The Tampa Bay Lightning acquired forward Corey Perry from the Los Angeles Kings on Friday in exchange for a second-round pick, according to multiple reporters.
The Kings have traded Corey Perry to the Tampa Bay Lightning for a 2nd RD pick
It has not been confirmed which year the draft pick will come from.
Through 50 games with the Kings in 2025-26, Perry has 11 goals and 17 assists for 28 points and 59 penalty minutes. He signed a one-year deal with Los Angeles last July after two productive seasons with the Edmonton Oilers, helping lead them to back-to-back Stanley Cup Final appearances.
The London, Ont., native spent two seasons with the Lightning in 2021-22 and 2022-23, where he scored 31 goals and 34 assists for 65 points in 163 regular-season games. He also scored eight goals and eight assists for 16 points in 29 Stanley Cup Playoff games.
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Through 1,442 NHL games, the 40-year-old Perry has 459 goals and 504 assists for 963 points with the Kings, Lightning, Oilers, Chicago Blackhawks, Montreal Canadiens, Dallas Stars and Anaheim Ducks. In 237 career Stanley Cup Playoff games, Perry has 64 goals and 77 assists for 141 points.
Perry won the Stanley Cup with the Ducks in 2007, then made five more Stanley Cup Final appearances with the Stars in 2020, the Canadiens in 2021, the Lightning in 2022, then the Oilers in 2024 and 2025.
Perry’s best season came in 2010-11, when he scored 50 goals and 48 assists for 98 points, leading the Ducks to the playoffs and winning both the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy and the Hart Trophy.
Taken with the No. 28 overall pick in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, Perry had a season for the ages with the OHL’s London Knights in 2004-05, scoring 40 goals and 73 assists for 113 points in 66 regular-season games. In the playoffs, he scored seven goals and 15 assists for 22 points, leading the team to an OHL Championship and a Memorial Cup title.
Internationally, Perry won Olympic gold medals in 2010 and 2014, the World Cup of Hockey in 2016, the World Championship in 2016 and the World Junior Championship in 2005.
