ROSTER-MOVE-ZATKOFF

COLUMBUS, OHIO --- The Columbus Blue Jackets have acquired goaltender Jeff Zatkoff from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for future considerations, club General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen announced today. He has been assigned to the American Hockey League's Cleveland Monsters.

Zatkoff, 30, is 18-21-4 with a 2.72 goals-against average, .908 save percentage and a shutout in 48 career NHL games with the Kings and Pittsburgh Penguins from 2013-17. He has also posted a 98-82-6 record with a 2.45 GAA, .915 SV % and 16 shutouts in 208 career AHL contests with the Ontario Reign, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and Manchester Monarchs since making his pro debut in 2008-09.
The Detroit, Michigan native has served as the third netminder for the AHL's Reign this season. In 2016-17, he went 2-7-1 with a 2.95 GAA and .879 SV% in 13 games with Los Angeles and 2-3-2 with a 3.01 GAA and .900 SV% in eight contests with the Reign. He helped the Penguins win a Stanley Cup in 2015-16 with a 4-7-1 record, 2.79 GAA and .917 SV% in 14 regular season contests and a 1-1-0 record with a 3.08 GAA and .908 SV% in two Stanley Cup Playoff games. The 6-2, 186-pound netminder posted NHL career-bests in wins and GAA with Pittsburgh in his rookie campaign in 2013-14, going 12-6-2 with a 2.61 GAA and .912 SV%.
Originally Los Angeles' third round selection, 74th overall, in the 2006 NHL Draft, Zatkoff went 17-15-3 with a 2.97 GAA and .915 SV% in 37 ECHL contests with the Reign in 2008-09. Prior to turning pro, he spent three campaigns at Miami University (Ohio) from 2005-08, finishing his collegiate career with a 54-22-7 record, 1.96 GAA, .927 SV% and seven shutouts in 82 contests.

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