Editor’s Note: NBC Sports Predictor: Play for FREE and win huge jackpots up to $100,000! Download the app today.
It was a busy week in the NHL with the passing of the trade deadline on Monday. The Atlantic Division got so much tougher to get out of as all four teams, Florida, Toronto, Boston and Tampa Bay all made major moves while in the Metropolitan, the Rangers and Penguins also upgraded their lineup.
Out West, the Avalanche look so good but of course, anything can happen. The Wild improved in net and on the blueline while Calgary made their big move five weeks ago in obtaining Tyler Toffoli from Montreal.
It should be a wild Stanley Cup playoff, especially in the first round in the East.
WEEK OF MARCH 28-APRIL 3
4 Games – Anaheim, Arizona, Buffalo, Carolina, Chicago, Dallas, Edmonton, Florida, Los Angeles, Minnesota, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Seattle, St. Louis
3 Games –Boston, Calgary, Colorado, Columbus, Detroit, Montreal, New Jersey, Ottawa, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Jose, Tampa Bay, Toronto, Vancouver, Vegas, Winnipeg
2 Games – Nashville, Washington
Dallas plays all four games on the road.
Arizona, Los Angeles, Montreal, the New York Islanders, St. Louis and Vegas play three games on the road.
Anaheim, Boston, Buffalo, Calgary, Edmonton, Seattle and Tampa Bay play three games at home.
INJURIES
Rasmus Sandin is week-to-week with a knee injury. (Click here to see the injury list.)
ANAHEIM
Games this week
vs. Dallas, vs. Dallas, @ Arizona, vs. Edmonton
Tired: @ Arizona (Friday)
Rested: None
Notes
The Ducks made a few trades at the deadline after new GM Pat Verbeek was unable to get Hampus Lindholm, and Rickard Rakell to sign contract extensions…Jamie Drysdale gets a bump in fantasy value as he is now a top pairing defenseman with Cam Fowler, replacing the departed Lindholm…Verbeek did quite well, picking up Urho Vaakanainen, John Moore, a 2022 first-round pick and second-round picks in 2023 and 2024…The Ducks picked up Zach Aston-Reese, Dominik Simon, Calle Clang and a second-round pick in 2022 for Rakell and thought they had a trade for Evgenii Dadonov before the NHL voided the deal on Thursday as Dadonov had Anaheim on his no-trade list…Finally, they dealt Nicolas Deslauriers to Minnesota for a 2023 third-rounder…The Ducks play four times this week including three games in four nights…John Gibson should get three starts with Anthony Stolarz playing once.
ARIZONA
Games this week
@ Edmonton, @ San Jose, vs. Anaheim, @ Chicago
Tired: None
Rested: vs. Anaheim (Friday)
Notes
The Coyotes play four games this week but they are spread out…Jakob Chychrun was not traded at the deadline but the Coyotes could re-visit the situation over the summer…They signed Karel Vejmelka to a three-year contract Monday and picked up Harri Sateri (one of the best names in hockey) off waivers from Toronto…Sateri is a 32-year-old goaltender who led Finland to Gold at the 2022 Olympics…The Coyotes also acquired Nathan Smith from Winnipeg along with the contract of Bryan Little (who likely will never play in the NHL again) for a fourth-round pick and then acquired Jack McBain from Minnesota for a second-round pick, signing him to a two-year contract…Lawson Crouse hit the 20-goal mark for the first time in his career on Sunday.
