Several more NHL players added to COVID protocol on Boxing Day
Before Christmas Day, around 80 NHLers were added to the league's COVID protocol list. On Boxing Day, many other were added, including some big names. According to Frank Seravalli, there was over 40 in total.
From the Toronto Maple Leafs, defenceman Jake Muzzin is now in COVID protocol.
The Bruins have added Charlie Coyle.
The Tampa Bay Lightning have added Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Mikhail Sergachev, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Brian Elliott, and assistant coach Rob Zettler.
From the Dallas Stars, Radek Faksa, Miro Heiskanen, Joel Kiviranta, Michael Raffl and Jason Robertson, along with two support staff members, are now in the NHL's COVID-19 protocol. They join Jani Hakanpaa.
Head coach Don Granato and forwards Dylan Cozens and Mark Jankowski have been added from the Buffalo Sabres. All are said to be asymptomatic.
The New Jersey Devils added forward Tomas Tatar and goaltender John Gillies. At the same time, five other players were removed.
The Detroit Red Wings added forward Lucas Raymond and defenseman Nick Leddy. Forwards Robby Fabbri and Michael Rasmussen were removed.
From the Pittsburgh Penguins, Evan Rodrigues has been added to COVID protocol.
Source: NHL/NHLPA REPORTEDLY WORKING TOWARDS COVID ROSTER PROTECTION
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Kyle Connor | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Alex Tuch | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Owen Power | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Michael Bunting | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Drew Helleson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jirí Kulich | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Isac Lundestrom | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Vladislav Namestnikov | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Nino Niederreiter | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Gabriel Vilardi | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jason Zucker | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Leo Carlsson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Ross Johnston | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Evgeni Malkin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Morrissey | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Cole Perfetti | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Bryan Rust | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Mark Scheifele | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Trevor Zegras | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 20 | 17 | 3 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | |
Hurricanes | 19 | 14 | 5 | - | 28 | |
Devils | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 27 | |
Golden Knights | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
Flames | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||