The Tampa Bay Lightning and team owner Jeff Vinik are donating $2 million toward Hurricane Ian relief efforts.

The NHL team announced Friday that $1 million each will be donated by the Tampa Bay Lightning Foundation and the Vinik Family Foundation.

Rasmus Sandin has signed a two-year, $2.8 million contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs, the club announced on Thursday.

The 22-year-old from Sweden was the 29th overall selection in the 2018 draft. Sandin had 16 points in 51 games with Toronto last season. He's played in 88 career regular-season games, with six goals and 22 assists, and has one goal in five playoff games.

Russian NHL players from the San Jose Sharks and Nashville Predators will be permitted to play games in Prague, despite the Czech government having previously said they weren't welcome there due to the war in Ukraine.

Nashville and San Jose are set to play regular-season games Oct. 7 and 8 at Prague's O2 Arena as part of the 2022 NHL Global Series in Europe. The Sharks' Alexander Barabanov and Evgeny Svechnikov, as well as Nashville's Yakov Trenin, are Russian-born players.

Veteran forward Sean Couturier will not need surgery on an upper-body injury, the Philadelphia Flyers said on Wednesday.

Couturier remains week-to-week with the injury, which was revealed when training camp opened earlier this month. He has not taken part in drills or preseason games.

Spencer Knight agreed to terms on a three-year contract with the Florida Panthers on Tuesday. Financial terms were not disclosed.

The 21-year-old goalie is in the final season of his three-year, entry-level contract and could have become a restricted free agent after this season.

Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares will miss the start of the regular season with an oblique injury.

The veteran center will be out at least three weeks, coach Sheldon Keefe said Tuesday. The season opener is Oct. 12 at Montreal.

Vancouver Canucks winger Brock Boeser will miss the next three to four weeks after suffering a hand injury, the team announced Monday.

The Canucks' public relations account tweeted Boeser underwent successful hand surgery after injuring himself Saturday during training camp in Whistler, B.C.

The Philadelphia Flyers assume that defenseman Ryan Ellis will be out for the 2022-23 season because of a back injury.

"Ryan Ellis is out indefinitely -- no timetable for his return to play," general manager Chuck Fletcher said at training camp on Thursday. "I'll just say that my assumption is that he won't play this season. If he does, it'll be a bonus. That's how we've prepared for this season."

The Vegas Golden Knights announced on Thursday that center Nolan Patrick will miss the 2022-23 season.

Patrick played 25 games for the Knights last season, tallying two goals and five assists. He missed significant time due to an upper body injury early in the season and a concussion suffered in February 2022. His last game was on March 24. Patrick is in the last year of his contract and is a restricted free agent next summer.

Patrick Kane is well aware he's been the subject of rampant trade speculation for months. The Chicago Blackhawks' winger just doesn't believe the hype.

"It was all just rumors," Kane said on Thursday from Chicago's training camp media availability. "A lot of the rumors are just rumors, maybe people looking for things to talk about in August when nothing's really going on with hockey, right? I don't think there have been any legitimate discussions between other teams and the Blackhawks."

The 33-year-old is entering the final season of his eight-year, $84 million contract, right as Chicago is knee-deep in a rebuild that could go on for years.