Minnesota Wild acquire Marc-Andre Fleury from Chicago

The Minnesota Wild addressed their inconsistent goaltending situation by acquiring Marc-Andre Fleury in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday.

Minnesota gave up a conditional first-round pick in this year’s draft to acquire the 37-year-old.

The Wild are in the midst of a tightly contested Western Conference playoff race and began the day third in the Central Division standings. In Fleury, they add a three-time Stanley Cup-winner who won his first Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s top goalie last year while playing for the Vegas Golden Knights. He was traded to Chicago last offseason.

The playoff-bound Wild also acquired a second-round pick in the draft this summer from the rebuilding Arizona Coyotes for unsigned prospect Jack McBain, who represented Canada at the Beijing Olympics without NHL players.

Eight of the West’s top nine teams made moves, starting with the conference-leading Colorado Avalanche landing Montreal’s Artturi Lehkonen, who is considered one of the best 200-foot wingers in hockey. The only contender to not make a trade was salary cap-strapped and injury-depleted Vegas, which sits eighth.

The East-leading Carolina Hurricanes acquired forward Max Domi in a trade with Columbus just before the deadline. Domi has topped 40 points in four of his seven NHL seasons.

“We’ve been looking for somebody to complement our forward group, the top nine and felt that this was a perfect fit for us,” Hurricanes general manager Don Waddell said of Domi, who nine goals and 32 points in 53 games this year.

The eighth-place Capitals made two moves at wing, with Marcus Johansson returning to Washington for a second stint following a trade with Seattle and Johan Larsson arriving in a deal with Arizona.

The New York Rangers added size to their defense by acquiring Justin Braun in a trade with Philadelphia.

In other moves:

• The St. Louis Blues got the defenseman they’ve been looking for, acquiring Nick Leddy from the Detroit Red Wings. St. Louis also got Luke Witkowski and sent forward Oskar Sundqvist, defenseman Jake Walman and a 2023 second-round pick to Detroit. Leddy is a pending free agent.

• The Coyotes acquired unsigned forward prospect Nathan Smith and Bryan Little’s contract from the Winnipeg Jets for a 2022 fourth-round pick. Little is signed for two more seasons at an annual salary cap hit of $5.3 million and is not expected to play again because of concussion issues.

• The Toronto Maple Leafs might have been the day’s biggest loser in failing to address their goaltending needs. Toronto lost out on signing Harri Sateri after Arizona claimed the Olympic gold-medal-winning Finn off waivers. Signed by Toronto to a $750,000 contract for the rest of the season, Sateri was first required to clear waivers because he played in Europe this season.

• One goaltender who was thought to be available came off the market before the deadline when Anton Forsberg re-signed with Ottawa. Forsberg inked an $8.25 million, three-year deal.