GLENDALE Mike Smith Jersey , Ariz. (AP) The Arizona Coyotes acquired goalie Darcy Kuemper from the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday for forward Tobias Rieder and goalie Scott Wedgewood.The 27-year-old Kuemper was 10-1-3 with a 2.10 goals-against average in 19 games for the Kings this season. He’s 51-35-17 with a 2.52 GAA in 104 career games with Minnesota and Los Angeles.The 6-foot-5 Kuemper will join No. 1 goalie Antti Raanta as the netminding pair for the Coyotes.Article continues below ...”Our team, when we’ve gotten quality goaltending, has played very well. This gives us two goaltenders that we are very confident in,” Coyotes general manager John Chayka said. ”When I look at our season, I feel like our season could have gone differently with better goaltending early on.”The Coyotes, with Raanta opening the season unavailable due to injury Artemi Panarin Jersey , lost their first 11 games. Raanta has played in 35 of the team’s 59 games.”You need great goaltending in this league in order to be successful and with Antti and Darcy, we are confident that we have an excellent tandem for the future,” Chayka said in a statement from the team.Kuemper and the Coyotes were finalizing a contract extension Wednesday night. He said he is excited to be part of the growth of an Arizona franchise with a lot of young players.He knows Raanta is the top goalie at present.”I’m just going to come in and work hard and try to earn as many starts as I can,” Kuemper said. ”I’m not coming in with any expectations.”The 25-year-old Rieder, from Germany, had eight goals and 11 assists in 58 games for Arizona this season. He has 51 goals and 60 assists in 292 career games Shane Doan Jersey , all with the Coyotes.”We continue to look for opportunities to improve our team speed and Tobias will bring that dynamic to our club,” Kings general manager Rob Blake said in a team statement. ”We appreciate Darcy Kuemper’s contributions this season as he has played very well for us in his role.”Chayka said Rieder was deemed expendable with a number of other wingers with strong left shots, both with Arizona and in the minor leagues.Wedgewood was 5-9-4 with a 3.45 GAA in 20 games this season for Arizona. The 25-year-old goalie appeared in four games for New Jersey in 2015-16. GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) Alexandar Georgiev is set to make his NHL debut for the New York Rangers when they visit the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.The 22-year-old Russian was 12-11-2 with a 2.97 goals-against average and .908 save-percentage in 31 games with Hartford of the AHL before being called up by the Rangers on Feb. 10.”Everything I hear about that young man is positive,” coach Alain Vigneault said Wednesday at the team’s practice facility in suburban New York. ”I hope our team in front of him is going to play real hard. We got to come out with energy.”Article continues below ...Starting goalie Henrik Lundqvist has appeared in 27 of the Rangers’ last 30 games – twice when he came off the bench to replace backup Ondrej Pavelec, who is currently injured. The Rangers have lost 11 of their last 14 www.floridapanthersteamshops.com , and Lundqvist has given up 18 goals on 128 shots during their current four-game skid. That includes a 7-4 loss to Philadelphia on Sunday.”That first period we came out with energy, we were ready to play,”Vigneault said. ”Obviously toward the end there wasn’t much left in the tank. We’ve had a full week to regroup here and I want us to play a good game in front of a guy that’s going to play his first game in goal for us.”Georgiev’s chance comes in the front end of a back-to-back, as the Rangers return home to host Minnesota on Friday night.After dealing with injuries to several players, the Rangers are starting to get healthier. Veteran defenseman Marc Staal, out since Feb. 3 with a strained neck Florida Panthers T-Shirts Womens , will return against the Canadiens and be paired with Tony DeAngelo. Vigneault said forward Chris Kreider (blood clot) is also close to returning, but will not make the trip to Montreal. The coach said defensemen Kevin Shattenkirk (knee) and Ryan McDonagh (upper body) and Pavelec have all started skating as they work their way back and will also remain in New York.Defenseman Rob O’Gara, acquired from Boston on Tuesday in the deal that sent Nick Holden to the Bruins, will make his Rangers debut against the Canadiens. The 24-year-old will be paired with fellow rookie John Gillmour.The deal was the first of what could be several made with Monday’s trade deadline approaching. It came about two weeks after general manager Jeff Gorton announced the Rangers’ moves at the deadline would be with an eye to the future and ”not trying to save this season.”Vigneault acknowledged the announcement has made things ”a little awkward,” but added that players and coaches ”all got to focus and we all got to be pros.”The Rangers, who have missed the postseason just once – in 2010 – since the lockout wiped out the 2005-06 season http://www.officialcoyotes.com/authentic-adidas-oliver-ekman-larsson-jersey , are six points behind Columbus for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.—