Overview
- Tampa Bay traded goalie Jonas Johansson to the Ottawa Senators for future considerations, a deal both clubs confirmed Friday.
- The trade concludes a months-long effort by Lightning GM Julien BriseBois after Johansson was placed on waivers and cleared earlier this week.
- Johansson is on the final year of a two-year, $2.5 million deal that carries a $1.25 million cap hit and he will be an unrestricted free agent next summer.
- For the Lightning the transaction opens a roster spot and removes Johansson’s full cap charge ahead of opening night, and the team has already added Dennis Hildeby to back up starter Andrei Vasilevskiy.
- Johansson is a 31-year-old Swede who has about 105 NHL appearances since 2019-20 and went 11-10-2 with a 3.29 goals-against average and .884 save percentage in 2025-26, and Ottawa gains veteran goaltending depth behind Linus Ullmark and Samuel Ersson.