3:26 PM ET After Joe Thornton was put on injured reserve with discomfort in his surgically repaired right knee, the San Jose Sharks got some good news on Monday. Coach Peter DeBoer said the center has an infection in the knee and nothing worse. “Nothing structurally. It looks like an infection, put him on antibiotics,”

11:30 AM ET Columbus Blue Jackets forward Brandon Dubinsky strained his oblique muscle in practice Saturday and will be out four to six weeks. The team put the 32-year-old on injured reserve Monday. Dubinsky had a goal and an assist through two games for Columbus this season. He slumped to only 16 points last season

7:35 PM ET Associated Press SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers put goaltender Roberto Luongo on injured reserve Sunday, one day after a right knee injury knocked the veteran out of his team’s season-opening loss at the Tampa Bay Lightning. The move will sideline Luongo for at least a week and means that James Reimer

1:51 PM ET Associated Press EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick will not start against the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday night because of a lower-body injury. Quick sustained the injury in practice Saturday and is day to day. Jack Campbell will start against Detroit. Campbell went 2-0-2 with a 2.48

10:21 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN The Carolina Hurricanes have been a perennial preseason sleeper team, but after nine-straight years of missing the playoffs, they want to be Cinderella at the end of the season — and not have midnight strike in early spring. Enter new coach Rod Brind’Amour, the man tasked with bringing them there.

7:00 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN With the 2018-19 season fast approaching, we’re running snapshots of all 31 NHL teams, including point total projections, positional previews, best- and worst-case scenarios and more. After a flurry of offseason moves, the St. Louis Blues have become a trendy pick to make some noise in 2018-19. How they finished

2:14 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — The NHL Players’ Association has filed an appeal on behalf of Tom Wilson after the Capitals forward was suspended 20 games for an illegal check to the head. The NHLPA announced the expected move Friday, which had to happen within 48 hours of the Department of Player Safety

11:40 AM ET To paraphrase Robert Burns: The best-laid schemes of mice and men, often last just the first 40 minutes of a team’s season. Fun. Free. Easy. Create or join a league and play ESPN Fantasy Hockey! Sign up for free! Yes, after all of the preseason planning by coaches, all of the scheming

10:30 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN ‘What-about-ism’ is a cancer that eats away our rational discourse. It’s a rhetorical crutch. It’s a logical fallacy. It’s a diversionary tactic, a flare of false equivalency shot into the air in the hopes of drawing attention away from the issue at hand. Which brings us to T.J. Oshie. The

7:07 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose Sharks have signed forward Barclay Goodrow to a two-year contract extension. General manager Doug Wilson announced the move to keep Goodrow from becoming a restricted free agent next summer on Thursday. Goodrow had career highs with seven goals and 14 points in 47