Maybe Marian Gaborik isn’t Minnesota’s most important free-agent-to-be. Niklas Backstrom’s contract is up after the season, too, and the way he has been guarding the goal he’ll be in line for big raise. Marek Zidlicky and Antti Miettinen scored in the shootout and Backstrom made two saves to lift the Wild past the Columbus Blue Jackets, 3-2 on Saturday night.