Canadiens add four more players to NHL's COVID protocol list

The Montreal Canadiens announced on Tuesday afternoon that they've added four more players and another coach to the National Hockey League's COVID-19 protocol list. Those players are Rafael Harvey-Pinard, Jesse Ylonen, David Savard, Samuel Montembeault as well as assistant coach Trevor Letowski.

Montreal now has a total of 20 players in the NHL's COVID-19 protocol. Brandon Baddock, Paul Byron, Laurent Dauphin, Jake Evans, Mike Hoffman, Artturi Lehkonen, Tyler Toffoli, Louie Belpedio, Ben Chiarot, Joel Edmundson, Gianni Fairbrother, Jeff Petry, Alexander Romanov, Chris Wideman, Jake Allen and Cayden Primeau along with Harvey-Pinard, Ylönen, Savard and Montembeault.

The good news for the Canadiens is that the Quebec government announced today that they have cut the isolation period from ten days down to five for those who have tested positive for COVID-19 and are asymptomatic as well as fully vaccinated.

Following Saturday's game against the Panthers, the Canadiens said that they were shutting down team facilities and team activities through Thursday, January 6th, but given the new additions to the league's protocol list on Tuesday, that break may get extended by a couple of days.

Montreal won't be back in action until January 12th, when they take on the Boston Bruins.

Related: Quebec adopts news rules that should help the Montreal Canadiens

Rafaël Harvey-Pinard, Jesse Ylönen, David Savard, Samuel Montembeault and Trevor Letowski were placed on the NHL's COVID-19 protocol list.https://t.co/uUvdbF6ntf— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) January 4, 2022

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