The NHL is back from its holiday roster freeze and fewer than two months away from the trade deadline. So far, there have been 15 trades, four coaching changes, plus extensions signed by Igor Shesterkin,

SEATTLE — The Seattle Kraken will play the Los Angeles Kings at home Saturday evening. The game at Climate Pledge Arena begins at 7 p.m. PT.

Though the league's official final day for trades comes on March 7, teams may view the inaugural international tournament as something of a trade deadline before the trade deadline, opting to make moves in advance of what could be an intense competition.

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The Daily is chock full of news and note son the New York Rangers and how they flipped the script on early-season failures, as well as taking a spin around the NHL, including another NHL record for Alex Ovechkin.

Gibbons was inducted into the Sport NL Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Hockey NL Hall of Fame in 2003. A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, Jan. 18 at 9:30 a.m. from Caul’s Chapel, LeMarchant Road. An online service will also be streamed.

Turcotte scores twice and adds an assist – all in the first 10 minutes – as the Kings thump Vancouver, 5-1. Adrian Kempe, Kevin Fiala and Warren Foegele also score.

VANCOUVER — A promising season is beginning to slip away for the Vancouver Canucks. The team came into the campaign with hopes of a second straight playoff run, but 44 games in, the Canucks (19-15-10) are stuck in a slump and have fallen out of the Western Conference's second wild-card spot.

The PGA Tour will relocate next month’s Genesis Invitational in Pacific Palisades because of the wildfires in the area.

The Kings' pool is deep between the pipes and has a handful of interesting forwards, but really thins out on defense.

Turcotte put the Kings ahead 1-0 on the first shot of the game 51 seconds into the first period, beating defenseman Filip Hronek to the net on a 2-on-1 to redirect Kempe’s centering pass over the right pad of a sliding Demko.

The LA Kings today announced they had united along with 11 other local professional sports franchises to pledge a combined donation of more than $8 million to help those impacted by the recent devastating wildfires in Los Angeles.