A recap of notable AHL-related content across the NHL on Friday, as a hot goal, debuting player, and trade all have American League implications.
Adam Edström had himself a night.
The sixth-round draft pick of the New York Rangers in 2019 made his National Hockey League debut on Friday as the Rangers took on the Anaheim Ducks.
Edström finished off a beauty pass from Braden Schneider with only three minutes left in regulation to pot his first NHL goal, and point, in his first-ever NHL game.
The Swede finished with a plus-one, three shots, two hits, and 9:39 of ice time in the contest. Edström, who split time between the AHL and SweHL in his pro career, put up seven goals and nine points in 21 games with Hartford.
The Rangers take on the Bruins on Saturday.
Devon Levi has reinvented himself.
The Sabres goaltending prospect, who had dropped three straight games with three goals or more against before being demoted to the Rochester Americans of the AHL, has rattled off four straight wins since being recalled to the NHL.
Levi was razor sharp, stopping 33 of 35 shots against the defending Stanley Cup Champion Golden Knights as the Sabres mounted a 5-2 win. Levin becomes the second-youngest goaltender to ever earn a win against Vegas, with his 32 saves the most by any goaltender his age or younger.
The 21-year-old split wins and losses with a 2.94 GAA and .921 SP through two games with the AHL's Americans.
Since his call-up, Levi has posted a stellar 3-0-1 record with a 1.71 GAA and .942 SP and looks every bit the prospective franchise starter many were earmarking him as.
The San Jose Sharks and Vancouver Canucks pulled off a Friday trade with AHL ramifications.
The Canucks sent center Jack Studnicka to the Sharks in exchange for defenseman Nick Cicek and a sixth-round draft pick in 2024.
Studnicka, 24, is a second-round draft selection of the Bruins in 2017 who has alternated between the AHL and NHL during his pro career.
The longtime Oshawa General joined the Canucks organization in 2022-23, putting up eight points in 47 games with the Canucks. He's spent nine games with the AHL's Abbotsford Canucks this season netting a goal and six assists for seven points in nine games.
Cicek, 23, has spent all but 16 of his pro games with the AHL's Barracuda. The Winnipeg native put together 31 points across parts of three seasons with the club, adding four assists in 16 games with the Sharks in 2022-23.