Mikael Backlund enters elite company with fifth season playing all 82 games for the Flames

The list of Calgary Flames who have played 82 games in a season five times is not a long one. Jarome Iginla played in every regular-season contest a remarkable nine times for the Flames, but nobody else has done it more than four times. On Thursday night, Mikael Backlund will change that. For the third straight season and fifth time overall, the Flames captain will skate in all 82 games this year.