Alnefelt was assigned to AHL Syracuse on Saturday.
Alnefelt posted a 17-12-2 record with a 2.77 GAA and a .904 save percentage in 33 games with AHL Syracuse last season. With Andrei Vasilevskiy (back) out for the first two months of the 2023-24 campaign, Jonas Johansson and Matt Tomkins are currently the top two netminders for the Lightning.
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Lightning's Hugo Alnefelt: Thrust up depth chart
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Alnefelt moves up the depth chart to the number two spot with Andrei Vasilevskiy (back) on the shelf for 8-10 weeks.
He has one NHL game of experience (2021-22), but he performed well last season in the AHL. Alnefelt gave up five goals at even strength in Tuesday's loss to Carolina, so his preseason is off to a shaky start. Still, general manager Julien Brisbois has his hands tied with salary cap issues until opening day (Oct. 10) when he can move Vasilevskiy to LTIR. Alnefelt could use more reps at the AHL level, and the Lightning have limited options to replace him in their system. They could look at older, free agent veterans like Brian Elliott and Jaroslav Halak to ease the load once they have some salary flexibility.
