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Mikael Backlund

Mikael Backlund

CGY·FJersey number #11
Latest captured market
Apr 9 · 9:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 416 game sample
PTS
41.2
SOG
195.2
G
16.6
A
24.6
PPP
4.6
HIT
41.3
BLK
35.5
PIM
23.6

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 416 real games × their team's 82 scheduled games. Availability is not projected — injuries, scratches and trades are not modelled anywhere in this project, so the team's schedule is the multiplier, not a forecast of how many games this player will dress for. League board.

What carries into 2026-27

a forecast, not a result

Most of this finishing edge probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
+0.18
per 100 attempts, vs position
= −1.6 goals over 272
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
+0.03
per 100 attempts, projected
+0.1 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among forwards · 973 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 973 forwards, 2025-26. Shrunk rate is the per-game rate the rank was computed from, pulled toward the league mean by sample size so a short career does not read as an elite one — so it sits closer to average than the rate actually recorded. This skater’s sample is 416 games. Further right means more, not better: hits, blocks and penalty minutes describe a role, not quality.

Observed rates

per game · recency-weighted, not shrunk · 416 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.50
G
0.20
A
0.30
SOG
2.39
PPP
0.06
HIT
0.50
BLK
0.43
PIM
0.29

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26821726430.5218617:57
2024-25761517320.4217518:44
2023-24821524390.4820919:14
2022-23821937560.6826018:10
2021-22821227390.4821417:07

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2021-22125380.673319:34

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 9 lineSOG 5/10G 1/10PPP 0/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
Apr 16vs LAK000000016:22
Apr 14vs COL201000016:36
Apr 12vs UTA210000017:42
Apr 11@ SEA500000015:16
Apr 9@ COL200001017:16
Apr 7@ DAL100000021:38
Apr 4@ ANA200011021:40
Apr 2@ VGK001002020:20
Mar 30@ COL000000017:56
Mar 28vs VAN001000018:41

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 9 posted line. It is not a record against 10 separate lines — this player was priced once, and games after that date are measured against the same number.

Finishing — goals above expected

open play, regular season
SeasonxGGGAxGPAtt
2025-2618.617minus 1.6 goals above expected76272
2024-2517.615minus 2.6 goals above expected71267
2023-2420.915minus 5.9 goals above expected79307
2022-2326.619minus 7.6 goals above expected80345
2021-2223.212minus 11.2 goals above expected81288

How the 2026-27 projection is made

a forecast, not a result

Finishing persists year over year, but only partly. That share is measured over five seasons of skaters clearing the same 100-attempt floor, and what does not carry regresses toward the rate for the player's position.

Shot volume is not projected, so the goal figure assumes the same number of attempts. A persistent gap means the skater reliably scores above what this model expects — which may be finishing skill or may be shots the model under-rates, and the measurement cannot separate the two. Running hot is a statement about the season just played, not about talent.

This projection is written to a prediction log on the night it is produced, so it can be scored against what actually happens rather than restated later.

Production by strength

G-A-P, regular season
SeasonEven strengthPower playShorthanded
2025-2615 goals, 20 assists, 35 points1 goal, 2 assists, 3 points1 goal, 4 assists, 5 points
2024-2513 goals, 12 assists, 25 points1 goal, 5 assists, 6 points1 goal, 0 assists, 1 point
2023-2412 goals, 22 assists, 34 points2 goals, 1 assist, 3 points1 goal, 1 assist, 2 points
2022-2313 goals, 27 assists, 40 points5 goals, 7 assists, 12 points1 goal, 3 assists, 4 points
2021-2212 goals, 20 assists, 32 points0 goals, 7 assists, 7 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points

Shot locations

272 attempts · 17 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (86)Shot on goal (169)Goal (17)

Markets · Apr 9

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
12%
A
Assists
No line posted.
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
6%
SOG
Shots on goal
Line
1.5
Proj
1.6
P(over)
47%
HITS
Hits
No line posted.
BLK
Blocked shots
No line posted.
PIM
Penalty minutes
No line posted.

Per-game rates are recency-weighted over this player's game log. Expected goals come from the xG model over open-play unblocked attempts; totals are not directly comparable across seasons. Every market — anytime goals, assists, power-play points, SOG, hits, blocks and PIMs — is a modeled projection. Every number on this page was worked out overnight and is only read here, never recalculated while you wait.