After feeling relieved on Monday and Tuesday when no other Wild players tested positive for COVID-19 after Sunday’s positive test against veteran forward Marcus Foligno, five additional players entered the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol list on Wednesday. Wild’s season has temporarily stalled.
The NHL has announced that Nick Bjugstad, Nick Bonino, Joel Eriksson I, Marcus Johansson and captain Jared Spurgeon were injured in the second period of Tuesday’s 2-1 defeat in Colorado. absence list.
The addition of so many players has led the NHL to postpone the Wild’s next four games and close the team’s facilities at TRIA Rink and Xcel Energy Center, which are effective immediately and until further notice. The close of the Wild season has at least an impact on Thursday’s game in Colorado and the first three games of their home field with four games – two against the Arizona Coyotes and …