Mikael Backlund is having trouble at times at the faceoff dot as he has returned from a broken finger. Backlund has won 19 of 41 draws thus far but it's been a bit skewed as he was only five-of-17 against Colorado and is 14-of-24 in his other two games. "A little bit on faceoffs sometimes it's a little sore. Get slashed and fall on it, it obviously hurts sometimes when you fall bad on it," Backlund said. "But it won't break again and it's real strong now. It feels good handling the puck and everything. It's not a big issue." He should be better the rest of the way and has value in most pools as he is currently centering the top line alongside Alex Tanguay and Jarome Iginla.