The Lightning traded Valtteri Filppula to the Flyers earlier, so McKegg, who was claimed off of waivers from the Panthers, will play tonight. McKegg had four points (2G / 2A) in seven AHL games and six points (3G / 3A) in 31 games with the Panthers before being waived.
Lack allowed three goals on 24 shots in the Hurricanes’ loss to the Flames on Sunday. Lack has gone 1-2-0 with a 2.54 GAA, .914 SV% and one shutout in four games since returning from injury and tonight he’ll take on a Lightning team that is heating up.
Sheary continues to inch closer to a return to the Penguins’ lineup, but it won’t happen tonight vs. the Blackhawks. He has been sidelined since the final day of January and will now eye a Friday return vs. Tampa Bay.
Fleury made 44 saves on 47 shots in the Penguins win over the Jets on February 16th. Matt Murray started the last five games and Fleury wasn’t traded today, so he will start tonight in Chicago. It certainly hasn’t been his best season and he enters a tough building with at 3-5-4 with a 3.79 GAA and .880 SV% on the road this season.
Duclair, who had a breakout 20-goal, 24-assist season in 2015-16, struggled to just nine points (3G / 6A) in 41 games this season before being sent down. During his time with the Roadrunners, the 21-year-old tallied just one goal and seven assists (eight points) in 16 games.
Korpikoski tallied eight goals and 12 assists (20 points) in 60 games with the Stars this season and played under Blue Jackets’ head coach John Tortorella in New York in his first season, so there’s a bit of familiarity there. The Blue Jackets are deeper than the Stars, so it might be harder for him to find regular playing time in his new home.
Stafford’s best offensive years are behind him, but he brings a little added scoring depth to the Bruins’ bottom-6. Stafford has played a reduced role in Winnipeg this season and tallied just 13 points (4G / 9A) in 40 games.
Streit was a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning for all of 45 minutes before being flipped to the Penguins for a draft pick. The Lightning move was a salary cap move, but the Penguins really need help on the back-end because of the long-term injuries to Olli Maatta and Trevor Daley. He still brings a decent offensive punch and can play the second power play unit with Justin Schultz.
Oleksy, 31, is a veteran blueliner, who has just one assist in 11 games with the Penguins this season. He has spent the majority of the time in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL), where he had one goal and four assists (five points). He will likely report to the Toronto Marlies.
Fehr is a veteran who brings forward depth to the Maple Leafs. The Penguins needed to move his cap-hit in order to add Mark Streit to their blueline and the Maple Leafs were in the position to add an asset to do so. Fehr has 11 points (6G / 5A) in 52 games this season.
Corrado has not appeared in a lot of games this season because he sat as healthy scratch frequently with the Maple Leafs. He had 12 points (1G / 11A) in 18 games with the Marlies and is expected to go straight to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
Skinner was sent back to Carolina to be reevaluated prior to Tuesday’s game and the Hurricanes announced he doesn’t have a concussion and is dealing with a stiff neck. The Hurricanes played with seven defensemen last night, but have recalled Patrick Brown and Andrej Nestrasil for tonight’s game in Tampa Bay. Look for Skinner to be back in on Friday.
Nestrasil has played the same amount of NHL as AHL games this year (18). He has five points (1G / 4A) with the Hurricanes and 10 points (4G / 6A) with the Checkers. He will draw into the lineup on Wednesday with Jeff Skinner (neck) out.
Brown, 24, has scored 11 goals with nine assists (20 points) in 54 games with Charlotte this season. The American-born forward had two points (1G / 1A) in seven NHL games last season and is expected to make his season debut tonight with Brock McGinn (upper-body) likely out.
Jokipakka, who cleared waivers earlier today, is heading to Ottawa, where he will likely serve as a seventh defenseman. Jokipakka has one goal and five assists in 38 games with the Flames this season and just 28 points (3G / 25A) in 147 career NHL games.
Kostka has four goals and 17 assists (21 points) in 85 career NHL games, but has not appeared in a NHL contest this season. The 31-year-old blueliner has one goal and 11 assists (12 points) in 46 games with Binghamton (AHL) and should head to Stockton.
Lazar has had a very difficult year that started with mono at the beginning of the season and never seemed to get it back on track. Lazar had three goals and one assist in 13 games with Binghamton (AHL) and one one assist in 33 games with the Senators. Following a few additions up front, Lazar would have been sitting or sent back down, so he gets a much-needed change of scenery as the Salmon Arm, British Columbia native heads to Alberta.
Parenteau missed Monday’s game with a finger injury, but isn’t expected to miss a lot of time. The veteran winger seems to score wherever he goes and adds a little scoring depth to a hot Predators’ offence. Parenteau heads to Nashville with 13 goals and 14 assists (27 points) in 59 games this season.
At this point in his career, Filppula is more like No.3 centre, who is paid like a No.1 or No.2 centre and the Lightning needed to move him. They took on another big cap-hit in Streit to even things out for this season, but Streit’s deal is up at the end of the season. Filppula could land a No.2 centre role in Philly, bumping Brayden Schenn back to the wing—he comes in with 34 points (7G / 27A) in 59 games this season.
Streit is an expiring contract with a large cap-hit that need to be moved in order for the Flyers to take on another large cap-hit in Valtteri Filppula. Streit is getting up there in age, but still has a lot to bring in terms of offence and power-play capability. Streit comes in with five goals and 16 assists (21 points) in 49 games this season.
