With the Avalanche struggling in the goal, they traded Justus Annunen and a sixth-round pick in 2025 for Scott Wedgewood, who should play more frequently, helping potential fantasy hockey teams.
Patrik Laine scored in his highly anticipated Montreal debut, Nick Suzuki scored in overtime, and the Canadiens beat the New York Islanders 2-1 on Tuesday night.
San Jose lost its first nine games, eight of them without Celebrini, and has gone 9-6-3 since that rough start. Celebrini has caught fire with four goals and three assists in his last four games.
Less than two months into Macklin Celebrini's NHL career, the 18-year-old already is developing a reputation as one of the league's best at winning puck battles.
Simon Holmstrom scored twice and Ilya Sorokin stopped 29 shots for first shutout of the season as the Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-0 on Saturday night.
Pierre-Luc Dubois, Rasmus Sandin and Taylor Raddysh each scored a goal and added an assist in the Washington Capitals 6-5 win over the Devils in a meeting featuring the top two teams in the Metropolitan Division on Saturday night.