NHL postpones Bruins' next two games due to COVID-19 protocols

Sportsnet Staff @SportsnetMarch 19, 2021 - 1:53pm

Goals used by an NHL hockey club are stored in a hallway. (AP)

The NHL has postponed the Boston Bruins‘ next two games after four additional players entered the league’s COVID-19 Protocols.

The Bruins’ game on Saturday against the Buffalo Sabres, who Boston played on Thursday night, and their game on Tuesday against the New York Islanders will not go ahead on the originally scheduled dates as a result.

The NHL says, “pending test results in the coming days,” the Bruins are expected to be able to re-open team facilities next Wednesday.

Schedule update: @NHLBruins games Saturday against the @BuffaloSabres and Tuesday against the @NYIslanders have been postponed. https://t.co/gt7KsgWNCe pic.twitter.com/yyAavBtP02

— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) March 19, 2021

Both the Bruins and Sabres cancelled practices on Thursday when one member of each organization entered the league’s COVID-19 protocols. However, after testing and tracing, the game went ahead as scheduled and Bruins forward Sean Kuraly was placed on the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol list.

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