The Calgary Flames visit the Edmonton Oilers after Mikael Backlund scored two goals in the Flames' 6-3 win over the Vegas Golden Knights.

Kaedan Korczak got one back for Vegas before the period was through, but Calgary netminder Devin Cooley made his best save of the game at the buzzer, denying Smith with a sprawling save after the forward found space in tight to the crease.

Backlund scored twice on five shots, added an assist and went plus-2 in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Golden Knights.

The Calgary Flames are many things this year, and one of the most notable is that they are polarising. The fan base is decidedly divided on whether it’s time to rebuild and not just retool.

Mikael Backlund scored twice to spur the Calgary Flames to a 6-3 win over the visiting Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday.

As the Calgary Flames embarked on their annual Dads Trip, and with his son on the brink of another major milestone, Jan Backlund was reminiscing about the challenges of trying to follow the Western Hockey League’s Kelowna Rockets on a grainy web-stream in 2008-09.

The National Hockey League recently held their annual European Player Media Tour in scenic Milan, Italy – coincidentally the host of the upcoming 2026 Winter Olympics. Calgary Flames captain Mikael Backlund was part of the media tour and, as part of that ...