Oilers lock down goalie Stuart Skinner with 3-year, $7.8M extension
Leafs trade forward Denis Malgin to Avalanche for Dryden Hunt
The Edmonton Oilers have signed goaltender Stuart Skinner to a three-year, $7.8-million US contract extension.
The 24-year-old from Edmonton has a record of 9-8-0-1, a goals-against average of 2.83 and a .915 save percentage for the Oilers this season. Skinner made 40-plus saves in three wins.
He was drafted by Edmonton in the third round (78th) of the 2017 entry draft. Skinner has appeared in 33 NHL games with a career goal-against average of 2.82 and a .912 save percentage.
Leafs swap forwards with Avs
Meanwhile, the Toronto Maple Leafs acquired Dryden Hunt from the Colorado Avalanche for fellow forward Denis Malgin on Monday.
Hunt has put up 14 goals and 42 points in 193 regular-season games in parts of six NHL seasons with the Florida Panthers, Arizona Coyotes, New York Rangers and Avalanche.
Acquired from Florida for forward Mason Marchment in February 2020, Malgin was held without a point in eight games in his first stint with Toronto before spending the past two seasons in Switzerland. The 25-year-old has two goals and two assists in 24 games for the Leafs so far this season.
Malgin has 30 goals and 64 points in 215 regular-season games with Florida and Toronto.
Sharks' Hertl suspended 2 games for high stick
San Jose Sharks forward Tomas Hertl has been suspended two games for a high-stick penalty against Calgary's Elias Lindholm.
Hertl received a minor penalty for the infraction on Sunday night. The NHL's Department of Player Safety announced Monday that Hertl will miss two games without pay for his first suspension of his 10-year career.
The play happened following the opening faceoff of the third period of Calgary's 5-2 victory. Lindholm cross-checked Hertl multiple times and Hertl retaliated by swinging his stick. He hit Lindholm in the face, leading to the suspension.
Hertl will forfeit about $88,000 in salary for missing the two games against Calgary and Minnesota. The money goes to the Players' Emergency Assistance Fund.
Hertl has 11 goals and 21 assists in 33 games.
