Flames’ dennis gilbert leaves game vs. Predators with injury on a dangerous slew foot by Tomasino

Flames’ Gilbert leaves game vs. Predators with injury

Calgary Flames defenceman Dennis Gilbert left Thursday’s game against the Nashville Predators with an injury in the third period after taking an awkward hit.

Gilbert collected the puck along the boards late in the third period and, after passing it up-ice, took a hit from Phil Tomasino and appeared to land awkwardly. He lay motionless on the ice momentarily, before being attended to by trainers. He was then helped off the ice by teammates.

After the game, head coach Ryan Huska said that while he hadn’t spoken to their head of sports physio, he saw Gilbert moving and assumed he would be fine.

“He’ll just probably have to go through protocol is what I would assume right now,” Huska told reporters.

Gilbert, 26, has one goal and seven points through 27 games this season with the Flames.

Dennis Gilbert injured on a dangerous slew foot by Predators’ Philip Tomasino

While the Calgary Flames picked up a big victory over the Nashville Predators, winning by a score of 6–3. However, it looks like they will be without the services of Dennis Gilbert for a while, who took a nasty slew foot with just a handful of minutes remaining in the game.

Gilbert takes a bad fall
Philip Tomasino caught Gilbert with his left leg, taking him out along the board. Gilbert went head-first into the ice and was immobilized briefly on the ice. The team’s trainers came out to attend to him and there was some thinking that the stretcher would need to be brought out, but Gilbert was able to sit up. Two teammates would carry him to the bench, where the medical staff attended to him.

For his part in the injury, Tomasino was assessed a match penalty for slew-footing and was ejected from the game. There is a very high chance he is either fined or suspended for this hit.

What happens now?
While the Flames did earn a valuable two points against a team they are chasing in the playoffs, they look to be without Gilbert for the time being. The Buffalo-born blueliner is likely out with a concussion for some time after a fall like that. Expect the Flames to have no official news on Gilbert in the immediate future, but seeing a fall like that combined with the extended time he wasn’t able to get up, a concussion is the most probably outcome here.

Expect a call-up for Ilya Solovyov or Mark Pysyk from the Calgary Wranglers until either Gilbert is back or Oliver Kylington’s conditioning stint with the Calgary Wranglers is complete.