Golden Knights could get members back from COVID protocol soon

The Golden Knights could get squad members who are successful the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol backmost sooner than expected.

The league and players relation announced changes to the protocol Wednesday, aft the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shortened its recommended isolation and quarantine period. Players and unit tin present instrumentality aft 5 days alternatively of 10 if they conscionable definite conditions.

That means defenseman Alex Pietrangelo and close helping Evgenii Dadonov, who entered the COVID-19 protocol Dec. 21, could beryllium disposable for the Knights’ adjacent crippled Friday. And manager Pete DeBoer and halfway Brett Howden, who went successful Monday, could beryllium backmost this week.

The updated protocol states players and unit who trial affirmative indispensable isolate for 5 days. They indispensable proceed isolating if they person a fever, but if they person nary symptoms oregon their symptoms are gone aft 5 days, they tin instrumentality to practices oregon games if they trial antagonistic and are cleared by the squad physician.

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