BOSTON
Games this week
vs. Toronto, vs. New Jersey, vs. Columbus
Tired: None
Rested: None
Notes
The Bruins made a big splash on the weekend when they acquired Hampus Lindholm from the Ducks, giving up Urho Vaakanainen, John Moore, a 2022 first-round pick and second-round picks in 2023 and 2024 and then signed Lindholm to an eight-year/$52 million contract that kicks in next season….The Bruins granted former first-round pick Zach Senyshyn his wish and dealt him with a 2022 fifth-round pick to Ottawa for Josh Brown and a conditional seventh rounder in 2022…Jake DeBrusk also wanted out but his wish was not granted, although he did sign a two-year extension for $8 million…Look for an off-season trade…Patrice Bergeron has missed the last four games with an elbow injury and Jack Studnicka has taken over as the top center…
BUFFALO
Games this week
@ Chicago, vs. Winnipeg, vs. Nashville, vs. Florida
Tired: None
Rested: vs. Florida (Sunday)
Notes
The Sabres stood pat on Monday but in a minor deal Sunday, sent Robert Hagg to Florida for a sixth-round pick…Rasmus Dahlin continues to excel this season with nine goals and 39 points in 62 games, third best on the Sabres behind Tage Thompson and Jeff Skinner…Skinner has only one goal in his last eight games…Craig Anderson has won four of his last five games and should share the net with Dustin Tokarski as the Sabres play four times this week with the games being played every other day…John Hayden is currently in COVID protocol…The Sabres have 10 picks in the 2022 Draft including three in the first round.
CALGARY
Games this week
vs. Colorado, vs. Los Angeles, vs. St. Louis
Tired: None
Rested: vs. Los Angeles (Thursday), vs. St. Louis (Saturday)
Notes
The Flames made their big move over a month ago when they dealt for Tyler Toffoli and added to it with the acquisition of Calle Jarnkrok from Seattle…On deadline day they had only small moves, giving Michael McNiven to Ottawa for future considerations and getting Ryan Carpenter from the Blackhawks for a 2024 fifth-round pick…The Flames are currently the favorites to come out of the Pacific as they easily have the best record and with their great goaltending combination of Jacob Markstrom and Dan Vladar, the Flames have given up only 144 goals in 63 games…They have 11 shutouts…Johnny Gaudreau has 82 points in 63 games and needs 18 points in his final 19 games to set a career-high in points…Calgary lost Brad Richardson on waivers to Vancouver Monday.
CAROLINA
Games this week
@ Washington, @ Tampa Bay, vs. Montreal, vs. Minnesota
Tired: @ Tampa Bay (Tuesday)
Rested: None
Notes
The Hurricanes play four games this week including three games in four nights…Frederik Andersen should play at least twice and maybe three times with Antti Raanta playing the remainder…The Hurricanes added Max Domi to their lineup Monday in a three-way deal with Florida and Columbus as the Canes also added Tyler Inamoto…Domi saw fourth line action with Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Derek Stepan…The Hurricanes signed Jesperi Kotkaniemi to an eight-year extension with a $4.82 million cap hit per season…Nino Niederreiter is one goal away from his fifth 20-goal season of his career…Tony DeAngelo has 10 goals and 41 points this season in 46 games.
CHICAGO
Games this week
vs. Buffalo, @ Florida, @ Tampa Bay
Tired: @ Tampa Bay (Friday)
Rested: None
Notes
The Blackhawks play three games in four nights so expect to see Kevin Lankinen play twice while Collin Delia plays once…The Blackhawks were quite busy at the deadline, trading Brandon Hagel to Tampa Bay for a pair of first round picks (2023 and 2024) and also picking up prospects Taylor Raddysh and Boris Katchouk with 2022 and 2024 conditional fourth round picks coming back to Tampa Bay…They then dealt starting goalkeeper Marc-Andre Fleury to Minnesota for a conditional second round pick in 2022…Ryan Carpenter was sent to Calgary for a 2024 fifth round selection…Patrick Kane has 20 goals and 74 points in 60 games while the diminutive Alex DeBrincat has 35 goals and 58 points in 64 contests.
COLORADO
Games this week
@ Calgary, vs. San Jose, vs. Pittsburgh
Tired: None
Rested: vs. San Jose (Thursday)
Notes
The Avalanche were very busy this past week as they acquired Artturi Lehkonen from Montreal, giving up former first round pick Justin Barron and a 2024 second-round pick, as well as Andrew Cogliano from the Sharks in exchange for a fifth-round pick also in 2024…Ryan Murray suffered a fracture in his hand/wrist area Monday after blocking a shot and is out indefinitely…Mikko Rantanen scored a pair on Wednesday to give him 31 this season, one better than the injured Gabriel Landeskog…Nazem Kadri continues to pour in on offensively as he has 24 goals and 76 points in 61 games, smashing his previous career-high in points which had been 61.
