Corey Perry returns to Kings on one-year deal
Corey Perry is returning to Hollywood.
The Los Angeles Kings signed the veteran forward to a one-year contract worth $1 million, according to multiple reports.
one year, $1 M for Perry with LA Kings
Sources say Corey Perry is going back to #LAKings for his 41-year-old season.
Perry had 17 goals and 20 assists for 37 points and 81 penalty minutes in 72 games with both the Kings and Tampa Bay Lightning last season. He was acquired by Tampa at the NHL Trade Deadline last March.
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.
Through 1,464 NHL games, the 41-year-old Perry has 465 goals and 507 assists for 972 points with the Kings, Lightning, Oilers, Chicago Blackhawks, Montreal Canadiens, Dallas Stars and Anaheim Ducks. In 244 career Stanley Cup Playoff games, Perry has 64 goals and 77 assists for 141 points.
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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.
The Kings went 35-27-20 with 90 points in 2025-26, where they finished fourth in the Pacific Division and clinched the second Wildcard spot in the Western Conference.