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2022-23 TOP CHEDDAR HOCKEY #11 MIKAEL BACKLUND Calgary Flames · Center
NM-MT Season grade
8
Card #2023-08474150
Mikael Backlund in action
11 C Center
93 OVR
Mikael Backlund Calgary Flames
2022-23 · 82 GP · 19 G · 37 A · 56 PTS
2023-24
2021-22

Season Report

8 Near Mint–Mint 8

Game Score 0.73 a game, 81st percentile of the league's forwards that season.

GP
82
G
19
A
37
P
56
+/-
+24
PIM
36
PPP
12
SHP
4
GWG
2
S
260
TOI
18:09
HIT
97
BLK
31
TK
60
FO%
50.9%
  • King Clancy Memorial Trophy Leadership and community

2022-23 ranks

  • 3rd Points on the Flames
  • 4th Goals on the Flames
  • 5th Assists on the Flames
  • 1st Plus/Minus on the Flames
  • 10th Corsi For % of 643 in the NHL

Under the Hood

Against every regular at the position in 2022-23. Only the stats that season kept.

Shooting 81

Goals / 60
0.77

48th percentile of forwards

Shots / 60
10.47

92nd percentile of forwards

Hardest Shot
97.2 mph

95th percentile of forwards

High-Danger Shots / 60
3.34

78th percentile of forwards

Goals Above Expected / 60
-0.23

11th percentile of forwards

Playmaking 83

Points / 60
2.26

69th percentile of forwards

Assists / 60
1.49

76th percentile of forwards

PP Points / GP
0.15

66th percentile of forwards

Skating 95

Top Speed
23.1 mph

87th percentile of forwards

Bursts 20+ mph / GP
1.90

77th percentile of forwards

Distance / GP
3.1 mi

90th percentile of forwards

Defensive Awareness 99

Corsi For %
60.9%

98th percentile of forwards

Takeaways / 60
2.42

88th percentile of forwards

Physicality 63

Hits / 60
3.91

48th percentile of forwards

Blocks / 60
1.25

20th percentile of forwards

PIM / 60
1.45

45th percentile of forwards

Connections

Every 2022-23 goal he scored or set up, from the play-by-play.

Set up most by

L 85OVR Andrew Mangiapane Flames 6 of his goals L 85OVR Blake Coleman Flames 5 of his goals L 66OVR Jonathan Huberdeau Flames 3 of his goals D 85OVR Rasmus Andersson Flames 3 of his goals

Set up most

L 85OVR Blake Coleman Flames Set up 9 goals L 85OVR Andrew Mangiapane Flames Set up 8 goals C 91OVR Elias Lindholm Flames Set up 3 goals C 92OVR Tyler Toffoli Flames Set up 3 goals
Scored on most
Ilya Sorokin 2 goals Stuart Skinner 2 goals Jaroslav Halak 1 goal
Best game
December 03, 2022 vs WSH: 3A

Rivals

Who he fought, hit (and was hit by), and faced on the draw most in 2022-23, from the play-by-play.

Hit most

D 89OVR Alex Pietrangelo Golden Knights Hit him 2 times C 74OVR Jean-Gabriel Pageau Islanders Hit him 2 times C 89OVR Mark Scheifele Jets Hit him 2 times D 84OVR Colton Parayko Blues Hit him 2 times

Hit most by

C 99OVR Elias Pettersson Canucks Hit by him 3 times D 95OVR Kris Letang Penguins Hit by him 2 times D 50OVR Zach Bogosian Lightning Hit by him 2 times D 52OVR Joel Edmundson Canadiens Hit by him 2 times

Faced most on the draw

C 98OVR Jack Eichel Golden Knights Won 18 of 29 C 88OVR Anze Kopitar Kings Won 16 of 26 C 98OVR Nathan MacKinnon Avalanche Won 16 of 24 C 89OVR Mark Scheifele Jets Won 8 of 22

2022-23 Calgary Flames

38-27-17 · 93 points · 16th of 32

Top teammates

D 94OVR MacKenzie Weegar Flames 81 GP · 4 G · 27 A · 31 PTS C 92OVR Tyler Toffoli Flames 82 GP · 34 G · 39 A · 73 PTS D 92OVR Nikita Zadorov Flames 82 GP · 14 G · 7 A · 21 PTS D 91OVR Noah Hanifin Flames 81 GP · 7 G · 31 A · 38 PTS C 91OVR Elias Lindholm Flames 80 GP · 22 G · 42 A · 64 PTS C 86OVR Dillon Dube Flames 82 GP · 18 G · 27 A · 45 PTS