Update: Bruins and Sabres to play ‘as of now’ following COVID testing
The Bruins and Sabres had canceled their morning skates because of personnel entering COVID protocol.
The Boston Bruins and Buffalo Sabres will play their game tonight as scheduled, per a tweet from the Bruins’ team account.
UPDATE: After further testing and contact tracing, as of now, tonight’s game against the Buffalo Sabres will go on as scheduled.
— x – Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) March 18, 2021
Both the Bruins and Sabres canceled their customary morning skates on Thursday at Buffalo’s KeyBank Arena because an unidentified Bruins player and a member of the Sabres staff being placed in the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol.
But both teams issued statements about the game’s continuance based on the completion of COVID-19 contact tracing and testing, according to the Associated Press.
Faceoff for the first of the teams’ two-game set in Buffalo is still tentatively scheduled for 7:08 p.m, with the next game scheduled for a Saturday matinee at 1:08 pm.
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