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Corey Perry has been having an excellent start to this season, one of the best in his 21-year career. The 40-year-old continues to show that age is nothing but a number, with another two-point performance in Los Angeles’ 3-2 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Despite his age, this is the best start he’s had in the opening 10 games of a season since he was with the Anaheim Ducks.

With one goal and an assist against the Penguins, Perry now has seven goals and 11 points in the first 10 games of the campaign. He’s fourth on the Kings in scoring, all while playing six fewer games than those ahead of him.

"I don’t think anybody expected him to come in and play 14, 15 minutes a night and any of this stuff," Kings head coach Jim Hiller told reporters after their victory in Pittsburgh.

"I don’t know how he does it, I just don’t. He’s got tremendous hockey sense and soft hands but he just makes the game somehow look pretty easy. He’s done it his whole career but doing it now, the way he’s doing it, it’s really nice."

Furthermore, those 11 points in his first 10 games are the most by a 40-year-old with any franchise, surpassing Joe Thornton's 10 points when he was with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2021.

Kevin Fiala Hits 500 Career Points as Kings Survive Penguins 3–2 ThrillerThe Los Angeles Kings opened their six-game road trip in Pittsburgh with a hard-fought, gritty 3-2 win over the <a href="https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/pittsburgh-penguins">Penguins</a> on early Sunday afternoon. The win also gives the Kings their first victory over an Eastern Conference team this season, who are now <a href="https://www.statmuse.com/nhl/ask/la-kings-record-against-eastern-conference-teams-this-season">1-2-2</a>.&nbsp;

The Kings’ right winger is making last season’s numbers look silly. As a member of the Edmonton Oilers, Perry only had one goal and one assist in his first 10 games of the season. 

Now, he is averaging over a point per game and is on pace to score north of 50 goals and around 83 points. 

That’s an unlikely pace to keep up on for Perry, especially considering the only time he ever reached 50 goals and more than 83 points was in 2010-11. In that season, he won the Rocket Richard and Hart Trophy with 50 goals and 93 points.

Speaking of a Perry from the past, this has been the best opening 10 games to a season since the 2014-15 campaign with the Ducks, 11 years ago. In that season, he recorded nine goals and 12 points in the first 10 games. He wasn’t far from matching those totals this year.

Nonetheless, the fact is that Perry has emerged as a key contributor for the Kings, a game-changer even, since he came back from his pre-season injury. He's been turning out to be one of the better acquisitions Kings GM Ken Holland made in the summer.

While he's pencilled in on the fourth line, Perry has been efficient in the 14:49 of ice time that he's averaged so far this year. With that, he worked his way up to the top power-play unit, and now the Kings have power-play goals in every game since that change.

Los Angeles Kings Make Much-Needed Change To Top Power-Play UnitCorey Perry, the Los Angeles Kings' joint-leading goal scorer, will be joining the team's top power-play unit, a much-needed alteration. Is this the change the Kings need to end their power-play scoring drought?

He missed the opening six contests of the year due to a knee injury that he suffered in a practice session in September. After undergoing surgery and missing just under six weeks, he jumped into the Kings’ lineup in mid-season form.

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The 9-5-0 Winnipeg Jets are set to face-off against the 10-3-1 Anaheim Ducks on Sunday night.

The contest marks the third test of the season-long, six-game road trip through the westernmost clubs. 

Winnipeg will next travel to Vancouver, Seattle and Calgary to wrap up the stretch. 

Having dropped the two opening games in Los Angeles and San Jose, the Jets will look to rebound, but will face another tough task against the surprising Ducks, who are coming off a 4-3 overtime victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday evening. 

The Jets will receive a boost as injured forward Cole Perfetti makes his way back to the lineup and will make his season debut on Sunday. 

