Duclair traded to Lightning by Sharks

Calgary Flames forward Jonathan Huberdeau, who was Duclair’s teammate with Florida for two seasons (2020-22), said he’ll fit in well with Tampa Bay.

“He’s a guy that’s really fast and he can create a lot of offense,” Huberdeau said after the Flames won 6-3 at the Lightning on Thursday. “Playing with the kind of players here … I think it’s going to help that team and help them in the lineup.”

Thompson, who was selected by the Lightning in the third round (No. 93) of the 2020 NHL Draft, has played one NHL game. The 21-year-old has 32 points (five goals, 27 assists) in 46 games with Syracuse of the American Hockey League this season.

Tampa Bay (33-25-6) is tied with the Detroit Red Wings for the first wild card into the playoffs from the Eastern Conference, two points ahead of the New York Islanders, who have two games in hand.

“Excited to bring Anthony in,” Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois said Friday. “He brings speed first and foremost, that’s what he’s known for — blazing speed, one of the fastest guys in the League. High-end skill, playmaking ability, goal-scoring ability. He can push the [defensemen] back, which opens up ice for some of the other players to find soft ice and pockets to score goals and get quality scoring chances off.

“He just adds more secondary scoring, more speed, more offense to our forward group. And playoff experience; he had a really nice, long playoff run and was a big contributor on the Florida team that went to the Stanley Cup Finals last year. We played him in the playoffs a few times, and he scored some big goals against us. We’re happy to have him in our jersey moving forward.”

San Jose (15-40-7) is last in the Pacific Division.

NHL.com independent correspondents Corey Long and Chelena Goldman contributed to this report