Buffalo gets Matthew Spencer from Tampa Bay in exchange for Devante Stephens.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres have acquired defenseman Matthew Spencer from the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for defenseman Devante Stephens. Spencer has been assigned to the Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL).
Spencer, 22, has registered seven points (1+6) in 53 career American Hockey League games with the Syracuse Crunch, including one assist in two appearances this season. A native of Guelph, ONT., Spencer also has skated in 53 career ECHL contests with Adirondack and Orlando, adding 18 points on 4 goals and 14 assists.
Prior to turning pro, the 6-foot-2, 206-pound blueliner played 4 seasons in the Ontario Hockey League for the Peterborough Petes, where he amassed 98 points (19+79) in 251 games.
Spencer was a second-round pick (44th overall) of the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2015 NHL Draft.
Sabres recall Dea
The Buffalo Sabres recalled forward Jean-Sebastien Dea from the Rochester Americans on Monday.
Dea, 22, earns his first recall of the season to Buffalo after recording a team-high seven goals and 13 points in 18 games with Rochester to begin the 2019-20 campaign.
Last season, Dea, a native of Laval, Quebec, dressed for the New Jersey Devils and Pittsburgh Penguins at the NHL level as well as the Springfield Thunderbirds and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at the AHL level. With the Devils, he notched five points (3+2) in 20 games and scored one goal in three contests with Pittsburgh. Additionally, Dea registered 26 points (6+16) in 26 games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton before the concluding the season with 22 points (11+11) in 20 contests with the Thunderbirds.
The 5-foot-11, 168-pound forward has collected seven points (5+2) in 29 career NHL games with Pittsburgh and New Jersey while also adding 198 points (90+108) in 326 AHL appearances with Rochester, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and Springfield.