Kings' Perry has knee surgery, out 6-8 weeks

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Los Angeles Kings guardant Corey Perry volition beryllium sidelined for six to 8 weeks aft undergoing genu surgery.

The 40-year-old Perry was injured Friday portion skating astatine his caller team's grooming complex, the Kings announced Saturday. The Kings volition study for grooming campy successful little than a week, and their play opener is Oct. 7 against the Colorado Avalanche.

Perry agreed to a one-year, $2 cardinal declaration laden with incentives to articulation the Kings this summertime for his 21st NHL season. The 2011 NHL MVP spent his archetypal 14 seasons with the Kings' archrivals, the Anaheim Ducks, earlier moving connected to Dallas, Montreal, Tampa Bay, Chicago and Edmonton.

He has played successful the Stanley Cup Final successful 5 of the past six seasons -- but his squad mislaid each time, including back-to-back losses with the Oilers to the Florida Panthers. He won a Stanley Cup rubric with the Ducks successful 2007.

Perry recorded 448 goals and 487 assists during his archetypal 20 seasons, and helium begins 2025-26 121st connected the NHL's vocation scoring list. He had 19 goals and 11 assists successful 81 regular-season games for Edmonton past play earlier adding 10 goals and 4 assists successful the playoffs.