The Winnipeg Jets will no longer face the Predators in Nashville on Tuesday after the NHL announced that several games will be postponed due to a surge in COVID-19.
The Jets host St. Louis on Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. in their last home game before Manitoba Health’s recently imposed 50% capacity restrictions at the Canada Life Center go into effect on Tuesday, December 21. at 12:01 am and will continue until at least January. eleven.
That decision will affect four games during that time frame. Monday, December 27 vs. Minnesota. Wednesday, December 29 vs. Chicago. Saturday January 8 against Seattle and Monday January 10 against Minnesota.
Jets head coach Dave Lowry said after Saturday’s practice that injured forward David Gustafsson was considered on a day-to-day basis, while forward Evgeny Svechnikov would likely be out longer after both players got hurt. during Friday’s 5-2 loss to Washington. Gustafsson left in the first period and Svechnikov was not on the ice for the last 7-8 minutes of the game.
In a press release Saturday, the league said several Boston Bruins and Nashville Predators games will be postponed until at least the end of the December 26 holiday, due to “concerns about a growing number of positive cases, as well as the potential for continued spread of COVID in the coming days. “
Three games will be affected for the Predators, including the Dec. 21 showdown with the Jets, while the Bruins will see four games postponed.
Meanwhile, Winnipeg is still scheduled for its last game before Wednesday’s break in Dallas.
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In addition, the league says that “several” of the Toronto and Vancouver players entered the COVID protocol over the past two days and consequently the Toronto-Vancouver game on Saturday and the Arizona-Vancouver and Toronto-Seattle games on Sunday were have postponed.
The Canucks have Tyler Myers, Tyler Motte, Brad Hunt, Juho Lammikko, Tucker Poolman and Luke Schenn, along with assistant coach Jason King, on the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol.
The Leafs are also short-staffed with John Tavares, Alex Kerfoot, Jason Spezza and Wayne Simmonds on the protocol list.
The league says it is in the process of reviewing and revising its regular season schedule, and that Saturday’s decision was made by the NHL, the players ‘association and the clubs’ medical groups.
The Manitoba Moose are also seeing a handful of games postponed for similar reasons.
The Moose were to play Iowa on Saturday night, but that game was delayed until January 19.
Also, a couple of games against Texas, originally scheduled for next Tuesday and Wednesday, were postponed, with no set recovery dates.
The club says the decision was made “due to COVID-19 league protocols and travel-related concerns.”
– with files from The Canadian Press
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