WINNIPEG Jesper Bratt Jersey Kids , Manitoba (AP) One minute Dmitry Kulikov was feeling fine, the next moment he wasn’t.And now the Winnipeg Jets‘ defenseman will undergo back surgery and miss at least eight weeks.Jets coach Paul Maurice said it was the same injury Kulikov suffered last season while with the Buffalo Sabres.Kulikov was hurt while taking a shot during Winnipeg’s 3-2 victory over New Jersey on March 8. After the inflammation went down, it was decided the nine-year veteran’s best option was to fix the problem through surgery.”It’s tough for him,” Maurice said. ”Maybe it helped that it just happened so he didn’t have to deal with it for three weeks and agonize whether he should be playing or not.”He felt good. He took a shot and then all of a sudden he didn’t feel good. Very difficult for him in that he’s been through it (before).”Winnipeg picked up the unrestricted free agent last July 1, signing the Russian to a three-year contract. He’d played seven seasons with Florida, but only 47 games with Buffalo after hurting his back when he was hit into an open door during a preseason game.Kulikov has been a steady force with the Jets, totaling three goals and eight assists in 62 games.Maurice said an update on the 27-year-old will come in eight weeks during the NHL playoffs.”Hopefully, we’re still playing hockey when he’s ready to play Leo Komarov Jersey Womens ,” Maurice said.The injury-plagued Jets, who began the day second in the Central Division, did have something good to report on a trio of players.Defenseman Toby Enstrom and center Mark Scheifele and Adam Lowry could all return when Winnipeg hosts Dallas on Sunday. All three were full participants in practice Saturday and it’s a matter of seeing how they feel Sunday morning, Maurice said.Scheifele took a blindside hit from defenseman Tyler Myers during a 5-on-5 drill.”(Myers) was doing a great job at making sure I’m feeling good,” Scheifele said with a wry smile.Scheifele has missed five straight games after a ”fluky collision” with teammate Blake Wheeler in a March 6 game against the New York Rangers. He confirmed it wasn’t the same upper-body injury that kept him out for 16 games earlier this season.Lowry has missed 19 games with an upper-body injury, while Enstrom has been out four games after blocking a shot in practice. CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Calgary Flames coach Bill Peters is seeing a payoff for moving newcomer Elias Lindholm onto the Flames’ top line.Lindholm scored his first two goals with Calgary and the Flames scored four unanswered goals in the third period for a 7-4 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night.The Swede, acquired from the Carolina Hurricanes in a trade at the June draft Womens Kyle Palmieri Jersey , scored a power-play goal that was the eventual game-winner at 14:28 of the third period.With Canucks forward Nikolay Goldobin serving a slashing penalty, Lindholm beat goalie Jakob Markstrom on the short side off a cross-ice feed from Johnny Gaudreau.Gaudreau had a goal and two assists, joining Lindholm, who added an assist, in a three-point game.“Most guys take some time to fit into new systems but he was able to slot in right away,” Peters said. “The line with him, (Sean) Monahan and Gaudreau has a lot of potential heading into this season.”Flames captain Mark Giordano and Monahan also scored for Calgary (1-1-0), with Austin Czarnik and Michael Frolik adding empty-net goals. Matthew Tkachuk had four assists.“Monny’s a goal-scoring center and Johnny’s a play-making winger http://www.officialbluejackets.com/authentic-adidas-david-savard-jersey ,” Peters said. “It used to be your center made plays and your winger scored goals, so they’ve got that a little bit flip-flopped. That’s fine.”Flames starter Mike Smith made 16 saves for the win, while Markstrom had 30 saves in the loss.Elias Pettersson scored two goals and assisted on another for the Canucks, who beat the visiting Flames 5-2 in Wednesday’s season-opener.The 19-year-old Swede has five points in his first two career NHL games.“Dynamite,” Canucks head coach Travis Green said. “He was our best player tonight. He was one of the bright spots in the game. A few guys played OK. We had some guys that needed to play better.”Brandon Sutter scored a short-handed goal and Bo Horvat had a goal for Vancouver, which led 4-3 heading into the third period.Monahan’s power-play goal at 9:27 of the third tied the game at 4-4. After the center redirected a cross-ice pass from Gaudreau by Markstrom, Smith robbed Goldobin with a glove save.Penalized for hauling down Pettersson near Calgary’s net late in the second period, Flames defenseman Michael Stone joined Giordano in the penalty box and the Canucks had a two-man advantage.Horvat redirected Pettersson’s feed for a power-play goal at 16:57.Tkachuk tucked the puck into the corner of Vancouver’s net during a goal-mouth scramble Anthony Mantha Jersey , but a coach’s challenge wiped out the goal in the second period.But Gaudreau then banged in a rebound off a Monahan shot for a power-play goal at 9:31 to even the score 3-3.Pettersson scored his second goal with a shot from the face-off circle at 2:52 on the power-play.Giordano tied the game 2-2 at 17:08 of the first period. Calgary’s captain beat Markstrom with a wrist shot from the top of the face-off circle.The visitors led 2-1 on a Sutter’s short-handed goal at 16:38. He beat Smith with a shot under the arm on a 2-on-1.Pettersson swept the puck by Smith’s glove from the slot at 13:50 for his first goal of the night.Lindholm scored his first goal just 12 seconds after the opening puck drop.After winning the offensive-zone faceoff, the Swede tipped T.J. Brodie’s wrist shot from the boards by Markstrom.NOTES: Calgary was minus defenseman Travis Hamonic on Saturday because of a facial fracture he sustained in a fight Wednesday with Canucks defenseman Erik Gudbrandson. … Noah Hanifin moved up to partner Stone on Calgary’s No. 2 defensive pairing. Dalton Prout drew into the lineup alongside rookie Juusu Valimaki, who turned 20 on Saturday.NEXT UPFlames embark on a three-game road trip starting Tuesday in Nashville.Canucks have another five games remaining on a six-game swing away from Rogers Arena.