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Mikael Backlund

Calgary Flames
Position C
Age 37
Height 6'0"
Weight 206LBS
Shoots L
Birth Place Vasteras, SWE
Born Mar 16, 1989

Key Insights

2025-26
This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Backlund with Andersson, Bahl, Coleman and Zary, 92 minutes at 5v5.

44.4% of the expected goals, 4 goals for and 4 against
This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Andersson, Bahl, Coleman and Coronato: 40.7% of the expected goals.

3 goals for, 0 against over 47 minutes
This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Andersson, Bahl and Coleman: 8 goals against in 46 minutes.

10.35 against an hour, 10.4 expected
This is the group that wins him his minutes

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

1 goal for, 5 against, 70.0% of the attempts
His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Backlund has played 33 different five-man units at 5v5, 7 of them for real minutes.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled
The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

13 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Backlund this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split

Lineup and with-you/without-you numbers are built from shift charts, which are loaded per season. Seasons without shift data show no lineups. With-you/without-you totals exclude empty-net play, so a 6-on-5 push does not land in a with-or-without-you number. xG is Digest’s estimated model.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Mar 16, 1989
Birth Place Vasteras, SWE
Height 6'0"
Weight 206 LBS
Shoots/Catches L