COLUMBUS
Games this week
vs. New York Islanders, @ New York Islanders, @ Boston
Tired: None
Rested: None
Notes
The Blue Jackets were fairly quiet at the deadline but they did get rid of Max Domi in a three-way deal with Carolina and Florida as they picked up Aidan Hreschuk, a 2021 third-round pick of the Hurricanes…Joonas Korpisalo likely has played his last game as a Blue Jacket as the pending UFA will undergo hip surgery, ending his season…Adam Boqvist (upper body) was activated off the injured reserve list Thursday and should return to the lineup Friday along with netminder Elvis Merzlikins who has been out for almost a week with back tightness…Boone Jenner is still week-to-week with a lower-back injury…Jean-Francois Berube will back up Merzlikins for now.
DALLAS
Games this week
@ Anaheim, @ Anaheim, @ San Jose, @ Seattle
Tired: @ Seattle (Sunday)
Rested: None
Notes
The Stars play four road games this week including three games in four nights…Jake Oettinger should get three starts with Scott Wedgewood playing once…Dallas picked up Wedgewood from Arizona for a conditional fourth-round pick in 2023 and he immediately paid dividends Thursday, kicking out 44 shots in a 4-3 shootout win over Carolina…They also added Vladislav Namestnikov from Detroit for a 2024 fourth-rounder…The Stars play back-to-back games in Anaheim so if there are any fisticuffs, look for Jamie Benn to add to his penalty minute count…Congratulations go out to Tyler Seguin who potted his 300th career goal Tuesday…Roope Hintz has been hot of late with five goals and an assist in his last three games…Miro Heiskanen has started skating as he recovers from mononucleosis while the Stars did not trade pending UFA John Klingberg.
DETROIT
Games this week
vs. New York Rangers, vs. Ottawa, @ Ottawa
Tired: vs. New York Rangers (Wednesday)
Rested: None
Notes
The Red Wings traded Nick Leddy and Luke Witkowski to Colorado, getting back Oskar Sundqvist, Jake Walman and a 2023 second-round pick and then sent Vladislav Namestnikov to Dallas for a 2024 fourth-round selection…There were trade rumors surrounding Tyler Bertuzzi, but he wanted to stay with Detroit and was granted his wish…Jakub Vrana has five goals and one helper in eight games since returning after undergoing shoulder surgery in October…Thomas Greiss suffered an injury Thursday that forced him out of the game and should be considered day-to-day…Dylan Larkin leads the Red Wings with 61 points in 59 games.
EDMONTON
Games this week
vs. Arizona, vs. Los Angeles, vs. St. Louis, @ Anaheim
Tired: None
Rested: None
Notes
The Oilers play four times this week but the games are evenly spaced out…Expect to see Mikko Koskinen and Mike Smith share the net…It was thought that the Oilers would try and shore up their goaltending situation but they did not…Edmonton did get Brett Kulak from Montreal for William Lagesson, a 2022 conditional second-rounder and a 2024 seventh-round pick as well as Derick Brassard from the Flyers for a 2023 fourth-round selection…Smith has been having a poor season as he is 7-8-3 with a 3.29 GAA and a .898 save percentage after a 5-2 win over San Jose Thursday…Leon Draisaitl had a pair of goals Thursday to give him 44, and trails Auston Matthews by a pair…He is also second in points to teammate Connor McDavid as he has 90 compared to McDavid’s 95.
FLORIDA
Games this week
vs. Montreal, vs. Chicago, @ New Jersey, @ Buffalo
Tired: @ Buffalo (Sunday)
Rested: None
Notes
The Panthers play three games in four nights as part of their four-game week…Sergei Bobrovsky and Spencer Knight should share the net with Bobrovsky getting the extra start if Florida decides to go three and one…The Panthers have been quite busy in the trade market and after picking up Ben Chiarot, the Panthers went big for Claude Giroux…They got Connor Bunnaman and German Rubtsov from the Flyers as well, giving up Owen Tippett, a conditional 2024 first-rounder and a 2023 third-round pick…They also added Robert Hagg from Buffalo for a 2022 sixth…Florida also picked up Egor Korshkov in a three-way deal with Columbus and Carolina…Giroux had a pair of assists in his Panthers debut Thursday, playing alongside Aleksander Barkov and Carter Verhaeghe.
