For the first time since Edmonton tabbed him with the seventh overall pick in the 2013 NHL draft, defenseman Darnell Nurse no longer belongs to the Oilers organization.

Edmonton moved the 12-year veteran to the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday in exchange for defensemen Shakir Mukhamadullin and Zack Sharp.

Nurse, 31, piled up 88 goals, 236 assists and a plus-66 rating in 798 regular-season games for the Oilers from 2014-26. The Hamilton, Ontario, native also delivered seven goals and 22 assists in 100 Stanley Cup playoff games. He ranks first on the Oilers in career blocked shots (1,466) and hits (1,692), second in games and fifth in points (324).

Nurse brings with him a $9.25 million cap hit on an eight-year contract that doesn’t expire until after the 2029-30 season. The Sharks capitalized on their expansive cap room in comparison to the Oilers.

Mukhamadullin, 24, was selected by the New Jersey Devils in the first round of the 2020 draft. He posted five goals and seven assists in 50 games for the Sharks this season, which boosted his career totals to seven goals and 15 assists in 83 games.

Sharp, 21, has yet to play professional hockey since the Sharks selected him in the fourth round of the 2025 draft. He has posted 10 goals and 18 assists in two seasons at Western Michigan, which he helped win the 2025 NCAA championship.

In other moves on Wednesday, the Oilers signed free agent defenseman Ryan Shea to a five-year, $20 million contract, and traded a 2028 third-round draft pick to the Buffalo Sabres for goaltender Devon Levi and a seventh-rounder in 2028. Shea, 29, had 35 points (six goals, 29 assists) in 80 regular-season games for the Pittsburgh Penguins last season.

Levi, 24, was 2-7-0 with a 4.12 goals-against average and .872 save percentage in nine games (eight starts) last season for the Sabres.

–Field Level Media

Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd look to make their return to Connecticut a triumphant one and help the Dallas Wings snap a two-game losing streak when they square off against the suddenly hot Sun on Thursday in Hartford, Conn.

Bueckers and Fudd both played for UConn before being taken first in the WNBA drafts in 2025 and 2026, respectively.

The Wings travel north for the first of a four-game road trip and on the heels of an 85-77 home loss to league-leading Minnesota on Sunday. Dallas (11-8) got a game-high 25 points from Bueckers while Fudd added 21 points, Maddy Siegrist hit for 12 and Jessica Shepard grabbed 16 rebounds.

The Wings trailed by as many as 23 midway through the third quarter before rallying to within four with 5:15 to play.

“We’ve had a lot of close games, a lot of games where we haven’t started great scoring-wise, and that kind of plays over into our defense,” Fudd said. “Then we kind of hit that second gear, but we need to start the game with that gear unlocked already.”

Meanwhile, Connecticut (4-15) has won consecutive games for the first time all year, with the latest victory a 68-57 home decision over Washington on Friday. Olivia Nelson-Ododa and Leila Lacan led the Sun with 12 points each, while Kennedy Burke added 11 and Brittney Griner and Charlisse Leger-Walker scored 10 apiece.

“It’s testament to us staying focused and committed,” Nelson-Ododa said of Friday’s victory and the team’s winning streak. “We’ve had so many games when it’s been a close call and we’ve had trouble finishing. We have been able to find our groove and finish out games in our style by keeping our composure.”

Thursday’s clash is the final Sun game to be played in Hartford. As part of the organization’s Sun Legends campaign, the franchise will fete former player Jasmine Thomas (now VP of basketball operations and assistant general manager for the Wings) and former coach (and current executive vice president and Dallas general manager) Curt Miller to celebrate their contributions to the team.

It’s the first of the teams’ three meetings this season, with the ensuing contests on Aug. 2 and Aug. 30, both in Dallas. The Wings have won three of the past four games played in Connecticut.

–Field Level Media

No. 7 seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia extended his domination of Stefano Tsitsipas on Wednesday, routing the unseeded Greek 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the third round of Wimbledon for the 20th time in 21 appearances at the All England Club.

Djokovic, the former World No. 1 currently ranked No. 8, improved to 13-2 against Tsitsipas — whom he beat in the 2021 French Open final — by outplaying his opponent in every facet. The Serbian legend notched 33 winners, committed only seven unforced errors and did not have his serve broken. Meanwhile, Tsitsipas endured 24 unforced errors and had his serve broken four times.

During a key sequence in the second set, Djokovic managed to block a pair of smashes by Tsitsipas and went to break serve for a 5-4 lead en route to winning the set on the next point. After breaking Tsitsipas’ serve to go up 5-2 in the final set, Djokovic produced three winners in the final game to wrap up the easy victory in one hour, 38 minutes.

“You feel very happy, satisfied and joyful on the court when you are playing this way,” Djokovic said in his on-court interview. “Once you get the momentum going. … That game when I went 5-2 up was one of the best return games I’ve played in a while. I just went for my shots. I was a bit more relaxed, a little less tension in my head.”

World No. 1 Jannik Sinner of Italy also won in straight sets, though he had to put in extra effort during a 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2), 6-4 victory over unseeded Nuno Borges of Portugal.

In a two-hour, 32-minute triumph, Sinner eclipsed Nicola Pietrangeli for the most main-draw match victories at Grand Slams among Italian players with 95.

Aiming to become the 10th man in the Open Era to win back-to-back titles at Wimbledon, Sinner notched 47 winners against 29 unforced errors and broke his opponent twice early in the final set. The Italian star also posted 22 aces to just six for Borges, No. 48 in the world rankings.

No. 3 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada cruised to victory on Canada Day, disposing of unseeded Dino Prizmic of Croatia 7-6 (2), 6-3, 7-5, to earn his second straight-sets victory in as many matches.

Auger-Aliassime amassed 15 aces to just three for his opponent while winning 86% of points on his first serve. The Montreal native converted two of four break points and did not give up a break.

Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No. 8 seed, dropped the first set but quickly rebounded to take down unseeded Daniel Merida Aguilar of Spain 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-2. Medvedev converted five of six break points and totaled 38 winners against Merida Aguilar, who made his Wimbledon debut this week.

In a first-round match that was halted after the third set Tuesday night due to darkness, No. 9 seed Flavio Coballi of Italy eliminated Argentina’s Mariano Navone 1-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (8). In addition to losing the first set, Coballi trailed 4-2 in the second set before rallying.

No. 16 seed Learner Tien was one of two seeded players to fall as unseeded Marton Fucsovics of Hungary pulled off a hard fought 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-3 victory. Fucsovics saved an impressive 14 of 18 break points, posting 41 winners against his American opponent.

Tien’s countryman, No. 21 seed Tommy Paul, advanced to the third round with a straight-sets victory against South Korean qualifier Kwon Soon-woo 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-2. Paul collected 43 winners while converting four of eight break point chances and posting 19 aces to six for Soon-woo, who had just 19 winners and five double faults.

Four other seeded players moved on, including No. 22 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain with a 6-3, 6-0, 6-3 rout of unseeded Italian Fabian Marozsan. Joao Fonseca of Brazil, the No. 24 seed, took down unseeded Netherlands native Jesper de Jong 6-1, 7-5, 6-4, while No. 25 seed Arthur Rinderknech of France defeated unseeded American Martin Damm 6-4, 7-6 (1), 6-3.

Unseeded American Jenson Brooksby upset No. 31 seed Ignacio Buse of Peru in impressive fashion, prevailing 6-2, 6-2, 6-3. The 81st-ranked Brooksby will face Sinner next after converting seven of 11 break point chances while Buse converted just one of four.

–Field Level Media