Mikael Backlund

The Sports Xchange Jess Myers, The Sports Xchange Flames 4, Wild 1 ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Calgary Flames are out of the playoff picture, but their late-season surge continued on Sunday in a 4-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild. It was the fifth win...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Flames 4, Wild 1 Flames 4, Wild 1: Joey MacDonald stopped 34 shots and Mikael Backlund scored the winning goal for Calgary, which opened its season-ending four-game road trip with its third straight victory. Defenseman Mark...

The Sports Xchange Jess Myers, The Sports Xchange Flames playing spoiler in late-season charge ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Calgary Flames are out of the playoff picture, and playing like a team that feels no pressure to do anything but have fun. It's the...

ST. PAUL, Minn. _ Before Sunday's game against Calgary, Wild coach Mike Yeo spoke of the need to continue getting better as the playoffs approach. If his team put out a solid effort in each game, he said, then securing a playoff berth would take care of...

ST. PAUL, Minn. _ Before the Minnesota Wild's game against Calgary on Sunday, coach Mike Yeo spoke about the tension that can grip a team at this time of year. With the pressure running high to make the playoffs, he said, players must remain upbeat and...

Calgary's Mikael Backlund scored the game-winner with 8:50 to play after the team's traded first-period goals. Backlund scored a rebound goal at the doorstep after Lee Stepniak beat Wild defenseman Brett Clark cleanly. His initial bid was stopped by...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Joey MacDonald made 34 saves last night as the Calgary Flames defeated the Minnesota Wild 4-1. Mark Cundari, Mikael Backlund, Mike Cammalleri and Jiri Hudler all scored for the Flames. Zach Parise got his team-high 17th goal...

FLAMES-WILD Flames keep Wild treading water in playoff race ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Joey MacDonald made 34 saves, Mark Cundari scored a goal in his first NHL game and the Calgary Flames beat Minnesota 4-1 on Sunday night to hand the Wild a...

Counting the ways to best remember this two-game, three-day portion of the wildly compressed NHL schedule, officially and unofficially. Officially? The Kings swept Calgary in back-to-back games, finishing off the mini-series by suffocating and then...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| College Softball--Alabama-Birmingham at Central Florida, 10:30 a.m. (FXSP) Men’s College Basketball--Virginia Commonwealth at Temple, 11 a.m. (CBS); Big South Conference Tournament Championship, 11 a.m. (ESPN2);...