Anders Nilsson and forward Darren Archibald were traded to the Ottawa Senators by the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday for Mike McKenna, forward Tom Pyatt and a sixth-round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft.
The Canucks and Senators play at Canadian Tire Centre on Wednesday (7 p.m. ET; TVAS, SN, SN360, NHL.TV). Nilsson had been expected to be the backup goalie for the Canucks and McKenna the backup for the Senators.
Nilsson, 28, is 3-8-1 with a 3.09 goals-against average and .885 save percentage in 12 games. He made 19 saves in a 4-0 loss at the New Jersey Devils on Monday.
Selected by the New York Islanders in the third round (No. 62) of the 2009 NHL Draft, Nilsson is 39-54-13 with a 3.07 GAA, a .905 save percentage and four shutouts in 117 games with the Canucks, Buffalo Sabres, St. Louis Blues, Edmonton Oilers and Islanders.
Archibald, 28, had two points (one goal, one assist) in nine NHL games. He was sent to Utica of the American Hockey League on Nov. 26; he has 16 points (11 goals, five assists) in 23 AHL games.
He has 14 points (six goals, eight assists) in 52 games in three NHL seasons, all with Vancouver.
McKenna, 35, is 1-4-1 with a 3.96 GAA and .897 save percentage in 10 games this season. He last played against the Islanders on Dec. 28, making 33 saves in a 6-3 loss.
The Senators are McKenna’s sixth NHL team, and he is 7-16-3 with a 3.58 GAA and .892 save percentage in 34 games.
Pyatt, 31, has two assists in 37 games for Ottawa this season. Selected by the New York Rangers in the fourth round (No. 107) of the 2005 NHL Draft, he has 101 points (43 goals, 58 assists) in 445 games with the Senators, Tampa Bay Lightning and Montreal Canadiens.
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