The Nashville Predators sold off two more assets, defenseman Luke Schenn and forward Tommy Novak, and acquired another draft pick.

The Boston Bruins made multiple roster moves on March 5. The Original Six club recalled Patrick Brown, Riley Tufte, Ian Mitchell, and Vinni Lettieri (under emergency conditions) from the Providence Bruins. They also sent Georgii Merkulov and Jeffrey Viel back down to Providence.