The Buffalo Sabres have traded their second of two first-round draft picks to Ottawa to acquire goalie Robin Lehner and forward David Legwand.
The trade was announced Friday morning, hours before the NHL draft opens in Sunrise, Florida.
Buffalo dealt the No. 21 pick to Ottawa to land Lehner, who immediately has an opportunity to take over the starting job. The 23-year-old has a 30-26-15 record in 86 career NHL games.
Lehner was expendable in Ottawa, after Andrew Hammond was called up midseason and led the Senators' push to make the playoffs.