The Toronto Maple Leafs recalled defenseman Rasmus Sandin from the AHL, the team announced Monday.

Sandin, the 29th overall pick in the 2018 draft, is widely considered the organization's top prospect. He's produced 15 points in 21 AHL contests with the Toronto Marlies this season and tallied 10 points in seven games with Sweden at the 2020 World Junior Championship, where he was named the tournament's best defenseman.

The 19-year-old made the Maple Leafs out of training camp and skated in six NHL contests to open the campaign. While playing just over 12 minutes per night with the big club, he tallied two assists and produced some dazzling possession stats, including a 57.5 Corsi For percentage and a 52.5 expected goals for percentage, according to Natural Stat Trick.

It's unclear how Toronto plans to use him this time around. If Sandin suits up in four more NHL games this season, his entry-level contract will kick in. That would make him a restricted free agent in 2022 instead of 2023.

Fellow lefty-shooting defenseman Jake Muzzin has missed the Leafs' last seven games with a broken foot and was placed on injured reserve Sunday. Veteran Martin Marincin has filled in for Muzzin of late, yielding mixed results.

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The Los Angeles Kings are looking to continue their rebuild by shipping out a veteran defenseman.

Blue-liner Alec Martinez, a member of the Kings' two Stanley Cup-winning teams in 2012 and 2014, is available for trade, according to The Athletic's Pierre LeBrun.

The 32-year-old has another year remaining on his deal - which carries a $4-million annual cap hit - after the current campaign, so he's not simply a rental.

Los Angeles traded defenseman Jake Muzzin to the Toronto Maple Leafs last season for a first-round pick and two prospects. The expected return for Martinez is slightly less than that, LeBrun added.

Martinez, who returned from a lengthy absence on Jan. 4 due to a wrist injury, has one goal and five assists in 29 games this season.

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The upcoming All-Star festivities in St. Louis will feature a new showcase of women's hockey players.

A three-on-three scrimmage between top Canadian and American female stars will be included as part of the weekend, sources told ESPN's Emily Kaplan.

This will be the third straight year the NHL invites women's hockey players to participate during the All-Star weekend. Last year, Kendall Coyne Schofield became the first woman to compete in the All-Star Skills Competition. She beat Arizona Coyotes forward Clayton Keller's time in the Fastest Skater contest.

Two years ago, the league invited members of the U.S. women's national team to demonstrate drills during the skills events.

The NHL is expected to reveal the new event - as well as a tweak to the All-Star Skills Competition - this week, according to Kaplan.

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The Vegas Golden Knights are looking to add a defenseman before the trade deadline on Feb. 24, according to league sources of The Athletic's Jesse Granger.

Losers of three straight games, the Golden Knights have allowed at least four goals in four of their last five outings and have conceded 3.02 goals against per contest this season.

Vegas also gives up 10.69 high-danger scoring chances per game at five-on-five, the 18th-most in the league, and has seen its 19th-ranked penalty kill dwindle as the year has progressed.

However, the Golden Knights are pressed against the cap, with only $117,626 in projected space, and would need to move out a contract of equal amount to make a deal possible.

Vegas begins an eight-game road trip on Tuesday against the Buffalo Sabres.

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Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe hopes his club's embarrassing loss to the Florida Panthers on Sunday serves as a wake-up call.

"You take it as what it is, which is a good slap in the face and a good reminder of how we can't play if we have any intention at all of being a successful team," Keefe said following the 8-4 defeat, according to TSN's Mark Masters.

The Panthers jumped on the Leafs for three goals in the opening period and chased goaltender Frederik Andersen just 49 seconds into the second frame after beating the Dane four times on 12 shots.

"We're leaving our goalie out to dry on multiple goals tonight," forward Mitch Marner said, according to Masters. "It's so unfair to them and we got to be way better."

Marner continued: "Right off the start there, off the bat, we're giving their best players walk-ins to the net and it's unacceptable."

With the loss, Toronto has dropped three straight games under Keefe for the first time, conceding a combined 18 goals over that span.

The Maple Leafs surrendered eight goals in a game for the first time since a 9-2 drubbing against the Nashville Predators in November 2014.

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Jonathan Huberdeau is the Florida Panthers' new all-time scoring leader.

The 26-year-old winger recorded his 420th career point in an 8-4 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday to move past Olli Jokinen for the top spot in the franchise's history.

Huberdeau set up Mike Hoffman with a beautiful feed to reach the milestone.

The Panthers honored Huberdeau, who was selected by Florida third overall at the 2011 draft, with a video tribute during a TV timeout.

The assist brought Huberdeau's point total up to a team-leading 61 through 45 games in 2019-20. The Quebec native is also on pace to break the Panthers' single-season scoring record. That mark currently belongs to teammate Aleksander Barkov, who tallied 96 points last season.

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One of the worst teams in the NHL cooled off the hottest as the New Jersey Devils halted the Tampa Bay Lightning's run of 10 consecutive victories with a 3-1 win Sunday night.

Travis Zajac scored the eventual winner midway through the second period and New Jersey netminder Louis Domingue stopped 26 of the 27 shots he faced against his former team.

The Devils' improbable victory came just hours after the club parted ways with general manager Ray Shero.

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