The NHL took the Stanley Cup to Keith Urban’s studio last year Youth Tyler Pitlick Jersey , and now the country music star will be taking his talents outside to play a league event.Urban will perform during the first intermission of the Stadium Series outdoor game in Philadelphia between the Penguins and Flyers on Feb. 23, the NHL announced Wednesday, making him the latest high-profile music act to play a league event following Weezer at the Winter Classic and Bebe Rexha at All-Star Weekend.“We’re thrilled that these artists are now considering our events to be of the highest level and incredible exposure for them,” NHL chief content officer Steve Mayer said. “For us as the NHL, we’re just looking for the biggest artists we can find, and we think that Keith Urban transcends all of that.”Urban has no connection to the Flyers or Penguins, but he and wife Nicole Kidman are Nashville Predators fans Tyler Seguin Jersey , and he sang the national anthem during their 2017 playoff run. Urban and Kidman got to spend some time with the Cup in April when the NHL had it in Nashville during the playoffs, one step toward getting them more involved with hockey.“Keith really has fallen in love with the game, fallen in love with hockey, thinks this is a really cool opportunity and wants to work with us more and more promoting the game,” Mayer said.Years ago, the NHL was the subject of some jokes for booking Billy Idol and other artists past their prime for big events. When Mayer joined the NHL in 2015, he wanted to up the entertainment value with the artists playing for big hockey audiences.One way to do that was expanding the kinds of acts the league was looking for.“We’ve also opened up our musical entertainment to other genres other than classic rock Anthony Duclair Jersey Womens ,” Mayer said. “We do know that our fans love classic rock and we’re not shying away from it, but we also are looking to bring in more casual fans and going to what they love in the music world.”The other goal is to get music fans into hockey, with Mayer saying, “If we get some Keith Urban fans to watch the game in Philadelphia and they would’ve normally not watched the game, we win.”Canadian band Glorious Sons will play pregame festivities outside Lincoln Financial Field and then during the second intermission. TORONTO (AP) — Patrick Marleau celebrated a milestone on Hall of Fame night.Marleau had his 600th NHL assist, John Tavares scored his ninth goal of the season and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the New Jersey Devils 6-1 on Friday night.Nazem Kadri, Connor Brown Chris Kreider Jersey , Andreas Johnsson, Morgan Rielly and Tyler Ennis also scored, and Frederik Andersen made 38 saves. Toronto improved to 11-5-0 with its third straight victory.Marleau was involved in Kadri’s goal, becoming the 88th NHL player to reach the 600 assist milestone. The only other active player with 600 assists is San Jose’s Joe Thornton with 1,032.“It’s always nice when a milestone like that comes with a win,” Marleau said. “The guys played great tonight so it was fun.”Asked if he remembered assist No. 1 of his career Marleau smiled and said: “Kind of.”“I think (Andrei) Nazarov scored it,” he added Henrik Lundqvist Jersey Kids , referencing the 1997-98 season.The 39-year-old Marleau also has 538 goals.Travis Zajac scored for New Jersey. Playing the sixth game on a seven-game trip, the Devils have won just two of their last 10 games. They are 1-5 on the trip and have been outscored 29-15.The game was part of the lead up to the Hockey Hall of Fame induction ceremonies Monday night.Entering the Hall are former New Jersey goalie Martin Brodeur, Martin St. Louis, Alexander Yakushev and Jayna Hefford in the players’ category, and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and Willie O’Ree, the first black player in the NHL, in the builders category.“It’s a club like no other Jimmy Vesey Jersey ,” Toronto coach Mike Babcock said about the Hall of Fame.The inductees were honored prior to the game as the Leafs and Devils starters watched from chairs on the ice.“It’s definitely cool,” Andersen said. “It’s one of the great things about playing in the hockey capital of the world, probably, you get to see these things. You get a lot of legends of the game through these doors here. That’s extra special.”NOTES: Devils second-line winger Jesper Bratt returned to action from a broken jaw suffered Oct. 4 in Sweden. Fourth-liner Stefan Noesen (lower body) also came off New Jersey’s injured reserve.UP NEXTDevils: At Winnipeg on Sunday night.Maple Leafs: At Boston on Saturday night.