51.   The Tampa Bay Lightning placed defenseman Andrei Zyuzin on injured reserve Wednesday and recalled defenseman Kaspars Astashenko from Detroit of the IHL.

52.   The Tampa Bay Lightning recalled defenseman Kristian Kudroc from Detroit of the IHL and reassigned two others to the farm team on Tuesday.

53.   The Tampa Bay Lightning recalled defenseman Kristian Kudroc from Detroit of the International Hockey League on Tuesday and assigned left wing Gordie Dwyer to the IHL team.

54.   The Tampa Bay Lightning recalled defenseman Marek Posmyk from Detroit of the IHL on Thursday, and sent defenseman Maxim Galanov and left wing Kyle Freadrich to Detroit.

55.   The Washington Capitals recalled defensemen Alexei Tezikov and Rob Zettler from Portland of the American Hockey League on Monday.

56.   The Vancouver Canucks sent defenseman Justin Kurtz and forward Harold Druken to the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League, and recalled defenseman Byran Helmer on Friday.

57.   To replace Lumme, the Stars recalled defenseman John Erskine from Utah and assigned Finnish center Niko Kapanen to the American Hockey League minor league team.