Penguins' GM Ron Hextall is familiar with Carter, having been a part of the management in Philadelphia and Los Angeles, where Carter has played his entire career to this point. Moving Carter opened up some cap space for the Kings to sign Alex Iafallo and provides plenty of middle-6 flexibility for the Penguins. Carter, who played most of his career at centre, has played primarily on the wing in 2021. He could centre the third line or move up and play on the right-wing with Evgeni Malkin. He had eight goals and 11 assists (19 points) in 40 games this season.

Grzelcyk was forced to leave Saturday's game with an upper-body injury and did not return. With Grzelcyk out, Jarred Tinordi will draw back into the lineup and Steven Kampfer will likely see some PP1 time.

Jarry was forced to leave Monday's game vs. the Islanders with an upper-body injury and is now listed as day-to-day. With Jarry banged up, look for Casey DeSmith to start Thursday in Boston.

Nieto will miss his sixth consecutive game on Monday and head coach Bob Boughner expects him to be out until next week. With Nieto still out, Jeffrey Viel will make his NHL debut on Monday.