UNIONDALE, N.Y., Oct. 27 (UPI) -- The New York Islanders acquired high-scoring forward Thomas Vanek from the Buffalo Sabres Sunday for forward Matt Moulson and a pair of draft picks.
Vanek -- a former first-round Sabres draft pick who has 254 goals and 243 assists in 598 career games with Buffalo -- was sent to New York in exchange for Moulson, the Islanders' first-round pick in 2014 and a 2015 second-round pick, the team announced.