Maple Leafs acquire Giordano from Kraken
Mark Giordano is heading home after the Seattle Kraken sent their captain to the Toronto Maple Leafs, who made their big move Sunday on the eve of the NHL trade deadline to shore up their defense.
Giordano, a 16-year NHL veteran, joins his hometown team looking to help the franchise win the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1967. The 38-year-defenseman brings additional leadership to a core that has not won a playoff series in several attempts together.
Toronto sent secondround picks in 2022 and 2023 and a third-rounder in 2024 to expansion Seattle for Giordano and forward Colin Blackwell.
• The two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Lightning acquired forward Nick Paul from the Ottawa Senators for Mathieu Joseph and a 2024 fourth-round pick.
Traded on his 27th birthday, Paul brings more size to the Lightning at 6-foot-3 and 224 pounds. He has 11 goals and eight assists this season.
• The Florida Panthers acquired defenseman Robert Hagg from the Buffalo Sabres for a sixth-round pick in the draft this summer. STARS 3, CAPITALS 2 >> Roope Hintz scored twice on the power play to compensate for Alex Ovechkin's 40th goal of the season, leading Dallas to a victory at Washington.
The Stars won for just the second time in six games and moved one point back of the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
Hintz's goals were his 24th and 25th of the season. Jake Oettinger made 36 saves for the Stars.
Ovechkin fired a onetimer past Oettinger on the power play in the second period to tie Wayne Gretzky as the only players to score 40 goals in a season 12 times.
FLYERS 2, ISLANDERS 1 >> Kevin Hayes scored both goals for host Philadelphia in its first game since trading longtime captain Claude Giroux to Florida on Saturday.
Joel Farabee and Travis Konecny each assisted both goals for Philadelphia. RANGERS 2, HURRICANES 0 >> Alexandar Georgiev made a season-high 44 saves for his seventh career shutout, Chris Krieder broke a scoreless tie late in the second period and visiting New York beat Carolina.
Frank Vatrano added an empty-net goal with 41.3 seconds to play to seal it for the Rangers.