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Winnipeg Jets forward Kyle Connor has been added to the roster for the NHL’s upcoming All-Star Weekend in Toronto. Connor, who will be making his second all-star appearance, leads the Jets with 18 goals despite missing more than a month of action with a knee injury. He also has 11 assists, giving him 29 points

The Edmonton Oilers have signed veteran forward Corey Perry to a one-year contract with an annual average value of $775,000 US plus performance bonuses. Perry hasn’t been on a team since Chicago placed him on unconditional waivers on Nov. 28. His one-year contract was terminated after he cleared waivers. Chicago said in a statement at

Veteran forward Corey Perry has agreed to a one-year contract with the Edmonton Oilers, multiple media outlets reported Sunday. Per ESPN, the deal to finish the season will include performance bonuses and is prorated to the league minimum. Perry’s contract with Chicago was terminated in November after the team said he “engaged in conduct that is

Sam Gagner’s fluke goal was the game winner and Stuart Skinner made 26 saves as the Edmonton Oilers won their 13th game in a row with a 3-1 victory on Saturday night over the Calgary Flames. The Oilers’ milestone is the longest win streak by a Canadian team in NHL history, passing the 1967-68 Montreal

Patrick Roy is the new coach of the New York Islanders, hired Saturday in a stunning midseason change behind the bench that came with the firing of Lane Lambert. President of hockey operations and general manager Lou Lamoriello announced the move to dismiss Lambert and bring in Roy, who hasn’t coached in the NHL in

Jim Rutherford has a simple answer on how he stays motivated to work in hockey well into his 70s. “What else am I going to do? This is my 42nd year in the National Hockey League,” the Canucks’ president of hockey operations said to laughs Friday as he spoke to media about his new three-year contract

The NHL has suspended Seattle Kraken forward Yanni Gourde for two games for charging Oilers defenceman Mattias Ekholm during a game Thursday in Edmonton. The incident occurred at 16:23 of the third period. Gourde was assessed a major penalty for charging on the play. Edmonton won the game 4-2 to pick up its 12th straight

The NHL has passed the halfway point of its schedule. All-star festivities are set for early next month in Toronto. Teams are making moves in the standings. The big date circled by the league’s 32 general managers, however, is March 8 — the trade deadline. There was already a significant splash when Philadelphia dealt forward

Canadian men’s team veteran Ryan Smyth and women’s hockey architect Mel Davidson are among the eight inductees into the International Ice Hockey Federation’s Hall of Fame in 2024. Smyth was Canada’s captain for five of his eight world championships and played in two Olympic Games for Canada. The forward from Banff, Alta., was a member

The surging Winnipeg Jets are getting one of their biggest offensive weapons back with the return of leading goal-scorer Kyle Connor. The Jets announced on game day that the 27-year-old left-winger is available for Winnipeg’s Tuesday game against the visiting New York Islanders. Connor was a full participant in Winnipeg’s practice Monday for the first

The crowd chants for Marc-André Fleury started in the second period and filled the arena again in the waning minutes, as the Minnesota Wild goalie closed in on a long-sought milestone. Once the horn sounded on Fleury’s 552nd win in the NHL on Monday night, putting him in sole possession of second place on the

Colorado Avalanche forward Valeri Nichushkin has entered the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program and will be away from the team for an indefinite amount of time. The league and union announced Monday that Nichushkin will return to the Avalanche once he’s cleared by program administrators. No other information was provided. The 28-year-old Nichushkin becomes the second

A tired Vancouver Canucks team had its five-game winning streak snuffed out by the Columbus Blue Jackets in a shootout Monday afternoon. Kirill Marchenko scored the only goal in a four-round shootout to lift the Blue Jackets to the 4-3 win. The single point earned by Vancouver moved the team atop the NHL standings, for

Toronto police said Monday they’ve charged a 37-year-old man after video surfaced on social media of a security guard putting their knee on someone’s head following a Toronto Maple Leafs game Saturday. The video shows a security guard at Scotiabank Arena apprehending a man and kneeing them in the face as they restrain him, before holding his head down on the

Rick Bowness of the Winnipeg Jets and Rick Tocchet of the Vancouver Canucks will join Boston’s Jim Montgomery and Peter Laviolette of the New York Rangers as head coaches at the NHL all-star game in Toronto. The league issued a news release Sunday saying the head coaches of teams with the highest points percentage in

An Evan Bouchard power-play blast from the point at 2:01 of overtime extended the Edmonton Oilers’ win streak to a franchise-record 10 games, as the visitors edged the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 on Saturday night. The win eclipsed the 2000-2001 Oilers team that won nine. “We just found ways to win games. you don’t put a

The Toronto Maple Leafs and Vancouver Canucks will be well represented at the 2024 NHL all-star Weekend thanks to voting fans. Maple Leafs forwards William Nylander, Mitchell Marner and defenceman Morgan Rielly were added to the all-star game rosters via the 2024 NHL all-star fan vote announced by the NHL on Saturday. Those Leafs will join forward

Chicago’s rookie star Connor Bedard will be out of the lineup six-to-eight weeks after undergoing surgery to repair his broken jaw, the NHL club announced Wednesday. Bedard sustained the injury Friday in a 4-2 loss at New Jersey. The first-overall pick at the 2023 NHL draft was having an excellent rookie season before the injury. The