The Montreal Canadiens have traded forward Christian Thomas to the Arizona Coyotes for forward Lucas Lessio.

The two players were teammates for the OHL Oshawa Generals for two seasons from 2010-12.

The 22-year-old Lessio has seven goals and five assists in 24 games for the AHL Springfield Falcons this season. He played in 26 NHL games for the Coyotes last year and had two goals and three assists.

Thomas, 23, skated in five games with the Canadiens this season and had two assists. The son of former NHLer Steve Thomas has seven goals and seven assists in 18 games for the AHL St. John's IceCaps.

Thomas has three points in 26 career NHL contests with Montreal and the New York Rangers. He was a second-round pick of the Rangers in 2010.