Another crown for King Henrik.

With his 11th of 12 first-period stops against the St. Louis Blues on Thursday, Henrik Lundqvist passed Mike Richter for the New York Rangers' franchise record for most career saves.

The milestone adds one more Rangers record to the 33-year-old's resume, which already includes franchise highs in wins (368), shutouts (59), and games played (670) among goaltenders.

Since taking the team's starting goalie job at the start of the 2005-06 season, Lundqvist has been named to three All-Star games, won a Vezina Trophy in 2012, and was named the Rangers' MVP for seven consecutive seasons, ending in 2013.

The only trophy left for the Swede, and one Richter raised back in 1994, is a Stanley Cup. Lundqvist backstopped his team to a Finals appearance in 2014, but they lost in five games to the Los Angeles Kings.

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Though the Columbus Blue Jackets will likely miss the playoffs for the second year in a row, they certainly found a winner in Brandon Saad.

The 23-year-old matched his age with his 23rd goal of the season against the New Jersey Devils on Thursday to equal his career high, which was set a year ago with the Chicago Blackhawks.

Those haands pic.twitter.com/vmCswO1BGW

— NHL Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) February 26, 2016

Saad was sent to Columbus as the centerpiece of a seven-player deal during the offseason, and the forward signed a six-year extension worth a reported $36 million just days later.

Though the American has had his ups and downs since leaving the reigning Stanley Cup champions, Saad has remained on a 30-goal pace and is certainly living up to expectations in his first season in Ohio.

Month	G	A	P	+/-
October	4	1	5	-4
November	5	6	11	3
December	5	6	11	1
January	5	3	8	1
February	4	0	4	-6

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WINNIPEG - Winnipeg Jets trade captain Andrew Ladd to Chicago Blackhawks. More coming.

It'll be a second tour of duty in Chicago for Andrew Ladd.

The Winnipeg Jets dealt their captain, and perhaps the most coveted rental asset on the market, back to the Blackhawks in exchange for a package including forward Marko Dano, a first-round draft pick, and a conditional draft selection in 2018.

Welcome back @aladd16! pic.twitter.com/QUkNrB014x

— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) February 26, 2016

Ladd, who was part of Chicago's first of three Stanley Cup championship titles over the last six seasons, will have Winnipeg pay 36 percent of his salary in order to have the numbers work, TSN's Darren Dreger reports.

Defenseman Jay Harrison and forward Matt Fraser will also land in Chicago as part of the deal. The conditional draft pick hinges on whether the Blackhawks win their fourth championship in seven seasons.

Ladd's three-year run with the Blackhawks ended just weeks after winning the second Stanley Cup of his career, his first coming as a rookie with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006. He scored 37 goals and 99 points in 184 games with the Blackhawks, and another 10 in his two postseason runs.

Dano appeared in just 13 games for Chicago after being acquired in the deal that sent Brandon Saad - another casualty of the team's dynastic run - to the Columbus Blue Jackets. He was selected 27th overall in 2013.

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TORONTO - Toronto Maple Leafs forwards James van Riemsdyk and Joffrey Lupul will miss the rest of the season due to injuries. Van Riemsdyk's recovery from a non-displaced fracture in his left foot has taken longer than expected, a team spokes...

The Toronto Maple Leafs confirmed that forwards James van Riemsdyk and Joffrey Lupul will miss the rest of the regular season due to injury, according to multiple reports.

Van Riemsdyk was expected to miss six-to-eight weeks of action, but is still in a walking boot after suffering a broken foot in January. He is expected to be ready to represent the United States at the World Cup of Hockey in September.

JVR will begin skating in 2-3 wks time but will not rejoin team. Lupul had surgery Monday to correct a sport hernia. His season is over too.

— Paul Hendrick (@HennyTweets) February 25, 2016

Lupul, hasn't played since Feb. 6 due to what was originally called a middle-body injury. He finishes a disappointing season with only 11 goals and three assists in 46 games. He's under contract through 2017-18 at a salary cap hit of $5.25 million.

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The Toronto Maple Leafs confirmed that forwards James van Riemsdyk and Joffrey Lupul will miss the rest of the regular season due to injury, according to multiple reports.