Winnipeg Jets' expected line combinations for Sunday, November 9 vs. Anaheim:

Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi

Namestnikov-Toews-Perfetti

Niederreiter-Lowry-Iafallo

Pearson-Ford-Chibrikov

Morrissey-DeMelo

Stanley-Pionk

Fleury-Schenn

Injured: Nyquist, Samberg

Healthy Scratches: Lambert, Miller, Koepke

Former Chicago Blackhawks forward Kirby Dach had a rough start to the 2025-26 season with the Montreal Canadiens. The 6-foot-4 forward posted just one goal and one assist in his first seven games of the campaign with the Canadiens. 

However, Dach has not only broken his cold streak with the Canadiens but is also playing some excellent hockey right now.

Dach is heating up in a big way offensively for the Canadiens, as he is on a three-game goal streak. Over that span, the former Blackhawk has scored four goals, so there is no question that he is finding his scoring touch again.

Now, with his hot streak, Dach has five goals, seven points, and a plus-2 rating in 12 games. With this, the 24-year-old is starting to show signs of having a bounce-back season, which is good news for the Canadiens.

Dach was selected by the Blackhawks with the third-overall pick of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. In 152 games over three seasons with the Blackhawks from 2019-20 to 2021-22, he posted 19 goals, 40 assists, 59 points, 89 hits, and a minus-22 rating. 

LA Kings (@LAKings) on XGot his 500th point in extreme Kev fashion 👏 @Yaamava | #MilestoneMoment

The Los Angeles Kings opened their six-game road trip in Pittsburgh with a hard-fought, gritty 3-2 win over the Penguins on early Sunday afternoon. The win also gives the Kings their first victory over an Eastern Conference team this season, who are now 1-2-2. 

This win was not only a significant road victory against a tough team, but it made it an even more memorable day because Forward Kevin Fiala became just the second Swiss-born player in the NHL to reach 500 career points, joining Nashville Predators Roman Josi.

The Kings entered the game needing a big win after their embarrassing home loss to the Florida Panthers on Thursday night. They delivered one of their more balanced performances of the season, weathering Pittsburgh's offense and getting great contributions from Corey Perry, who’s been hot lately, providing a big goal to even up the score in the third period. 

Fiala Reaches Milestone

Fiala’s milestone came late in the third period when the score was tied 2-2, and he scored the late goal to give the Kings their first lead of the game. 

Jim Hiller asked about Kevin Fiala after the game: 

"Him and I talked before the game and both of us understood that he would have to have a good game for us to win, so it's great to see. When you say, 'get me out there and I'll deliver' and you get out there and you deliver.....what a game."

Fiala, 29 years old, is showing the Wild that they made a big mistake trading him away so early in his career, when he’s just entering the prime of his profession. The Swiss native now stands alone with his 500th point beside Josi as the only Swiss-born player to reach that mark in points. 

Final

The game was fast-paced early on, with both teams exchanging early chances. The Penguins struck early when Anthony Mantha buried a goal midway through the first period, but the Kings responded with Anze Kopitar banking it in from the center to tie it 1-1. 

Los Angeles found their way down 2-1 after the second period came to an end, but the Kings were looking like the better team, but just couldn’t execute their goals early on. However, late in the second, Alex Turcotte went down hard after a heavy collision with Connor Clifton near the boards. The 24-year-old was helped off and didn’t return to the game after the second. No update has been announced by the Kings yet on his injury or the timetable for his return. 

In the third period, the Kings looked like a completely different team, tightening their defense and scoring in pivotal moments, including Corey Perry tying the game midway through. It’s now Perry’s 7th goal in just 10 games; he’s been the most underrated pickup so far this offseason. 

A few minutes later, the historic moment came upon us when Fiala scored the goal with under 8 minutes left to give Los Angeles the lead, and the Kings' defense stepped up on the other end to close the game with a victory.

Kings Find Their Footing

This victory carries extra weight as the Kings continue their six-game road trip against the Canadiens on Tuesday and will let us know whether Los Angeles gained some momentum from today's win.

It’s a sign that the Kings have enough depth to make a deep run in the postseason. With Perry now playing at a high level and other guys stepping up, there’s no excuse for the Kings not to make the playoffs and advance further. 

