Corey Perry makes his return to the Lightning in a trade deal with Kings

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/perry-corey/GxJbAITn/"]Perry[/a], 40, originally played 163 games for the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tampa-bay-lightning/YVE3zk1c/"]Lightning[/a] between 2021 and 2023. He has 11 goals and 17 assists through 50 games this season for the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/los-angeles-kings/CIDo8i2o/"]Kings[/a]. [/p][p]He'll be joining a Tampa team who have lost four straight games, but still sit in second place in the Eastern Conference with a 38-18-4 record (80 points).[/p][embed guid="d4a0be0f-b6af-4ef8-a242-331fecba04b3" url="https://x.com/TBLightning/status/2029984171997774171?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Perry joins [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ovechkin-alexander/6s0ms3DP/"]Alexander Ovechkin[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/quick-jonathan/hbva3EAP/"]Jonathan Quick[/a], and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/burns-brent/AB8dTWbh/"]Brent Burns[/a] as the three oldest players in the NHL - all 40 years old. He was the 28th pick in the 2003 NHL Draft and made his debut with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/anaheim-ducks/4CM4ojpD/"]Anaheim Ducks[/a] during the 2005-2006 season. [/p][p]He would spend the following 13 years in Anaheim, where most of his career highlights came from. During the 2010-2011 season, Perry finished with a league-leading 50 goals - winning two awards that included the Hart Memorial Trophy (MVP) and the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy (leading goal scorer). [/p][p]After a 2019 season with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dallas-stars/vVAvnIuC/"]Dallas Stars[/a], and a 2020 season with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/montreal-canadiens/nu2G7VWc/"]Montreal Canadiens[/a], he joined the Lightning (2021-2022), where he played in every regular season but one, putting up 31 goals and 34 assists in 163 games. [/p][p]Now, after brief stints withe [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chicago-blackhawks/A1kbmKeg/"]Chicago Blackhawks[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/edmonton-oilers/Mg0qoxeI/"]Edmonton Oilers[/a], and Kings, he's back in the blue. [/p][p]Perry has 459 career goals and 504 assists (963 points) in 1,442 games.[/p]