What It Means:

"It's probably my last start in this league, so I’m going to try to enjoy these last days here in the NHL," Backstrom told Aaron Vickers. "I'm going to try to have fun and enjoy it. It's been a great ride, but there’s still a couple days left." Through three starts with the Flames, Backstrom has gone 1-2-0 with 12 goals against. However, Zach Parise is not expected to play, and neither game has anything to play for so the veteran netminder could easily turn back the clock against his former club.

Backstrom will enter the contest with an ugly 4.16 goals against average and .836 save percentage.