NHL Transactions in January 2020

Jan 31, 2020

• The St. Louis Blues signed G Ville Husso and D Niko Mikkola to two-year, one-way contracts.

Jan 28, 2020

• The Pittsburgh Penguins agreed to terms with D Marcus Pettersson on a five-year contract extension.

Jan 18, 2020

• The Green Bay Packers activated S Raven Greene from IR.

Jan 17, 2020

• The Boston Bruins waived F David Backes.
• The Dallas Stars acquired F Oula Palve from Pittsburgh for D John Nyberg and assigned him to Texas (AHL).
• The New York Giants named Jason Garrett offense coordinator, Patrick Graham defense coordinator and assistant head coach and Thomas McGaughey special teams coach.

Jan 15, 2020

• The Las Vegas Golden Knights fired coach Gerard Gallant. Named Peter DeBoer coach.

Jan 14, 2020

• The Washington Capitals re-signed C Nicklas Backstrom to a five-year contract.

Jan 8, 2020

• The Calgary Flames agreed to terms with D Rasmus Andersson on a six-year contract extension.

Jan 7, 2020

• The Nashville Predators named John Hynes coach. Acquired F Michael McCarron from the Montreal Canadiens for F Laurent Dauphin.

Jan 6, 2020

• The Nashville Predators fired coach Peter Laviolette.

Jan 3, 2020

• The Montreal Canadiens signed F Ilya Kovalchuk to a one-year contract.

Jan 2, 2020

• The Buffalo Sabres traded D Marco Scandella to the Montreal Canadiens for a fourth-round draft pick. Acquired F Michael Frolik from the Calgary Flames for Montreal's fourth round draft pick.