Wild trade F Niederreiter to Hurricanes

The Minnesota Wild traded forward Nino Niederreiter to the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday, acquiring center Victor Rask in return.

Niederreiter, 26, posted nine goals and 14 assists in 46 games for the Wild.

Rask, 25, played in 26 games for Carolina and has one goal and five assists on the season.

Niederreiter was the No. 5 overall pick in the 2010 NHL Draft by the New York Islanders, who traded him to the Wild before the 2013-14 season. He has 112 goals and 119 assists in 498 career games.

Rask, a second-round pick by Carolina in the 2011 draft, has played 339 NHL games, recording 63 goals and 100 assists.

--Field Level Media