Captain Mikael Backlund suffered a lower-body injury on Wednesday against the Vancouver Canucks and had to exit early. He never returned and is listed as week-to-week, per Daily Faceoff. This is far from ideal considering the playoff race is heating up. The Flames are currently holding the second Wild Card berth in the Western Conference.

Calgary Flames captain Mikael Backlund is week-to-week with an upper-body injury, the team announced Friday. The 35-year-old forward has appeared in all 64 games this season, totaling 24 points (11 goals,

CALGARY — Calgary Flames captain Mikael Backlund will be out on a week-to-week basis with an upper-body injury, the NHL team said Friday.

Parker Kelly scored twice and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Calgary Flames 4-2. Ryan Lindgren and Valeri Nichushkin also scored for Colorado, which has points in eight straight (7-0-1).

CALGARY — Colorado Avalanche forward Parker Kelly had plenty of reasons to be excited on Friday night. He snapped a 20-game goalless drought, his second career two-goal game in the NHL came more than three years after his first one and his big night came in front of a bunch of friends and family that had made the trek south from his hometown of Camrose,