Caps Sign G Darcy Kuemper To 5-year 26.5M Pact

The two-time Stanley Cup champions set career highs of 22 goals, 39 assists and 61 points in 80 games last season for the champion Colorado Avalanche.
He had three goals and five assists in 12 playoff games.

Yet it wasn't completely plain sailing for #GarenaFreeFire the 35-year-old Murray, who appeared to pick up an injury in the second set and was limping heavily by the end of the match, #CanIgetEmotesInFreeFire with third seed Alexander Bublik awaiting him in the quarter-finals.

"We're thrilled to add a player of Claude's caliber to our lineup," Senators general manager Pierre Dorion said.
"He's an elite offensive talent with exceptional faceoff prowess and a player who maintains a strong work ethic. His leadership skills are arguably among his best assets.

Staring down the barrel of defeat, Spain took off their goalkeeper for the last four minutes to give themselves an extra outfield player but it was to no avail as the Australians recorded their third clean-sheet of the tournament.

"I couldn't be happier to be in Seattle and #CanIgetEmotesInFreeFire be a part of the Kraken organization," Wright said. "Getting to see the city for the first time this week, #genxlive I can't wait to get back here and get to work. It was truly an honor to be drafted by the Kraken. This is just the beginning and I'm really excited about what lies ahead."

Schultz was part of two Stanley Cup winning teams with the Pittsburgh Penguins earlier in his career. He has 57 goals and 207 assists in 602 games over 10 seasons with the Edmonton Oilers (2012-16), Penguins (2016-20) and Capitals.

But there will be Australian interest in the quarters too after James Duckworth, the No.8 seed, battled past Frenchman Quentin Halys 7-5 3-6 6-2 in a tough two-hour duel in one of Wednesday's early matches.

Kuemper, 32, was 37-12-4 with five shutouts, a .921 save percentage and a 2.54 goals-against average in 57 starts during the 2021-22 regular season. In the playoffs, he was 10-4 with a .902 save percentage and 2.57 GAA.

The Sydneysider will next face either his compatriot Jason Kubler, the Brisbane battler who's fresh from his memorable career-best run through the qualifiers to the last-16 at Wimbledon, or Canadian top seed Felix Auger-Aliassime, who were meeting later on Wednesday.

The injury-bedevilled Duckworth, who'd had his 10th bout of surgery in January - this time to his hip - is showing signs of recovering some of the form that took him to a career-high 46 at the start of the year.

And 24 hours later, he looked as if his remarkable week might even see the world No.202 topple former world No.1 Murray too in the grasscourt tournament as he took the opening set and led 2-0 in the second.

Purcell flew straight from Wimbledon, where he and Matt Ebden became the first Aussie pair to win the men's doubles for 22 years, to Newport, Rhode Island, where, thanks to a wildcard entry, he defeated French leftie Adrian Mannarino in straight sets at the Hall of Fame Open on Tuesday.