NHL COVID-19 case tracker: Updated list of players to miss games during 2021 season

Sooner than the puck dropped on the 2021 NHL season, the league had already been impacted by COVID-19.

Aside from the start date being pushed to Jan. 13, a amount of players examined constructive and Four teams had teaching camps suspended for a minimum of sometime or an enormous amount of players miss time. The Stars shut down their camp on Jan. 9 after it was revealed six players and two employees members examined constructive. The Penguins canceled teaching camp the similar day, whereas the Blue Jackets had 19 players miss teaching camp on Jan. 8. On Jan. 10, the Canucks canceled apply “out of an abundance of warning due to potential publicity to COVID-19.”

The day sooner than the season was set to begin, the NHL launched that 27 players had examined constructive during teaching camp. Of those, 17 players have been members of the Stars. The league’s assertion well-known that the majority of the players have been “asymptomatic” and have been “recovering with out complication.” Rangers forward Mika Zibanejad confirmed on Jan. 11 that he missed the start of camp consequently of of a constructive COVID-19 check out. On Jan. 13, Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar revealed that defenseman Erik Johnson had examined constructive.

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Prior to the league’s opening recreation on Wednesday, the NHL launched two players would miss the first recreation with what was listed as COVID protocol-related absences. Players listed beneath this class couldn’t have primarily examined constructive for coronavirus; placing them on the list may be a precautionary switch.

Per the NHL’s press launch, the reason a participant is listed as “unavailable” due to COVID protocols consists of: (1) an preliminary constructive check out which stays unconfirmed until confirmatory testing is achieved; (2) mandated isolation for symptomatic folks; (3) required quarantine as a high-risk shut contact; (4) isolation based totally on a confirmed constructive check out consequence and/or; (5) quarantine for journey or totally different causes.

The NHL will launch names prior to every recreation.

NHL players out of games consequently of of COVID-19

Updated March 17 at 5:36 p.m. ET

Phrase: The NHL’s COVID protocol-related absence list consists of players who miss practices and games. Underneath is a list of games missed. Names are launched by the NHL at 5 p.m. native time.

Anaheim Geese

Arizona Coyotes

Boston Bruins

Buffalo Sabres

Carolina Hurricanes

Chicago Blackhawks

Colorado Avalanche

Columbus Blue Jackets

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Dallas Stars

Detroit Purple Wings

Edmonton Oilers

Florida Panthers

Los Angeles Kings

Minnesota Wild

Nashville Predators

New Jersey Devils

New York Islanders

New York Rangers

March 17: Rangers announce the educating employees (David Quinn, Jacques Marin, David Oliver and Greg Brown) are unavailable for the game in the direction of the Flyers due to COVID-19 protocols. The membership’s AHL head coach Kris Knoblauch and affiliate head coach Gord Murphy will work the bench alongside Rangers affiliate GM Chris Drury.

Ottawa Senators

Philadelphia Flyers

Pittsburgh Penguins

San Jose Sharks

St. Louis Blues

Tampa Bay Lightning

Vancouver Canucks

Vegas Golden Knights

Jan. 26: The crew publicizes the educating employees shall be self-isolating and might miss, at minimal, the game later in the direction of the Blues. TSN’s Darren Dreger reports there’s at least one constructive check out among the many many group. GM Kelly McCrimmon and members of the AHL crew’s educating employees will work with him.

Washington Capitals

Winnipeg Jets