Van Riemsdyk was expected to miss six-to-eight weeks of action, but is still in a walking boot after suffering a broken foot in January. He is expected to be ready to represent the United States at the World Cup of Hockey in September.

JVR will begin skating in 2-3 wks time but will not rejoin team. Lupul had surgery Monday to correct a sport hernia. His season is over too.

— Paul Hendrick (@HennyTweets) February 25, 2016

Lupul, hasn't played since Feb. 6 due to what was originally called a middle-body injury. He finishes a disappointing season with only 11 goals and three assists in 46 games. He's under contract through 2017-18 at a salary cap hit of $5.25 million.

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The Boston Bruins don't appear ready to flip Loui Eriksson on the trade market.

Speaking on the "Felger and Mazz" show on 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston on Thursday, team president Cam Neely admitted a new offer had been made to Eriksson and his camp in recent days.

"There have been recent discussions," Neely said. "(GM Don Sweeney) had sent something (Eriksson's) way the other day. We have not got a response yet, but yes, there's ongoing discussions."

Neely couldn't say whether the two sides are close to an agreement pending Eriksson's response, and was then asked if he was surprised about not yet hearing back.

"Not really," he said. "It's kind of the way it's been going, so not really."

He was then asked if the team is simultaneously taking trade calls on Eriksson while sitting in an Eastern Conference playoff spot.

"I know Don’s talking to teams about a number of different things," he said. "Not specifically Loui, but just, 'How are we going to improve our club today and tomorrow?'"

Meanwhile, word out of Boston is the Bruins may be bending on term for Eriksson's next deal.

Per a source, Bruins are moving on term re Eriksson. Offered three years in December. Most recent offer was longer. Ongoing discussions.

— DJ Bean (@DJ_Bean) February 25, 2016

On Wednesday, however, TSN's Darren Dreger reported there's believed to be a significant gap between team and player in both term and valuation.

Eriksson has appeared in all 61 games for the Bruins this season and sits second on the team in scoring with 23 goals and 48 points.

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It will be an all-NHL roster, at least on initial release, when Russia names its outfit for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.

Alexei Zhamnov, a member of the country's brain trust, told Sportsnet's Chris Johnston that the 16 players selected to Russia's initial roster will be NHLers, exclusively.

"(For the remaining) seven spots, we'll discuss," Zhamnov said. "Maybe some players from KHL, too. Right now it’s most important for us to make the list of 16 players."

Related: Projecting the 5 European World Cup rosters

Russia has 16 players in North America more than capable of making the roster. In fact, it may have the tournament's best collection of forwards. But this decision likely isn't without a nudge from the NHL, which designed the event in order to showcase and celebrate its brand specifically.

"If we want to bring KHL players they will be the right players for the national team - that's all," Zhamnov said. "We come for the World Cup and we don't want to lose like every game, right? We want to win.

"If we take the players from KHL it's going to be good players."

Question is, how is Ilya Kovalchuk classified?

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The Washington Capitals are far and away the best team in the NHL at this stage of the regular season, and general manager Brian MacLellan realizes the opportunity to win the franchise's first Stanley Cup will present itself in the immediate future.

But in today's salary cap world, things can change quickly, so he realizes the importance of striking while the iron is hot.

"I view it as a two-year window," MacLellan said Thursday, according to Chuck Gormley of CSN. "We’re going for it this year, we're going for it next year, and then after that we're evaluating where we're at. We're going to have some decisions to make as far as veteran players, and our young guys are going to be due for some pay raises."

T.J. Oshie and Justin Williams have played a huge part in the current roster's achievements this season, but both are set to become unrestricted free agents in 2017, along with defenseman Karl Alzner.

On top of that, key young players like Evgeny Kuznetsov and Andre Burakovsky will be in line for big raises as restricted free agents.

The Capitals have a 10-point advantage in the race for the Presidents' Trophy, and seem to have their best shot at winning in the Alex Ovechkin/Nicklas Backstrom era, especially with Vezina favorite Braden Holtby locking things down in net.

It's not quite now or never for Washington, but anything less than a trip to the Final would be a disappointment.

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