The game scheduled for Monday night between the Edmonton Oilers and host Canadiens has been postponed after two Montreal players were left in the league’s COVID-19 protocol.
Forwards Joel Armia and Jesperi Kotkaniemi became the first Montreal players to enter protocol since the season began on January 13th.
The league announced the postponement less than an hour before the scheduled start time at 7pm at Bell Center.
The postponement was the 38th overall this season for coronavirus-related reasons, and the first to involve the Canadian Northern Division of seven teams.
The league included 10 players in the protocol, and the Los Angeles Kings were still waiting for test results. The top ten players have been in the running since February 21.
A total of 157 NHL players have spent at least one day on the COVID-19 protocol this season. Calgary is the only team that doesn’t have a player on the roster.
The information from The Associated Press was used in this report.