LOS ANGELES
Games this week
vs. Seattle, @ Edmonton, @ Calgary, @ Winnipeg
Tired: @ Calgary (Thursday)
Rested: None
Notes
The Kings play four games this week including three games in four nights…Jonathan Quick and Cal Petersen should share the net…The Kings certainly did not tip the balance of power in their trade deadline deal when they acquired Frederic Allard from Nashville, giving up Brayden Burke…There is still no timetable for the return of defenseman Drew Doughty who remains out of action since Mar. 7 when he suffered an upper-body injury…He may not return for the remainder of the regular season…Trevor Moore is on a four-game points streak…Quinton Byfield had his best game as a King Tuesday when he scored twice and added an assist…The second-overall pick in 2019 has four goals and three assists in 26 games.
MINNESOTA
Games this week
vs. Philadelphia, vs. Pittsburgh, @ Carolina, @ Washington
Tired: @ Washington (Sunday)
Rested: None
Notes
The Wild play four games this week, all at home, including three in four nights…Cam Talbot and newcomer Marc-Andre Fleury should share the net…The Wild picked up Fleury from Chicago in exchange for a conditional second-round pick and then dealt Kaapo Kahkonen to San Jose along with a 2022 fifth-rounder for defenseman Jacob Middleton in what could be a great trade for the Wild…Minnesota sent Jack McBain, whom they were not going to sign, to Arizona for a 2022 second-rounder…Talbot has won seven games in a row and is 26-12-1 with a 2.82 GAA and a .910 save percentage…Kirill Kaprizov is having an outstanding season with 33 goals and 78 points, eighth place in the race for the Art Ross Trophy.
MONTREAL
Games this week
@ Florida, @ Carolina, @ Tampa Bay
Tired: None
Rested: @ Tampa Bay (Saturday)
Notes
The Canadiens were busy on Monday, giving up Artturi Lehkonen and getting back defenseman Justin Barron who was selected in the first-round 25th overall, in 2020 as well as a second-round pick in 2024…They gave Edmonton Brett Kulak and received William Lagesson and a 2022 second-round pick as well as a 2024 seventh rounder…Andrew Hammond was shipped off to New Jersey for center Nate Schnarr…Jeff Petry suffered a lower-body injury Thursday and did not return…Brendan Gallagher missed his third straight game Thursday with a lower-body injury and Jonathan Drouin sat out the same game after coming into close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID.
The App is Back! Don’t forget to download the NBC Sports EDGE app to receive real-time player news, mobile alerts and track your favorite players. Plus, now you can check out articles and player cards. Get it here!
NASHVILLE
Games this week
vs. Ottawa, @ Buffalo
Tired: None
Rested: None
Notes
The Predators picked up defenseman Jeremy Lauzon from Seattle at the deadline for a second-round pick in 2022 and then made a couple of minor deals, getting Alex Biega from Toronto for future considerations while picking up Brayden Burke from Los Angeles for Frederic Allard…Roman Josi is seventh in NHL scoring with 79 points and is currently on a 12-game points streak…He has to be a co-favorite with Cale Makar for the Norris Trophy…The Predators have given up 12 goals in their last two games as their Western road trip has suddenly turned sour…Filip Forsberg has seven goals and 13 points in his last seven contests and came up huge against the Ducks Monday with two goals and five points.
