National Hockey

EDMONTON — Edmonton Oilers' forward Evander Kane had successful abdominal surgery last Friday in New York and is expected to take a minimum of five to six months to recover.

John Tortorella had a former hockey coach help him Monday at Philadelphia Flyers training camp — the father of the late John and Matthew Gaudreau, who was an invited guest .

CHICAGO (AP) — Tyler Bertuzzi played for three teams in the past two NHL seasons. He is hoping to stick around Chicago for a while.

TORONTO — Hall of Fame hockey player Mark Messier will be among the on-air talent for Amazon's new NHL broadcast. Amazon has unveiled its plans for "Prime Monday Night Hockey," which include Messier working as an analyst for select games.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Christine Bumstead’s path toward being an assistant coach in a preseason game for the reigning Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers started in a most unusual way. She went deer hunting.

SEATTLE — The Calgary Flames and Seattle Kraken both finished with 81 points last year in the Western Conference and missed the NHL playoffs by 17 points.

TORONTO — The Ottawa Senators almost let things slip away. With the Toronto Maple Leafs clawing back late in Sunday’s NHL pre-season contest, Ottawa needed some overtime heroics to pull out a 6-5 victory over the hosts.

EDMONTON — Edmonton Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch was happy with his team’s start to exhibition play, especially considering not a single player in his lineup on Sunday played with the club during its lengthy recent playoff run.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Goalie Robin Lehner apparently has not given up on his NHL career, telling Sportsnet he is hopeful of a resolution after the Vegas Golden Knights said he hadn't reported .

WINNIPEG — Jesper Wallstedt left a lot of Jets hopefuls shaking their heads on Saturday night. The Minnesota goalie stopped 38 of 40 shots as the Wild whipped Winnipeg 5-2 in an NHL pre-season game. “I felt good,” Wallstedt said.