The Arizona Coyotes and Pittsburgh Penguins are gearing up for their Monday night matchup, and also agreed to a trade before the NHL’s trade deadline. The source spoke on condition of anonymity because the teams hadn’t announced the deals.
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Loui Eriksson is still with Boston.
NOTES: LW Sergei Plotnikov arrived at Consol Energy Center for the Pittsburgh Penguins’ morning pregame skate but by evening was in an Arizona Coyotes uniform following two separate trades between the teams.
The league said there were 19 trades involving 37 players completed on Monday. The final tally of trades was not yet revealed as deals were still being processed by the National Hockey League. Russell has 174 shot blocks in just 51 games this season.
Drouin is expendable because he was unhappy over being demoted to the minors and has since left the AHL Syracuse Crunch to work out on his own in Montreal.
The Bruins flexed their muscles at the deadline by acquiring defenseman John-Michael Liles from the Carolina Hurricanes and winger Lee Stempniak from the Devils.
Rookie center Andreas Athanasiou scored Detroit’s first two goals, and Jimmy Howard made 39 saves to win for the first time since December 3. “The deal had to be right”. Plotnikov carries a salary-cap hit of $743,000.
Washington Capitals GM Brian MacLellan expressed disappointment he was unable to make an additional move.
Perhaps because of that, and despite doing little more near the deadline than adding puck-moving defenseman Justin Schultz, Sullivan said, “I like our team….” However, a second half run has them in a position to qualify for the playoffs and an underperforming team in the second season is a very unsafe group as they feel like they have a second shot at proving their worth.
Derek Stepan scored on a short-handed breakaway with 2:48 remaining in the third period to give NY a victory over Columbus.
“If we’d gotten one there (with the two-man advantage), it would have given us something to grab onto, but there wasn’t much to grab onto all night”, Tippett said.
Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog appreciated the support management provided.
Coyotes goalie Louis Domingue stopped only 27 of 33 shots, giving up goals to defenseman Kris Letang and center Matt Cullen only 16 seconds apart in the final two minutes. He was selected by the Oilers in the sixth round of the 2010 draft. Arizona sent forward Mikkel Boedker to Colorado earlier on Monday, and losing their third-leading scorer seemed to leave the Coyotes deflated.
The Penguins reacquired veteran forward Dustin Jeffrey, as well as Dan O’Donoghue and James Melindy from the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for 22-year-old forward Matia Marcantuoni.
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“We forced some turnovers and we were strong in and around the net”, Crosby said.
