As a result of the Minnesota Wild having five more players placed on the COVID Protocol Related Absences list today, joining Marcus Foligno who has been there since Sunday, the NHL announced the postponements of their games through February 9th. That means their next four games at a minimum will need to be rescheduled for later in the year. 18 games had been postponed previous to this one, affecting the schedules of Dallas, Florida, Tampa Bay, Carolina, Nashville, St. Louis, Vegas, San Jose, Buffalo, NY Islanders, NY Rangers, New Jersey, Pittsburgh, and Boston. Only the North Division is untouched so far.
The Wild will shut down their training facilities indefinitely and the schedule will continue to be revised as testing comes in. After tomorrow’s game against the Avalanche, the team was scheduled to host the Arizona Coyotes for a back-to-back this weekend, before welcoming in the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday and Thursday next week.
The postponement/rescheduling table now looks like this:
|
Game # |
Matchup |
Original Date |
New Date |
|
9 |
Dallas at Florida |
Jan. 14 |
Feb. 22 |
|
20 |
Dallas at Florida |
Jan. 15 |
May 3 |
|
33 |
Dallas at Tampa Bay |
Jan. 17 |
May 4 |
|
48 |
Dallas at Tampa Bay |
Jan. 19 |
May 10 |
|
52 |
Carolina at Nashville |
Jan. 19 |
March 2 |
|
62 |
Florida at Carolina |
Jan. 21 |
Feb. 17 |
|
76 |
Florida at Carolina |
Jan. 23 |
March 7 |
|
97 |
Tampa Bay at Carolina |
Jan. 26 |
Feb. 22 |
|
122 |
St. Louis at Vegas |
Jan. 28 |
March 22 |
|
149 |
Vegas at San Jose |
Feb. 1 |
Feb. 13 |
|
150 |
Buffalo at NY Islanders |
Feb. 2 |
TBA |
|
151 |
New Jersey at Pittsburgh |
Feb. 2 |
TBA |
|
162 |
Vegas at San Jose |
Feb. 3 |
Feb. 25 |
|
163 |
Buffalo at NY Islanders |
Feb. 4 |
TBA |
|
166 |
New Jersey at Pittsburgh |
Feb. 4 |
TBA |
|
173 |
Minnesota at Colorado |
Feb. 4 |
TBA |
|
179 |
Buffalo at Boston |
Feb. 6 |
TBA |
|
180 |
NY Rangers at New Jersey |
Feb. 6 |
TBA |
|
186 |
Arizona at Minnesota |
Feb. 6 |
TBA |
|
192 |
Arizona at Minnesota |
Feb. 6 |
TBA |
|
195 |
Buffalo at Boston |
Feb. 8 |
TBA |
|
207 |
St. Louis at Minnesota |
Feb. 9 |
TBA |
Considering the injuries Minnesota has right now, this could end up benefiting the team in the long run. Hopefully everyone recovers fully and they get this under control.
As a Colorado fan, we’ll also welcome a postponement to allow our injured players to get healthy. No MacKinnon, EJ, Toews, etc. These guys need a break.
This is getting ridiculous. Do any of these players even have COVID? If they do, the question must asked about how they are getting it. I thought all the teams were supposed to be in a personal bubble of some sort.
I think that’s only on the road. If they have a stretch at home it’s just life as normal.
Plenty of ways to get Covid even in a bubble. A bubble drastically reduces the possibility of getting it, but you can’t eliminate it entirely.