The Carolina Hurricanes say their home game against the Detroit Red Wings will be played on Thursday after the NHL team had a contest postponed on Tuesday because of a COVID-19 outbreak.
The Hurricanes' scheduled game in Minnesota on Tuesday was postponed about five hours before puck drop after four players entered NHL COVID-19 protocol.
The Hurricanes became the fourth NHL team this season to have a game postponed by a COVID-19 outbreak. Forwards Jordan Staal, Andrei Svechnikov and Steven Lorentz and defenceman Ian Cole were placed in the protocol on Tuesday. The team had to leave leading scorer Sebastian Aho, forward Seth Jarvis and an unidentified member of the training staff in Vancouver, where the three of them entered the protocol following a 2-1 loss on Sunday., and avoid posting profanity, personal attacks or harassment. Should you violate our submissions guidelines, we reserve the right to remove your comments and block your account. Sportsnet reserves the right to close a story’s comment section at any time.
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