap Hit	$3,575,000	$3,575,000	$3,575,000	UFA
AAV	$3,575,000	$3,575,000	$3,575,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$3,575,000	$3,575,000	$3,575,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0	$0
Total Salary	$3,575,000	$3,575,000	$3,575,000
Minors Salary	$3,575,000	$3,575,000	$3,575,000
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Signing Team

Signing Date July 10, 2013
Signing Status RFA

Standard Contract | 2 Years $3,000,000 2.33% of cap space

	2013-2014	2014-2015
Cap Hit	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	RFA
AAV	$1,500,000	$1,500,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0
Base Salary	$1,450,000	$1,500,000
Signing Bonuses	$50,000	$0
Total Salary	$1,500,000	$1,500,000
Minors Salary	$1,500,000	$1,500,000
Clauses
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date July 5, 2012
Signing Status RFA

Standard Contract | 1 Years $725,000 1.21% of cap space

	2012-2013
Cap Hit	$725,000	RFA
AAV	$725,000
Performance Bonuses	$0
Base Salary	$725,000
Signing Bonuses	$0
Total Salary	$725,000
Minors Salary	$725,000
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Signing Team

Signing Date May 2, 2008

Entry Level Contract | 3 Years $3,900,000 1.54% of cap space

	2008-2009	2009-2010	2010-2011	2011-2012
Cap Hit	$875,000	$845,833	$845,833	$845,833	RFA
AAV	$1,300,000	$1,270,833	$1,270,833	$1,270,833
Performance Bonuses	$0	$425,000	$425,000	$425,000
Base Salary	$0	$787,500	$787,500	$787,500
Signing Bonuses	$87,500	$87,500	$87,500	$0
Total Salary	$0	$875,000	$875,000	$787,500
Minors Salary	$0	$65,000	$65,000	$65,000
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