The Calgary Flames announced Tuesday, April 22 that captain Mikael Backlund will represent Sweden on home ice for the Men’s ...

Backlund, whose stash of world championship keepsakes also includes one silver medal (2011) and two bronze (2010/2014), ...

The Calgary Flames will have another player representing them at the IIHF World Championship next month in Sweden and Denmark ...

Backlund scored a goal on three shots, dished an assist and went plus-2 in Thursday's 5-1 win over the Kings.

(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Calgary Flames center Mikael Backlund, left, and Los Angeles Kings center Anze Kopitar battle for ...

CALGARY -- Nazem Kadri and Mikael Backlund each scored, and the Calgary Flames held on to win 4-2 against the Minnesota Wild at Scotiabank Saddledome on Friday.

Minnesota and St. Louis hold the two Western Conference wild-card spot, three points ahead of Calgary. Mikael Backlund, Yegor Sharangovich and Ryan Lomberg also scored as Calgary built a 4-0 lead.

Backlund logged an assist in Saturday's 3-2 overtime loss to the Golden Knights. Backlund snapped a six-game point drought, though he also missed six contests due to an upper-body injury in that ...

The Calgary Flames provided a huge boost to their slim playoff hopes with a 4-2 home-ice victory over the Minnesota Wild on Friday.

Back with a big NHL 25 HUT Fantasy Hockey update, 14 players received upgrades this week including five new 99 overall cards.

The Flames announced Tuesday that captain Mikael Backlund will represent Sweden on home ice for the tournament, which starts ...