Golden Knights acquire center Hertl from Sharks
Leave it to the defending Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights to pull off what could be the biggest deal at the NHL's trade deadline on Friday.
After the Carolina Hurricanes and Florida Panthers slugged it out in adding talent to shore up their respective rosters with offense and experience, the Golden Knights sneaked in under the deadline to land Tomas Hertl in a trade with San Jose.
Hertl, who has enjoyed nine 15-goal seasons in 11 seasons, gives Vegas offensive depth down the middle.
The only downside for the Golden Knights is waiting a few more weeks while Hertl continues recovering form having left knee surgery last month.
The Panthers and Hurricanes were major players on the trade front. Carolina kicked off the action Friday by adding center Evgeny Kuznetsov in a trade with Washington. The Panthers followed suit, adding depth and leadership in landing Buffalo's Kyle Okposo.
Unofficially, because the NHL hasn't released its totals, there were 23 trades Friday involving 32 players.
Go to page 7 to view all of Friday's transactions.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
PACIFIC DIVISION
Vancouver Edmonton Kings Vegas Calgary Seattle Ducks
San Jose
Dallas Winnipeg Colorado Nashville St. Louis Minnesota Arizona Chicago
GP W
65 61 62 63 62 63 63 62
CENTRAL DIVISION
65 62 65 64 63 64 64 63
Friday's results
Today's games
41 38 32 33 31 28 23 15
GP W
39 40 40 36 32 30 26 16
L OT Pts GF GA
17 21 19 23 26 24 37 40
L OT Pts GF GA
17 17 20 25 28 27 33 42 7 2 11 7 5 11 3 7 9 5 5 3 3 7 5 5
Dallas 6, Ducks 2
Arizona 4, Detroit 0 Colorado 2, Minnesota 1, OT Winnipeg 3, Seattle 0 89 229 178 78 216 177 75 193 167 73 202 188 67 197 194 67 174 179 49 166 223 37 137 249 87 238 198 85 193 148 85 241 197 75 206 196 67 179 195 67 200 212 57 188 211 37 130 225
Carolina at New Jersey, 9:30 a.m. Edmonton at Buffalo, 9:30 a.m. Nashville at Columbus, 9:30 a.m. Pittsburgh at Boston, noon Calgary at Florida, 1 p.m. Chicago at Washington, 4 p.m. Ottawa at San Jose, 4 p.m.
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTIC DIVISION
Florida Boston Toronto Detroit Tampa Bay Buffalo Montreal Ottawa
N.Y. Rangers Carolina Philadelphia N.Y. Islanders Washington New Jersey Pittsburgh Columbus
GP W
64 65 63 63 64 64 63 61 62 62 64 62 61 63 61 63
Sunday's games
43 37 36 33 33 29 24 25
GP W
40 37 33 28 29 31 28 22
L OT Pts GF GA
17 13 19 24 25 30 29 32
METROPOLITAN DIVISION
18 19 23 20 23 28 25 31
4 15 8 6 6 5 10 4 4 6 8 14 9 4 8 10 90 212 152 89 217 178 80 228 199 72 218 206 72 217 219 63 186 193 58 178 226 54 199 218
L OT Pts GF GA
84 206 172 80 205 173 74 192 187 70 191 205 67 166 193 66 209 220 64 179 175 54 191 230
Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m. Toronto at Montreal, 4 p.m.
St. Louis at N.Y. Rangers, 4:30 p.m. Detroit at Vegas, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Dallas at Kings, 7:30 p.m.
Edmonton at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. Nashville at Minnesota, 12:30 p.m. Calgary at Carolina, 2 p.m. Arizona at Chicago, 3 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Ducks, 5 p.m.