WASHINGTON (AP) Evgeny Kuznetsov scored his seventh goal and added an assist, Alex Ovechkin had three assists in a game for the first time in nearly four years, and the Washington Capitals cruised to a 6-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday night.
The annual NHL trade deadline is usually when teams out of playoff contention become sellers. They attempt to peddle pending free agents they can't afford to retain, as well as players signed beyond the season who no longer fit into their plans.
Michael Pezzetta was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens 160th overall in 2016. He racked up more than twice as many penalty minutes as he did points over his OHL career with Sudbury and Sarnia, toiled in the AHL for three full seasons and even did a small stint in the ECHL with Maine. Yet there he was on Tuesday, not looking one bit out of place in his NHL debut.