The Vancouver Canucks have traded defenseman Carson Soucy to the New York Rangers for a 2025 third-round pick, a league source told The Athletic on Thursday. The 30-year-old shutdown defender performed well for the Canucks and Seattle Kraken in the postseason the past couple of years and can play on both sides of the ice.

Ryan Donato was at the right place at the right time on Wednesday night, as has been the case for much of this 2024-25 season. The play looked like it would be whistled down for icing after a long stretch pass from the Chicago end hit Artem Zub’s skate before ricocheting into the Ottawa end.

Overtime_7, Ottawa, Stutzle 20, 0:46. Shots on Goal_Ottawa 10-7-7-2_26. Chicago 5-8-7-0_20. Power-play opportunities_Ottawa 0 of 1; Chicago 1 of 1. Goalies_Ottawa, Ullmark 14-11-3 (20 shots-17 saves). Chicago, Soderblom 8-15-6 (26-23).

We’ve got some more NHL rumours as the trade deadline draws ever closer. Teams are already making moves before the Friday deadline. We know a lot of teams will be buyers, but there are also a number of sellers looking to build for the future.

Kevin Kurz of The Athletic: The Philadelphia Flyers have two pending UFAs in forward Andrei Kuzmenko and defenseman Erik Johnson. A team or two might have an interest in Kuzmenko, who is two years removed from a 39-goal season. Kuzmenko is feeling the pressure of a ‘new’ team and being a pending UFA.

Third Period_5, Ottawa, Giroux 12 (Stutzle, Sanderson), 1:05 (pp). 6, Ottawa, Pinto 14 (Amadio, Chabot), 8:01. 7, Washington, Fehervary 3 (Protas, Wilson), 12:43. 8, Ottawa, Tkachuk 23 (Sanderson, Stutzle), 18:52 (pp). Penalties_Protas, WSH (Tripping), 10:29; Dubois, WSH (Delay of Game), 18:23.

Reports continue to indicate that Brandon Tanev might leave Seattle, but not just for any team. The goal is to join a top-tier team that can offer him better opportunities for his future.

It was a game that shouldn’t have gone to OT in the first place, but Ottawa is a team fighting for its playoff lives right now, so the battle wasn’t a surprise. What was a surprise was Washington allowing the Senators back into the game twice after coming out to start with a lot of spark.

Jared Spurgeon, Mats Zuccarello and Frederick Gaudreau each had a goal and an assist and Filip Gustavsson made 33 saves, including one on a penalty shot, as the Minnesota Wild held on to defeat the host Seattle Kraken 4-3 Tuesday night.

Minnesota Wild forward Ryan Hartman returned after serving an eight-game suspension for slamming an opponent’s head to the ice

Eschewing their recent trend of slow starts and lackadaisical efforts, the Washington Capitals knocked off the Ottawa Senators Monday night by a score of 5-4 (SO). McMichael, Dubois, Wilson, and Fehrevary all scored for Washington,