On the Buffalo Sabres …
Mike Harrington: Goaltender Robin Lehner is day-to-day with a lower-body injury.
On the Calgary Flames …
Craig Morgan: There is still no timetable on Mike Smith‘s return.
On the Chicago Blackhawks and Washington Capitals …
Chris Johnston: The Blackhawks will receive the higher of the Capitals or Maple Leafs 2018 third-round picks for defenseman Michal Kempny.
Chris Johnston: The Maple Leafs pick from the Devils in the Marcus Johansson trade. The Devils acquired the pick as compensation for the Leafs hiring Lou Lamoriello.
Jay Zawaski: “Kempny for a conditional 3rd. Not a bad return. Q never seemed to really like him. I’d expect a lot more moves like this. If Wingels and Bouma are here after the deadline, I’d be surprised.”
On the Colorado Avalanche …
AJ Haefele: Both Erik Johnson and Anton Lindholm are out indefinitely with upper-body injuries.
Mike Chambers: The Avs recalled David Warsofsky and Andrei Mironov.
On the Columbus Blue Jackets …
CBJ PR: Forward Nick Foligno will be out for one to two weeks with a lower-body injury.
CBJ PR: The Blue Jackets put defenseman Dean Kukan on the IR. He’ll be out at least a week with an upper-body injury. They’ve recalled forward Zac Dalpe and defenseman Ryan Murray.
On the Montreal Canadiens …
Eric Engels: The Canadiens assigned Nikita Scherbak to the AHL.
Eric Engels: The Canadiens signed Nicolas Deslauriers to a one-way, two-year contract.
Pierre LeBrun: Deslauriers contract has a $950,000 AAV.
On the New York Islanders …
Shannon Hogan: The Islanders have put Thomas Greiss on the IR retroactive to February 16th.
Arthur Staples: Coach Doug Weight said there is no timetable for goaltender Thomas Greiss. They don’t think that he’ll be long, but when it’s a lower-body issue with goaltenders, it’s trickier.
On the Philadelphia Flyers …
Adam Kimelman: GM Ron Hextall said that goaltender Michal Neuvirth will be out weeks. They’ll have a better timeline sometime today.
Philadelphia Flyers: The Flyers recalled forward Oskar Lindbolm and activated Anthony Stolarz from the IR and loaned him to the AHL.
On the San Jose Sharks …
Kevin Kurz: The Sharks recalled Paul Martin and Rudolf Balcers. The Sharks put Tomas Hertl and Joel Ward on the IR.
On the St. Louis Blues …
Jeremy Rutherford: The Blues recalled Sammy Blais from the AHL.
On the Tampa Bay Lightning …
Joe Smith: Defenseman Andrej Sustr took 23 stitches from his cheekbone to close to his eye after he took a punch off his visor.
On the Vegas Golden Knights …
Jesse Granger: The Golden Knights have put Pierre-Edouard Bellemare on the IR with an upper-body injury.
