Minnesota Wild center Eric Staal, Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin and Vegas Golden Knights right wing Reilly Smith have been named the NHL’s “Three Stars” for the month of February.
FIRST STAR – ERIC STAAL, C, MINNESOTA WILD
Staal paced the NHL with 13-8—21 in 13 games to propel the Wild (36-20-7, 79 points) to a 9-2-2 February and into third place...
Tampa Bay Lightning center Yanni Gourde, who led all rookies with 5-11—16 in 14 games, has been named the NHL’s Rookie of the Month for February.
Gourde edged New York Islanders center Mathew Barzal (2-14—16 in 12 GP), Winnipeg Jets left wing Kyle Connor (6-5—11 in 12 GP), New Jersey Devils center Nico Hischier (5-6—11 in 14 GP) and Vancouver...
MRAZEK LIFTS FLYERS INTO FIRST IN METROPOLITAN DIVISION
Petr Mrazek turned aside all 28 shots he faced and Sean Couturier scored the decisive marker in the shootout as the Flyers (34-19-10, 78 points) picked up their sixth consecutive victory to leapfrog the Capitals(35-21-7, 77 points) into first place in the Metropolitan Division. Philadelphia improved to 10-0-2 since Feb. 3, their longest point streak since a 12-game run from...
- NHL clubs made 18 trades involving 37 players today prior to the 3 p.m., ET, trade deadline. Following is a list of the transactions:
Anaheim traded LW Chris Wagner to NY Islanders for LW Jason Chimera.
Arizona traded C Ryan Kujawinski to Columbus for C Jordan Maletta.
Arizona traded C Tyler Gaudet and D John Ramage to Nashville for D Trevor...