Mikael Backlund

C
6'0", 207 lbs
SPOKANE KNIGHTS

BornVasteras, SWE
Age36 (1989-03-17)
Drafted2007 Round 1, 20th OV - ANCHORAGE ACES
Experience15 years
Contract5,000,000$ for 2 years (UFA) One-Way
PopularityHigh
Potential

2025-2026 WCHL Season

GP	G	A	PTS
32	6	15	21
2025-2026 NHL Season with CGY
66	15	23	38

Compare to


138	Tomas Plekanec	656
139	Brian Rolston	649
140	Mikael Backlund	647
141	Mikael Granlund	646
142	Josh Bailey	644


144	Kyle Palmieri	258
145	Mikael Backlund	257
146	Ondrej Palat	257
147	Saku Koivu	256
148	Wayne Simmonds	254


99	Brent Seabrook	1097
100	Kyle Palmieri	1094
101	Mikael Backlund	1093
102	Martin Erat	1092
103	David Backes	1092


16	Max Pacioretty	235
17	Martin Rucinsky	228
18	Mikael Backlund	226
19	Chris Pronger	222
20	Blake Wheeler	212


13	Patrick Marleau	106
14	Martin Rucinsky	91
15	Mikael Backlund	84
16	Kristopher Letang	79
17	Blake Wheeler	78


24	Patrick Marleau	284
25	Darroll Powe	284
26	Mikael Backlund	280
27	Stephen Weiss	278
28	Chris Pronger	264

	CK	FG	DI	SK	ST	EN	DU	PH	FO	PA	SC	DF	PS	EX	LD
Player ratings	49	28	81	79	56	99	82	77	91	57	67	76	45	99	38
Projections	44	-	84	81	55	97	88	69	90	68	77	68	45	-	-
League average	61	39	77	69	60	80	70	64	51	57	63	52	43	50	33

GAME LOG

DATE		RESULT	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	SOG	HTS	SB	FO	MP	PPMP	SHMP
Day 155	SACRAMENTO	W 4-2	0	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	13/20	18:54	0:00	1:28
Day 153	TEXAS	W 3-1	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	17/21	17:50	0:00	1:18
Day 151	BOISE	L 4-5	0	2	2	2	0	5	0	0	16/25	17:35	0:00	0:00
Day 148	SEATTLE	L 3-4	1	0	1	-2	0	3	2	1	17/28	19:19	0:00	0:00
Day 146	VANCOUVER	W 7-3	1	2	3	4	2	6	1	1	19/28	20:55	0:00	4:31

SEASON CAREER STATS

SEASON	LEAGUE	TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PPP	SHP	GWG	GTG	PIM	SHT	FO%	SB	H	MP/G
2025-2026	WCHL	SPOKANE KNIGHTS	32	6	15	21	9	0	1	1	0	6	74	63.55	8	24	17:30
2024-2025	WCHL	BOISE CARIBOUS	81	17	32	49	25	1	0	4	1	12	160	61.2	15	41	18:08
2023-2024	WCHL	BANFF WOLVES	81	21	26	47	10	3	1	5	2	8	195	60	10	81	16:46
2022-2023	WCHL	LOS ANGELES SEALS	82	16	28	44	-4	1	0	2	1	14	212	59.4	32	55	18:24
2021-2022	WCHL	LOS ANGELES SEALS	15	4	6	10	0	0	0	0	0	14	37	62.7	6	20	17:18
2020-2021	WCHL	VICTORIA GLADIATORS	81	18	45	63	11	2	0	2	0	10	221	52	20	60	19:28
2019-2020	WCHL	SPOKANE KNIGHTS	82	36	48	84	44	4	1	4	1	28	265	53.8	16	56	19:06
2018-2019	WCHL	SPOKANE KNIGHTS	82	19	37	56	17	3	1	4	2	16	213	57.4	28	46	17:37
2017-2018	WCHL	SPOKANE KNIGHTS	84	23	42	65	13	3	1	4	1	20	290	58.3	36	50	18:57
2016-2017	WCHL	ANCHORAGE ACES	82	29	47	76	50	5	0	3	2	10	262	57.1	22	42	17:58
2015-2016	WCHL	ANCHORAGE ACES	67	8	18	26	2	0	0	3	0	13	124	51.9	26	28	15:17
2014-2015	WCHL	PHOENIX MUSTANGS	82	25	24	49	29	0	2	2	5	16	247	50.1	14	23	14:55
2013-2014	WCHL	PHOENIX MUSTANGS	82	13	11	24	-1	3	0	3	0	39	138	49.5	13	67	15:33
2012-2013	WCHL	PHOENIX MUSTANGS	80	11	7	18	4	0	0	3	1	22	102	46.8	8	50	13:42
2011-2012	WCHL	PHOENIX MUSTANGS	80	11	4	15	1	0	0	4	0	4	53	47.7	13	56	10:28
	ECHL	LIMOILOU WOLF PACK	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	25.00	0	1	15:34
2010-2011	ECHL	BUFFALO BULLS	74	39	49	88	24	12	4	1	1	23	220	50.27	33	138	19:45
CAREER	WCHL		1093	257	390	647	210	88	10	44	16	232	2593		267	699
	ECHL		75	39	49	88	25	12	4	1	1	23				139

