Ducks, Kings games among 12 postponed by NHL due to COVID-19

The Ducks’ games Monday against the Oilers successful Edmonton and Thursday against the Canucks successful Vancouver were postponed Sunday arsenic the NHL and the players’ relation agreed to restrict cross-border trips for United States- and Canadian-based teams done the Christmas interruption owed to COVID-19 outbreaks successful some countries.

The determination means the Kings’ location crippled Wednesday against the Oilers was postponed, arsenic well. No constitution dates were announced for immoderate of the 12 games pitting U.S. teams against Canadian teams. The league has already postponed 27 games due to the fact that of the surge successful cases.

Tuesday’s Ducks crippled against the Flames successful Calgary was already postponed due to the fact that of an outbreak among the Flames’ players, coaches and unit members. Nineteen players were successful the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol arsenic of Sunday afternoon, the astir of immoderate of the league’s 32 teams.

“Due to the interest astir cross-border question and, fixed the fluid quality of national question restrictions, effectual connected Monday, each games involving a Canadian-based squad playing a U.S.-based squad from Monday, Dec. 20 done the commencement of the vacation interruption connected Dec. 23, volition beryllium postponed and rescheduled,” the league said successful announcing the postponements.

In addition, the league and the national said the play would not beryllium paused, citing a debased fig of affirmative cases “that person resulted successful concerning symptoms oregon superior illness. Therefore, the NHLPA’s and NHL’s aesculapian experts person determined that, with virtually each Players and Club hockey unit afloat vaccinated, the request to temporarily unopen down idiosyncratic teams should proceed to beryllium made connected a case-by-case basis.”

As of Sunday afternoon, the Ducks did not person immoderate players successful the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol; the Kings had 3 players: Center Phillip Danault, defenseman Drew Doughty and goaltender Cal Petersen. The Ducks’ adjacent scheduled crippled is Dec. 27 against the San Jose Sharks astatine Honda Center. The Kings faced the Capitals connected Sunday successful Washington.

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