Mikael Backlund

Backlund is at his best beside Pachal: 59.3% of the expected goals together against 46.9% apart.

Pachal is a different player beside him: 59.3% of the expected goals with Backlund, 49.5% without him.

The pairing that generates most is Backlund and Pachal: 4.98 expected goals an hour.

With Andersson on the ice too, the Flames have outscored opponents 17 to 9 at 5v5.

On the power play his best partner is Frost: 85.3% of the expected goals over 34 minutes.

His best five is with Coleman, Hanley, Honzek and Weegar: 60.1% of the expected goals over 33 minutes.

88.5% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

Blake Coleman has assisted on 5 of his 17 goals, 29.4% of them.

He has helped on 10 of Blake Coleman's goals, 38.5% of his own assists.

50.9% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Backlund is on.

He draws 2:27 of penalty kill time a game, 15th among forwards.

Backlund plays 17:56 a night, 100th among forwards.

He has 5 short-handed points this season.

He puts 7.59 shots on goal an hour.

He takes the puck back 1.31 times an hour.

Only 7.0% of his points come on the power play: this is even-strength production.

He is +7 on the season.

Backlund has 3 game winners this season.

He takes 0.65 penalty minutes an hour.

Backlund produces 1.75 points an hour of ice time.

He sets up 1.06 assists an hour of ice time.

He scores 0.69 goals an hour of ice time.

He wins 50.0% of his draws.

Backlund has taken 349 shot attempts this season.

68.4% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

He fires 14.23 attempts an hour of ice time.

Backlund has scored 2 times on Akira Schmid this season, more than on any other goaltender.

His deadliest matchup is Akira Schmid: 15.4% of his attempts against him go in.

He has 3 goals against the Golden Knights this season.

He wins 87.5% of his draws against Frederick Gaudreau.