PLAYOFFS CAREER STATS

SEASON	LEAGUE	TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PPP	SHP	GWG	GTG	PIM	SHT	FO%	SB	H	MP/G
2024-2025	WCHL	BOISE CARIBOUS	17	5	14	19	3	3	0	1	1	2	40	58.8	4	7	21:50
2023-2024	WCHL	BANFF WOLVES	9	2	1	3	-1	0	0	1	1	0	21	56.8	5	9	15:13
2022-2023	WCHL	LOS ANGELES SEALS	7	2	1	3	-2	0	0	0	0	0	11	64.5	1	4	17:11
2020-2021	WCHL	VICTORIA GLADIATORS	4	1	0	1	-3	0	0	0	0	0	18	50.5	1	0	20:52
2019-2020	WCHL	SPOKANE KNIGHTS	22	5	7	12	-1	0	0	1	0	4	51	58.3	6	11	16:28
2018-2019	WCHL	SPOKANE KNIGHTS	20	4	8	12	1	0	0	1	1	2	45	50.2	6	24	19:49
2017-2018	WCHL	SPOKANE KNIGHTS	22	12	12	24	13	1	0	4	0	10	78	57.2	11	24	22:04
2016-2017	WCHL	ANCHORAGE ACES	10	1	8	9	6	0	0	0	0	2	26	54.1	2	6	20:04
2015-2016	WCHL	ANCHORAGE ACES	5	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	8	31.5	1	6	15:41
2014-2015	WCHL	PHOENIX MUSTANGS	19	6	4	10	3	0	1	2	0	2	61	50.8	7	8	16:18
2013-2014	WCHL	PHOENIX MUSTANGS	4	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	4	13	25	1	1	18:11
	ECHL	LIMOILOU WOLF PACK	16	13	12	25	11	7	0	4	0	4	96	60.00	0	12	24:29
2012-2013	WCHL	PHOENIX MUSTANGS	4	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	2	48.3	0	2	17:01
	ECHL	LIMOILOU WOLF PACK	14	9	15	24	9	3	1	1	0	6	81	54.50	11	24	20:57
2011-2012	ECHL	LIMOILOU WOLF PACK	11	2	2	4	-10	3	0	0	0	0	20	51.82	3	17	18:02
2010-2011	ECHL	BUFFALO BULLS	7	2	5	7	-4	2	0	0	0	0	9	31.25	0	7	18:13
CAREER	WCHL		160	43	70	113	15	20	4	11	4	28	414		49	109
	ECHL		48	26	34	60	6	15	1	5	0	10	206			60

TRADES

2025/03/04	TO BOISE CARIBOUS: Mikael Backlund , Nicholas Robertson , Tanner Howe
	TO LOS ANGELES SEALS: Charlie Coyle , Damien Giroux , ,
2024/07/07	TO BANFF WOLVES: LOB RND 2 2025
	TO LOS ANGELES SEALS: Mikael Backlund , ,
2024/03/02	TO LOS ANGELES SEALS: Jordan Staal , Zach Parise , Jeremy Swayman
	TO BANFF WOLVES: Mikael Backlund , Nick Bonino , Frank Nazar , Jordan Dumais , ,
2022/02/11	TO SPOKANE KNIGHTS: KCK RND 2 2022 , LOS RND 2 2024
	TO LOS ANGELES SEALS: Mikael Backlund , ,
2021/11/18	TO SPOKANE KNIGHTS: Mikael Backlund , Frans Nielsen VIC RND 1 2024
	TO VICTORIA GLADIATORS: Patrick Kane (retenu 50% du contrat) , ,
2021/01/18	TO VICTORIA GLADIATORS: Mikael Backlund EDM RND 4 2021 , SAF RND 6 2021
	TO REGINA FALCONS: Tanner Pearson , ,
2020/12/29	TO VANCOUVER VOODOO: Eric Staal , Mark Jankowski ANC RND 2 2021
	TO SACRAMENTO BANDITS: Mikael Backlund , Ian McCoshen , ,
2020/12/22	TO VANCOUVER VOODOO: Mikael Backlund , Libor Hajek , Rocco Grimaldi , Brett Stapley
	TO BANFF WOLVES: Mathew Dumba , Cliff Pu , Tanner Fritz , ,
2020/11/22	TO VANCOUVER VOODOO: Victor Rask , Patrik Puistola BAN RND 2 2022
	TO BANFF WOLVES: Mikael Backlund , ,
2020/07/24	TO VANCOUVER VOODOO: Mikael Backlund
	TO VICTORIA GLADIATORS: Alex Killorn , ,
2020/06/19	TO VICTORIA GLADIATORS: Mikael Backlund
	TO SPOKANE KNIGHTS: Mitchell Stephens , Filip Westerlund , SDG RND 3 2021 ,
2017/11/08	TO REGINA FALCONS: Ryan Getzlaf SPO RND 3 2018, SPO RND 3 2019, SPO RND 5 2018 5,000,000$
	TO SPOKANE KNIGHTS: Mikael Backlund, Sebastian Aho, Denis Gurianov, REG RND 1 2020,
2016/01/17	TO ANCHORAGE ACES: Mikael Backlund, Trevor Lewis
	TO PHOENIX MUSTANGS: Trevor Daley, CGY RND 1 2017, 2,000,000$
2012/02/19	TO PHOENIX MUSTANGS: Mikael Backlund, Taylor Chorney
	TO KELOWNA ROCKETS: Kevin Bieksa
2007/11/21	TO KELOWNA ROCKETS: Joni Pitkanen, Mikael Backlund, Nick Petrecki OAK Rnd 1 2008, EDM Rnd 4 2008
	TO ANCHORAGE ACES: Wade Redden, Jason Blake, KEL Rnd 3 2008

2019	Coupe Stanley	Spokane
2018	Coupe Stanley	Spokane
2017	Coupe Stanley	Spokane

Mikael Backlund

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SEASON CAREER STATS

PLAYOFFS CAREER STATS

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