Scandella and Justin Falk. Then there are several expensive veterans entering the last year of their contracts: defenseman Tom Gilbert and top-six forwards Dany Heatley, Jason Pominville and Devin Setoguchi. The salary cap will go down league-wide
build a 2-0 lead. Andrew Shaw's slap shot deflected off Justin Falk and went underneath fellow Wild defenseman Tom Gilbert to Frolik, who flipped it into the upper left corner to put Chicago in front with 11:26 left in the first period
they have seven of their final eight games at home. Polak took advantage of a lapse in the Wild zone - defenseman Tom Gilbert appeared to lose track - to sneak into the slot and snap a shot past goalie Niklas Backstrom after getting the pass
28, 2012 6:16 PM ET ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) Just traded by Edmonton, the only NHL team he's ever played for, Tom Gilbert joined his new club and declared, ''it feels like home.'' Well, that's because it is. Gilbert grew up less
Tom Gilbert looked happy as he faced the media after the Edmonton Oilers beat the Wild 5-2 Friday afternoon at the Xcel Energy Center. The
championship here at night between Colorado College and Wisconsin. The Wild have three former Badgers with Suter, Heatley and Tom Gilbert . The Sharks have two, Joe Pavelski and Adam Burish . ... The Wild are 12-4 this season when scoring first and
recalled Nyquist, a center, from their AHL affiliate in Grand Rapids on Wednesday. ... Minnesota C Mike Rupp and D Tom Gilbert both missed their second games with lower-body injuries.
penalty kill is at 88.2 percent over its last 16 games after it was 73.3 in the first 13. Minnesota defenseman Tom Gilbert missed Monday's contest with an undisclosed injury. He had a goal and an assist at Detroit in January.
straight games, and six of seven. ... Ryan Suter has a Wild season-best, seven-game point streak. ... D Tom Gilbert (illness) missed his first game with the Wild. ... Minnesota is 9-2-1 at home.
2009, against Vancouver, a game they lost 2-1 in overtime. ... Oilers D Nick Schultz made his first appearance at Xcel Energy Center since the Wild traded their blue-line cornerstone a little more than a year ago for D Tom Gilbert .