The Toronto Maple Leafs reached their 13th player protocol case, announcing on Christmas Eve that William Nylander has been placed under the NHL’s COVID protocols. Nylander’s case follows on the heels of Morgan Rielly two days ago, and marks a rash of protocol cases that have struck the team as it gets set to return from COVID pause on Sunday. But the NHL, in a release Christmas Eve, said it will now extend its COVID pause to Dec. 28. That means the Leafs road game Dec. 27 in Columbus will now be rescheduled. The NHL, in the meantime, was set to return from its pause on the 27th.

Source: thestar December 25, 2021 01:00 UTC