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

The Calgary Flames announced Friday that captain Mikael Backlund will be sidelined on a week-to-week basis after suffering a lower-body injury. Facing the Pacific Division rival Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday,

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,