NEW JERSEY
Games this week
@ Boston, vs. Florida, vs. New York Islanders
Tired: None
Rested: None
Notes
The Devils play three games in four nights this week…Nico Daws should get a pair of starts while Jon Gillies should see the crease once…The Devils made a minor deal Monday when they acquired Andrew Hammond from Montreal with Nate Schnarr going the other way…Jesper Bratt continues to have a great season with 21 goals and 63 points in 59 games and is on a five-game points streak with two goals and eight points…Jack Hughes is a marvel to watch every night and has 50 points in 44 games…The Devils have a nice young base when you add Nico Hischier and Dawson Mercer to the mix as well as Ty Smith and it bodes well for the future.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Games this week
@ Columbus, vs. Columbus, @ New York Rangers, @ New Jersey
Tired: @ New York Rangers (Friday)
Rested: None
Notes
The Islanders play three games in four nights as part of a four-game homestand this week…Ilya Sorokin and Semyon Varlamov should share the net this week…The Islanders were very quiet on the trade front Monday…They did sign Zach Parise to a one-year extension and then signed Cal Clutterbuck to a two-year extension…Clutterbuck is gone for the season with a shoulder injury which will require surgery…Zdeno Chara was not dealt as he asked GM Lou Lamoriello to remain with New York the remainder of the season…Ilya Sorokin stopped 37 shots in a 5-2 win over Detroit Thursday and is now 22-13-7 with a 2.29 GAA and a .927 save percentage.
NEW YORK RANGERS
Games this week
@ Pittsburgh, @ Detroit, vs. New York Islanders, vs. Philadelphia
Tired: @ Detroit (Wednesday)
Rested: vs. New York Islanders (Friday), vs. Philadelphia (Sunday)
Notes
The Rangers play four games this week including three games in four nights…Igor Shesterkin, who has been slumping of late, should see the crease in three of the four games with Alexandar Georgiev playing once…The Rangers did very well at the deadline, picking up Andrew Copp from Winnipeg with a sixth-round pick in 2023 for Morgan Barron, two conditional second-round picks and a 2023 fifth rounder…The 2022 second round pick can become a first-rounder if the Rangers win two series and Copp plays in at least 50 percent of the Rangers playoff games…They then picked up Tyler Motte from Vancouver and Justin Braun from the Flyers for a fourth-rounder and third-rounder respectively…The Rangers also added Nick Merkley from San Jose for Anthony Bitetto…The Rangers are hoping that Kaapo Kakko is back in action by early April as he has been out since Jan. 21 with an upper-body injury.
OTTAWA
Games this week
@ Nashville, @ Detroit, vs. Detroit
Tired: None
Rested: None
Notes
The Senators play the Red Wings in a home-and-home series…Look for Brady Tkachuk to add to his penalty minute totals if there are any fisticuffs…The Senators were active at the deadline, getting Travis Hamonic from the Canucks for a 2022 third-round pick and then gave up Nick Paul to Tampa Bay for Mathieu Joseph and a fourth-round pick…Ottawa picked up Zach Senyshyn and a fifth-rounder in 2022 for Josh Brown and a conditional seventh in 2022 as well as picking up netminder Michael McNiven from Calgary for future considerations…Ottawa also picked up a 2022 fifth from Winnipeg for Zach Sanford…Their biggest move may have been signing goalie Anton Forsberg to a three-year contract extension…Drake Batherson (ankle) could be back in the Ottawa lineup as early as Mar. 26 after being out for two months.
PHILADELPHIA
Games this week
@ Minnesota, vs. Toronto, @ New York Rangers
Tired: @ New York Rangers (Sunday)
Rested: None
Notes
The Flyers traded Claude Giroux and minor leaguers Connor Bunnaman and German Rubtsov to Florida and received power forward Owen Tippett, a 2024 first-round pick and a 2023 third-rounder…They then sent Justin Braun to the Rangers for a third-round pick…Ryan Ellis is out of action for the remainder of the season with a lower-body injury…He last played on Nov. 13 and made only four appearances for the Flyers this season after his off-season trade from Nashville…The Flyers signed winger Hayden Hodgson to a one-year contract…Travis Konecny has three straight two-point games and has 12 goals and 30 assists this season.
PITTSBURGH
Games this week
vs. New York Rangers, @ Minnesota, @ Colorado
Tired: None
Rested: None
Notes
The Penguins made a big splash at the end of the trade deadline when they acquired Rickard Rakell from Anaheim, giving up Zach Aston-Reese, Dominik Simon, Calle Clang and a 2022 second-round pick…They gave up a conditional seven-rounder in 2022 for Winnipeg’s Nathan Beaulieu who is expected to be out of action until the playoffs with a lower-body injury…Rakell started on a line with Jeff Carter and Kasperi Kapanen but played just as much with Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel, which would give him a lot more fantasy value…Mark Friedman inked a two-year contract extension but has been a healthy scratch ever since.
