Mikael Backlund Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

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

2 goals on 13 attempts, 15.4%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Yaroslav Askarov has turned him away every time: 13 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

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

2 goals on 13 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 3 goals against the Golden Knights this season.

18 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Yaroslav Askarov: 13 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

He wins the draw against this centre almost every time

He wins 87.5% of his draws against Frederick Gaudreau.

7 of 8 faceoffs

This centre beats him on the draw almost every time

Ridly Greig beats him on the draw: he wins only 0.0% of them.

0 of 8 faceoffs

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Oilers have held him without a goal on 26 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

He gets almost nothing from long range

23.8% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

83 long-range attempts, 459th of 468 forwards

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 32.7 feet.

349 located attempts, 457th of 468 forwards

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

39.0% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

136 of 349 attempts, 433rd of 468 forwards

He works the outside and rarely gets to the front of the net

39.0% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

136 attempts from inside the home plate, 433rd of 468 forwards

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Backlund has taken 349 shot attempts this season.

169 on goal, 86 missed, 77 blocked, 78th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

43.3% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

151 attempts, 6 goals

He works one side of the ice far more than the other

41.0% of his attempts come from the left side.

143 left, 111 middle, 95 right

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

68.4% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

186 of 272 unblocked, 133rd of 468 forwards

He shoots the puck far more than most players at his position

He fires 14.23 attempts an hour of ice time.

349 attempts in 1,472 minutes, 157th of 465 forwards

About the usual number of his shots get blocked

22.1% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

77 of 349 attempts, 264th of 468 forwards

One shot in his bag goes in far more often than the rest

His deadliest shot is the backhand: 10.7% of them go in.

3 goals on 28 attempts

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 9.1% of the shots he puts on goal.

17 goals on 186 shots, 357th of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 26.5 feet out, and the longest went in from 88.

17 goals located by coordinate

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 8.1% of his attempts.

11 goals on 136 close attempts, 259th of 468 forwards

He scores about what his chances are worth

Backlund has 17 goals off 17.6 expected: 0.6 short of what the chances say.

252nd of 468 forwards

He chips in points even when his team is a man down

He has 5 short-handed points this season.

8th in the league

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 0.94 checks an hour.

846th in the league

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 1.14 shots an hour of ice time.

842nd in the league

He shoots the puck himself, not just when his line has it

He puts 7.59 shots on goal an hour.

138th in the league

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.31 times an hour.

150th in the league

How he gets his points says what kind of player he is

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

3 of 43 points with the man advantage

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +7 on the season.

170th in the league

A lot of his goals arrive when the game is on the line

Backlund has 3 game winners this season.

17 goals in total

He gives the puck away more than he should

32 takeaways against 86 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.37 takeaways per giveaway

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 3.51 times an hour.

243rd most giveaways an hour

He stays out of the box, which his coach can rely on

He takes 0.65 penalty minutes an hour.

745th most penalty minutes an hour

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Backlund produces 1.75 points an hour of ice time.

300th in the league

He is the one who makes the play, not the one who finishes it

He sets up 1.06 assists an hour of ice time.

300th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.69 goals an hour of ice time.

312th in the league

He wins the draws his team needs him to win

He wins 50.0% of his draws.

172nd in the league

His power play production is about league average

On the power play he produces 0.12 points an hour.

382nd in the league

The goals go the wrong way when he is on the ice

The Flames are down 13 goals with Backlund on the ice.

64 for, 77 against, 381st of 465 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 99.7, close to neutral.

7.7% shooting and 92.0% goaltending behind him, 222nd of 454 forwards

The kill leaks goals when he is the one out there

Short-handed he concedes 10.71 expected goals an hour.

27 goals against in 197 minutes, 125th of 180 forwards

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 4.62 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

312th of 454 forwards

The power play stalls when he is the one out there

On the power play his unit generates 9.11 expected goals an hour.

8 goals in 88 minutes, 185th of 269 forwards

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Flames generate 48.1% of the expected goals with Backlund on the ice.

78.8 xGF to 85.2 xGA over 1,108 minutes, 286th of 454 forwards

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 58.29 shot attempts an hour with Backlund on the ice at 5v5.

287th of 454 forwards

His line puts far more rubber on the net than it allows

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

522 for, 503 against, 174th of 454 forwards

Neither team controls the puck when he is on

Backlund's line owns 50.2% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,086 for, 1,076 against, 178th of 454 forwards

The offence runs at about its usual level with him

The Flames create 4.27 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Backlund on.

245th of 454 forwards

Goals go both ways evenly when he is on

The Flames score 50.0% of the 5v5 goals with Backlund out there.

40 for, 40 against, 204th of 454 forwards

He is one of the players his coach trusts to kill penalties

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

13.4% of his total ice time

He is not part of the power play plan

He draws 1:29 of power play time a game, 241st among forwards.

6.0% of his total ice time

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

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

1,472 minutes across 82 games

Brayden Pachal is the partner who brings the best out of him

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

109 minutes together, 999 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

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

109 minutes together, 397 minutes apart for Pachal

It stops working when he is paired with Matt Coronato

The pairing with Coronato is the one that costs him: 43.2% of the expected goals together, 51.1% apart.

394 minutes together, 713 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Coleman does better away from him: 57.9% of the expected goals apart against 50.4% together.

731 minutes together, 179 minutes apart

His linemates play better with him than without him, every time

Only 4 of his 12 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Backlund than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Brayden Pachal are the pair that scares the other team

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

109 minutes together at 5v5

Blake Coleman is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Coleman than anyone: 731 minutes, worth 50.4% of the expected goals.

34 goals for, 31 against together

The goals go his team's way when Rasmus Andersson is out there with him

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

65.4% goal share over 293 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Samuel Honzek are out together

He gives up least beside Honzek: 3.24 expected goals against an hour.

159 minutes together at 5v5

Morgan Frost is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

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

6 goals for, 0 against together

Yan Kuznetsov is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Kuznetsov: 7.03 expected goals against an hour.

39 minutes together short-handed

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

His assists are the real ones, the pass that made the goal

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

23 primary of 26 assists

Blake Coleman is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

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

4 primary, 1 secondary

Blake Coleman is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

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

10 primary, 0 secondary

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

15 different teammates have assisted on his 17 goals.

Coleman (5), Zary (3), Pachal (2), Farabee (2)

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