LA Kings (@LAKings) on XKicking off the trip with a W 💪 #GoKingsGo

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Following their disappointing 4-1 loss to the New York Rangers on Friday evening, the Detroit Red Wings discussed the importance of improving their special teams play.

Instead, it was their inability to convert on both the power-play and the penalty kill on Sunday afternoon that ultimately served as their undoing. 

The Blackhawks scored on all three of their power-play chances while killing off all five opportunities the Red Wings had en route to a 5-1 victory at Little Caesars Arena. 

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With the loss, the Red Wings have now dropped three straight games in regulation, and have scored a combined two goals during that stretch. 

The Red Wings fired 45 shots at Blackhawks goaltender Arvid Soderblom, the brother of Detroit forward Elmer Soderblom, but he was easily the game's first star. 

The Blackhawks struck less than a minute after the opening face-off, as Connor Bedard whistled a shot past the glove of Red Wings goaltender John Gibson after Dylan Larkin had been whistled for a minor penalty. 

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It would be Larkin who knotted the score at 1-1 later in the first period, as he buried a loose puck from a Lucas Raymond shot past Soderblom. 

Chicago made the Red Wings pay in the second period, as Teuvo Teravainen scored his third goal of the season; his tally eventually stood up as the game-winner.

The Red Wings had a golden opportunity late in the second period, as former Red Wings forward Tyler Bertuzzi was whistled for a minor penalty and then assessed another penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct for refusing to stop barking at referee Carter Sandlak. 

They failed to win the face-off in the Chicago defensive zone, and barely had any sustained zone pressure. The entire four minute power-play, which stretched early into the third period, went for naught. 

To add insult to injury, Bertuzzi would score a power-play goal to increase Chicago's lead to 3-1 just seconds into Simon Edvinsson's slashing penalty. 

Chicago added two more goals in the third period, as Andre Burakovsky hit the open net with John Gibson on the bench, followed by rookie Oliver Moore scoring his first NHL goal with just 16 seconds left. 

Soderblom finished with 44 savese in one of the best performances of his young career, while Gibson conceded four goals on the 19 shots he faced. 

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MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. -- In a sense, Tyler Tucker knows what Logan Mailloux is dealing with right now.

In his attempt to secure a spot on the St. Louis Blues blue line, Tucker had a pipeline between St. Louis and Springfield, Mass; he would have been well-served to have his own private jet at his disposal.

Mailloux, who was assigned to Springfield of the American Hockey League on Sunday, isn’t at that point, but there are certain similarities. And who better to lean on than one of his defensive partners through his early career here in St. Louis than Tucker, who didn’t really have to tall him what the 22-year-old has to do.

“I think he knows what he’s got to do obviously,” Tucker said of Mailloux, who had 80 points the past two seasons in 135 regular-season games with Laval of the AHL. “He’s played a couple years now down there. He knows how good he can be down there. I think he’s just got to go down there, get his confidence back, play the way he knows he can play, and they know he can play and things will trend in the right direction for him obviously. As a young guy, that’s really not what you want to hear getting sent down, but I think there’s two ways to go about it, and that’s go down there and work hard or go down there and pout. I spoke with him last night after the game and he’s in the right mindset. I think he’ll do a good job.”

Mailloux, acquired in a July 1 trade with the Montreal Canadiens for Zack Bolduc, played in nine games this season with no points and tied for a team-worst minus-12. His promising preseason has turned into a tough start to his Blues career. But what the Blues want everyone to remember: they said this was a long-term project, not a quick fix/insertion. They were hoping to catch lightning in a bottle and have Mailloux fill in seamlessly at this level, but it’s obvious that they want to get him a ton of minutes, work on both special teams sides and playing in all situations.

“A player that has all the tools,” Blues coach Jim Montgomery said. “Right now, he’s lost his confidence a little bit. This is an opportunity for him to go down, play a lot of minutes, get his game in order, come back up here and help us.”

Blues general manager Doug Armstrong said that this isn’t a demotion or something that would last the entire season, but it’s apparent that there’s a need to recapture some confidence.

