BOSTON (AP) – The Boston Bruins have acquired forward Brett Connolly from the Tampa Bay Lightning for second-round draft picks this year and next.
The 22-year-old Connolly has 12 goals, three assists and 38 penalty minutes in 50 games for the Lightning this season. In his career, the sixth overall pick in the 2010 draft has 18 goals and 14 assists in 134 games.
The deal was made early in the morning on Monday, hours before the NHL’s trading deadline.
The Bruins enter the season’s final stretch in eighth place in the East, two points ahead of the Florida Panthers in the race for the conference’s final playoff spot.
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