Backlund sidelined week to week for Flames

Captain Mikael Backlund suffered a lower-body injury on Wednesday against the Vancouver Canucks and had to exit early. He ...
The Flames put forth a lousy effort in the third period, being outshot 17-4. The Canucks wound up tying the game on Elias ...
The Calgary Flames altered the deployment of their stars with captain Mikael Backlund out, and as TSN's Salim Valji writes, the team needs production out of its depth players to keep the playoff hopes ...
Not only did the Calgary Flames lose to the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 in a shootout, but they lost their captain Mikael Backlund ...
Hopefully, he gets himself healthy and can be back as soon as he can.” Backlund logged only five shifts — a grand total of 2:58 of ice time — before leaving Wednesday’s crucial clash ...
Calgary hopes to contain MVP candidate Nathan MacKinnon without its captain and top shutdown centre, who is out week-to-week with an upper-body injury.
"He’s a responsible player, a hard guy to play against. I think that’s the basis of it, he’s a veteran player, he’s got a lot of experience and understands how to play against top players. Obviously, ...
What would hurt more than blowing a late lead to lose to your closest rival in the wild-card chase, missing an opportunity to ...