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FOOTBALL

NFL

CAROLINA PANTHERS: Signed TE Jordan Matthews to the practice squad.

CINCINNATI BENGALS: Signed TE Cam Grandy off the practice squad to the active roster. Waived HB Kendall Milton.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS: Announced OL Connor Williams is retiring from the NFL.

HOCKEY

NHL

BUFFALO SABRES: Recalled C Jiri Kulich from Rochester (AHL). Placed C Tage Thompson on injured reserve.

CAROLINA HURRICANES: Recalled G Yaniv Perets from Chicago (AHL).

COLORADO AVALANCHE: Activated RW Valeri Nichushkin from the suspension list to the active roster. Recalled C Ivan Ivan from Colorado (AHL). Recalled RW Nikolai Kovalenko from Colorado. Recalled G Trent Miner from Colorado.

LOS ANGELES KINGS: Placed D Caleb Jones on injured reserve. Recalled D Jacob Moverare from Ontario (AHL). Recalled G Erik Portillo from Ontario on an emergency basis. Placed G Darcy Kuemper on injured reserve. Activated LW Tanner Jeannot from the suspension list.

MINNESOTA WILD: Placed RW Mats Zuccarello on injured reserve. Recalled F Liam Ohgren from Iowa (AHL).

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS: Recalled D Owen Pickering from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL). Activated LW Matt Nieto from injured reserve. Placed C Blake Lizotte on injured reserve.

ST. LOUIS BLUES: Recalled D Corey Schueneman from Springfield (AHL). Reassigned D Leo Loof to Springfield.

VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS: Signed D Brayden McNabb to a three-year contract extension.