Stamkos correct in his assessment of positive test result
Tampa Bay Lightning captain Steven Stamkos' suspicion of a false positive test appears to be true. The 31-year old was removed from the NHL's COVID-19 protocol list, 48 hours after being placed on it.
Stamkos was left out of Thursday night's game against the Florida Panthers with what was described as a lower-body injury.
He took to Twitter on Friday to thank his fans for reaching out, and to explain that it was likely a false positive test, which turned out to be the case.
"Thx to everyone who has reached out. At this time we suspect a false positive test. Hopefully that's the case, and I will be back on the ice in the next couple of days Crossed fingers. Until then I will continue to follow the NHL Covid list protocols." Stamkos said.
In 11 games this season, the Markham, Ontario native has 14 points (7 G, 7 A), 6 penalty minutes, and is a +5.
Tampa Bay Lightning captain Steve Stamkos has been removed from the NHL's COVID-19 Protocol list.https://t.co/K6iOpQOZdg— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) February 14, 2021
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Conor Garland | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dylan Guenther | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Nick Schmaltz | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Jake Debrusk | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jack McBain | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Alex Newhook | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Mikhail Sergachev | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jayden Struble | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Cole Caufield | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Logan Cooley | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Christian Dvorak | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Barrett Hayton | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Quinn Hughes | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Clayton Keller | - | 1 | 1 | |
| David Savard | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Pius Suter | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Arber Xhekaj | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Anderson | - | - | - | |
| Joel Armia | - | - | - | |
| Arshdeep Bains | - | - | - | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 22 | 18 | 4 | - | 36 | |
Devils | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 32 | |
Hurricanes | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 31 | |
Wild | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 30 | |
Golden Knights | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 30 | |
Capitals | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 29 | |
Maple Leafs | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Flames | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 27 | |
Stars | 20 | 13 | 7 | - | 26 | |
Rangers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||