SAN JOSE
Games this week
vs. Arizona, @ Colorado, vs. Dallas
Tired: @ Colorado (Thursday)
Rested: None
Notes
The Sharks picked up Kaapo Kahkonen from the Wild but had to give up underrated defenseman Jacob Middleton in order to acquire him, garnering a fifth-round pick in 2022 as well…He should get one start with James Reimer picking up two…The Sharks made a couple of minor deals, getting Antoine Morand from Tampa Bay for Alexei Melnichuk as well as picking up Anthony Bitetto from the Rangers for Nick Merkley…Nikolai Knyzhov is gone for the remainder of the season…He had surgery in October but then dealt with some infections that have ended his season…Hopefully he will be fine next season…Erik Karlsson has two goals in his last four games, giving him 10 markers and 31 points in 41 games…He has yet to score on the power play but does have nine assists.
SEATTLE
Games this week
@ Los Angeles, vs. Vegas, vs. Vegas, vs. Dallas
Tired: None
Rested: vs. Dallas (Sunday)
Notes
The Kraken picked up a lot of draft picks in trading Mark Giordano, Colin Blackwell, Marcus Johansson, Jeremy Lauzon and Mason Appleton at the deadline as they received two-second rounders (2022 and 2023) with a 2024 third rounder from Toronto for Giordano and Blackwell, a fourth-round pick from Winnipeg in 2023, a 2022 second-round pick from Nashville for Lauzon and Daniel Sprong, a 2022 fourth-round pick and 2023 sixth-rounder from Washington for Johansson…They also acquired Victor Rask from Minnesota for future considerations…The Kraken claimed Derrick Pouliot off waivers this week from the Golden Knights…Joonas Donskoi was activated off injured reserve this week.
ST. LOUIS
Games this week
vs. Vancouver, @ Vancouver, @ Edmonton, @ Calgary
Tired: @ Calgary (Saturday)
Rested: @ Edmonton (Friday)
Notes
The Blues play four games this week including three games in four nights as they are in Western Canada for their last three games…Jordan Binnington and Ville Husso should share the net…The Blues picked up Nick Leddy from the Red Wings, along with Luke Witkowski in exchange for Jake Walman, Oskar Sundqvist and a 2023 second-round pick…It turned out to be even more important than first thought as Torey Krug suffered an upper-body injury Tuesday and is listed as week-to-week…Vladimir Tarasenko returned to the St. Louis lineup Thursday after missing a couple of games with an illness and he scored his 21st of the season, giving him 55 points in 56 games…Robert Thomas also returned Thursday after missing one game with an upper-body injury.
TAMPA BAY
Games this week
vs. Carolina, vs. Chicago, vs. Montreal
Tired: vs. Montreal (Saturday)
Rested: vs. Carolina (Tuesday)
Notes
The Lightning paid a lot for Chicago’s Brandon Hagel as they gave up a first-round pick in 2023 and 2024 as well as Taylor Raddysh and Boris Katchouk, with a 2022 fourth and a 2024 fourth going back to Chicago…The Lightning also were busy on deadline day, getting goaltender Alexei Melnichuk from San Jose for Antoine Morand, Riley Nash from Arizona in exchange for future considerations and Nick Paul from Ottawa for Mathieu Joseph and a fourth-round pick…The Lightning have been struggling of late and after action on Thursday they were in fourth place in the Atlantic, trailing Toronto and Boston by one point…Ilya Usau signed a three-year entry level deal with Tampa Bay…Andrei Vasilevskiy has lost three straight games.
