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CGY
C · L · 6'0"
● ACTIVE 2008 → 2026 · 18 seasons
Mikael
BACKLUND
237
Career goals
13.2/season
598
Career points
361 A
2,758
Shots on goal
8.6% SH%
74%
From "The Office"
off-wing high-danger
↳ FILTER · 2,758 SHOTS
Career arc · 18 seasons
Goals by season — peak at 23 in 2016-17.
23
Peak (2016-17)
13.2
Average / season
0
2026-27 (active)
Shot map · career
He shoots from his office.
2,756 shots plotted by puck location. Goals shown in red.
wrist
1,675 → 123 G
snap
419 → 40 G
backhand
255 → 31 G
tip-in
183 → 27 G
Season ledger
Year-by-year
SEASONGPGAPTSSH%SPARK
2008-09 1 0 0 0 0
2009-10 23 1 9 10 2.1
2010-11 73 10 15 25 6.9
2011-12 41 4 7 11 4.7
2012-13 32 8 8 16 9.1
2013-14 76 18 21 39 10
2014-15 63 11 18 29 8.3
2015-16 82 21 26 47 13.5
2016-17 85 23 33 56 10.8
2017-18 82 14 31 45 6.5
2018-19 82 22 28 50 9.9
2019-20 81 20 31 51 10.8
2021-22 94 18 30 48 7.2
2022-23 83 19 37 56 7.2
2023-24 82 15 24 39 7.2
2024-25 77 16 17 33 9
2025-26 82 17 26 43 9.1
2026-27 2 0 0 0 0
Most-faced goalies
His career arch-rivals
Milestones
From the event log
2008
NHL debut · first appearance in the play-by-play feed
2016-17
Peak season — 23 goals in 2016-17
2026
Most recent season — 0G / 0A through 2 games
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Career total: 237G · 361A · 598P
Period / time heat
When he scores
00:00P1 ENDP2 ENDP3 END
3rd
81 goals
Best period
19–20
P3 minute
Hot zone
69,712 games · 7.11M events · 8,660 players · 1.16M shot coords · 108 seasons player 8474150 · 237G · live from postgres