Flames acquire Okhotiuk from Sharks

The Calgary Flames acquired defenseman Nikita Okhotiuk from the San Jose Sharks for a conditional 2024 fifth-round pick, the teams announced Friday.

San Jose will receive the better of the Blackhawks' two fifth-rounders.

Okhotiuk, 23, has one goal and eight points in 43 games this season. He's played 16:27 per contest in his first campaign.

He's in the final season of his entry-level contract and is set to become a restricted free agent this summer. The New Jersey Devils drafted him 61st overall in 2019.

Okhotiuk landed with the Sharks at last year's trade deadline in the Timo Meier deal.

He's the third Russian blue-liner the Flames have added in the past two weeks, as they also traded for Artem Grushnikov and Daniil Miromanov.