“I think for him especially, he comes in with high expectations, I feel like,” Tucker said. “Obviously he feels that. But I think for him, the biggest thing (for) himself is being able to trust himself, knowing how good he can be. I think going down there I think will help him. He’ll play in all situations, power play, penalty kill. They’re obviously struggling down there (1-8-1-1), so hopefully he can go in there and help them out a bit and turn it around.”

Mailloux has played a grand total of 17 games at the NHL level, including eight games with the Canadiens, but when he was given the keys to run with a job here, Armstrong at the time said, “It’s his job to lose,” perhaps he felt some pressure there and need to perhaps be too perfect.

“Maybe. I’m not too sure to be honest,” Tucker said. “I know I speak with him almost every day. He lives two doors down from me. I spend a lot of time with him. He’s a good kid. I’m sure he’ll be back here soon. He does a lot of the right things and he tries to be the best guy he can be. He’ll be just fine. I expect to see him back soon.

“I think he’s a really good puck mover. He’s able to make really nice plays, but he’s also able to keep it simple. Just move pucks, get them out of his hands. He’s got a little bit of everything. I’ve seen him be really skilled, I’ve seen him play on the first power play unit. I’ve played against him where he’s probably scored on us. I know he can make plays, I think everyone knows he can make plays. Just putting it all together in this league, I think going down there will help him because he’ll be able to do that down there, put everything together and come back a better player I think.”

This isn’t the Blues’ first rodeo with sending a player down to the minors to spruce and polish up his game before feeling said player is ready for full-time NHL duty. One of these was just recently last year, and a familiar name.

“Bolduc’s a great example of last year, right,” Montgomery said. “He was struggling right before the 4 Nations break. Went down, played four games. I don’t think he lit the world on fire when he went down there, but he came back with just a new appreciation and I think gratitude for how hard it is to be an everyday player in the NHL.

“It’s hard to replicate it here, right? There’s four guys ahead of him that are going to log the most important minutes and he’s got to be able to take the minutes he gets there and bring that confidence and assimilate it into the role that he’s going to have here.”

And in the meantime, Tucker said the lines of communication are open for whenever Mailloux needs it.

“Of course. Obviously I feel like we’ve got a lot of young guys here,” Tucker said. “I think we all do a really good job by keeping in touch and just checking in with each other. I have no doubt in my mind that I’ll be talking to him here shortly.”

As for Hunter Skinner, who was recalled to fill the role of seventh defenseman, Montgomery goes back to a player’s strong training camp and willingness to push for a job out of camp.

“His energy’s really good,” Montgomery said. “He has that enthusiasm that permeates into the dressing room because of how much he loves being at the rink. He seems like a rink rat. I don’t know him well enough to know if he’s a rink rat, but I know he loves being on the ice. He loves being around the locker room and he’s got a smile on his face.”

Blues Already Moved Past Saturday's ControversyGoalie interference call that wasn't made allowed Seattle to tie it late, win in OT; Sunday's practice was more geared towards pushing each other to be better, end with bag skate

Observations From Blues' 4-3 Overtime Loss Vs. KrakenBlues lose on late goalie interference call that should have gone their way; another yo-yo game in which St. Louis starts strong, levels off, finishes well until league fumbles another infraction that wasn't called; please explain why someone would take their foot off the gas; Kyrou good in return

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The Chicago Blackhawks have a ton of great young players. With that comes a ton of first career goals to celebrate. There was one on Sunday afternoon against the Detroit Red Wings. 

Oliver Moore, one of Chicago's first round picks during the 2023 NHL Draft, finally scored his. It hasn't been for a lack of chances, but he finally has his first in his 13th career game. 

Blackhawks on CHSN (@CHSN_Blackhawks) on X🚨OLIVER MOORE FIRST NHL GOAL🚨

This is a moment that Oliver Moore won't soon forget. Now that he has his first out of the way, he will focus on being the best player he can be, which will lead to a ton more goals. 

Moore is now sitting with a goal and an assist in four games played since being called up with Chicago. At this point, he is looking like an incredibly productive player in Chicago's middle six. There is plenty more where that came from. 

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