TORONTO
Games this week
@ Boston, vs. Winnipeg, @ Philadelphia
Tired: None
Rested: vs. Winnipeg (Thursday)
Notes
The Maple Leafs made a deal with the Seattle Kraken, picking up Mark Giordano and Colin Blackwell in exchange for a pair of second-round picks in 2022 and 2023 as well as a 2024 fourth-round pick…Toronto dealt Travis Dermott to Vancouver and received a 2022 third-round pick in exchange…The Maple Leafs signed Finnish netminder Harri Sateri to a one-year deal but the 32-year-old had to go through waivers as he had played in Europe during the season…Well, the Coyotes claimed him, ending all hope that he would play for the Leafs this season…Auston Matthews picked up an assist on Mitch Marner’s 27th goal of the season (a career high for Marner) and has 80 points, tying a career high set two seasons ago in 70 games…Matthews has a seven-game points streak with nine goals and 12 points during the streak…Petr Mrazek had an interesting week as he was placed on waivers, was passed on by the other 31 teams and then got the start Wednesday, stopping 20 shots in a 3-2 much-needed win over New Jersey.
VANCOUVER
Games this week
@ St. Louis, vs. St. Louis, vs. Vegas
Tired: None
Rested: None
Notes
The Canucks were mostly sellers at the deadline, giving up Tyler Motte to the Rangers for a 2023 fourth-round pick, Travis Hamonic to Ottawa for a 2022 third-round pick and they also acquired Travis Dermott from Toronto for a 2022 third-round pick…They also claimed Brad Richardson off waivers from Calgary…What a year J.T. Miller is having as he has 27 goals and 78 points and is tied for eighth in NHL scoring…The Canucks play a home-and-home series with St. Louis and if there is any rough stuff, look for Tyler Myers or Luke Schenn to add to their penalty minute totals…Quinn Hughes keeps looking better and better and his 52 points in 62 games gives the Canucks an offensive defenseman they can rely on for years to come.
VEGAS
Games this week
@ Seattle, @ Seattle, @ Vancouver
Tired: None
Rested: None
Notes
The Golden Knights did as poor a job as possible at the trade deadline…They needed to get rid of salary and proceeded to trade Evgenii Dadonov to Anaheim, relieving themselves of $5 million in cap room and getting back Ryan Kesler (who is on long-term injured reserve and has not played in three years)…Unfortunately, Dadonov’s contract included a limited no-trade clause and Anaheim was part of it, forcing the NHL to void the contract…Brett Howden was stretchered off the ice in the first period Monday after a face-first collision into the boards…The good news is that he had full movement in his body and in stable condition…The Golden Knights play back-to-back in Seattle and expect Keegan Kolesar to get involved if there are any troubles on the ice.
WASHINGTON
Games this week
vs. Carolina, vs. Minnesota
Tired: None
Rested: vs. Minnesota (Sunday)
Notes
The Capitals reacquired Marcus Johansson as they originally drafted him in 2009 and he spent the first seven years of his career in the nation’s capital…Washington gave up Daniel Sprong, a fourth-round pick in 2022 and a sixth-rounder in 2023 for the veteran…The also acquired Johan Larsson from Arizona for a 2023 third-rounder…Garnet Hathaway was fined $2,000 for his second offense for diving/embellishment…Alex Ovechkin saw his four-game goal scoring streak end on Tuesday…He has 40 goals and 76 points in 63 games this season, his best campaign in his last three seasons…The Capitals are comfortably in the second wild card at this time.
WINNIPEG
Games this week
@ Buffalo, @ Toronto, vs. Los Angeles
Tired: @ Toronto (Thursday)
Rested: None
Notes
The Jets play three games in four nights this week…Connor Hellebuyck should see the crease twice with Eric Comrie playing once…The Jets made a great trade with the Rangers, giving up Andrew Copp and a 2023 sixth-round pick and picking up prospect Morgan Barron, two conditional second-round picks with the 2022 pick becoming a first rounder if the Rangers make it to the Eastern Conference final and Copp plays in at least 50 percent of the Rangers playoff games, and a fifth-rounder in 2023…They picked up Zach Sanford from Ottawa for a 2022 fifth-round pick and obtained Markus Phillips from the Kings for Nelson Nogier…They also traded Nathan Smith who was not going to sign with the Jets, as well as the contract of Bryan Little to Arizona for a 2022 fourth-round pick…Kyle Connor has been on fire and has a nine-game scoring streak with seven goals and 17 points, giving him 40 goals and 80 points this season, good for a tie for fifth in NHL scoring…Kristian Reichel signed a two-year/two-way contract extension with the Jets.
