Wild game postponed Tuesday over COVID-19 outbreak in Carolina locker room
Carolina Hurricanes' Jordan Staal (11) skates with the puck in front of teammate Maxime Lajoie (42) during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Buffalo Sabres in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021. Staal is one of six Hurricanes players currently in COVID-19 protocol.[AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker]
The Minnesota Wild’s home game Tuesday night has been postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak among Carolina Hurricanes players, the NHL announced.
According to a news release, four more Carolina players — Jordan Staal, Andrei Svechnikov, Ian Cole and Steven Lorentz — entered COVID-19 protocol on Wednesday. Sebastian Aho and Seth Jarvis, along with a member of the Hurricanes’ training staff, had gone into COVID-19 protocol a day earlier.
The decision to postpone Tuesday’s game came after consulting medical groups from the Hurricanes, the league and the players’ union.
The Hurricanes announced back in September that 100% of their players were vaccinated.
The NHL is expected to give a further update on Wednesday.