The latest sports news:
- Oilers’ Foegele, Benson enter NHL’s COVID-19 protocol
- Arthur Blank tests positive, will miss 1st game as Falcons owner
The National Hockey League has postponed two games due to COVID-related issues affecting the Edmonton Oilers and New Jersey Devils.
Edmonton’s home game against the Ottawa Senators on Monday will now be played Saturday at Rogers Place, the league said in a statement.
A new date for Monday’s game between the Devils and Tampa Bay Lightning has yet to be determined.
The Oilers placed forwards Warren Foegele and Tyler Benson in the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol on Sunday, a day after adding five teammates and six members of the team’s support staff to the list.
A team practice on Sunday was cancelled, the Oilers said.
The Senators, meanwhile, have played one game – a 6-0 loss to Toronto on Jan. 1 – since Dec. 18. Ottawa won’t return to the ice until Thursday night in Calgary.
Falcons owner Blank tests positive
Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss Sunday’s game against the New Orleans Saints, making it the first contest he won’t see in person since he bought the team in 2002.
The Falcons said he will watch the game from home and won’t be on hand at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The team added Blank, 79, is fully vaccinated and had a booster shot.
He “is doing well and is in great spirits, experiencing only mild symptoms at this time,” the team said in a news release, adding the “entire Falcons team is fully vaccinated.”