Photo: The Hockey Writers
According to the Washington Post’s Samantha Pell, Washington Capitals forward Jakub Vrana was added to the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol list on Saturday. The 24-year-old, along with forward T.J. Oshie, took a “maintenance day” from the team’s practice on Saturday. Oshie was not on the COVID-19 list.
Center Evgeny Kuznetsov and goaltender Ilya Samsonov remain on the list. They were placed on it on January 20.
Forward Daniel Carr practiced in Vrana’s spot on the second-line in Saturday’s practice.
Vrana has not missed a game since April 15, 2018, when he was a healthy scratch.
Per the NHL’s press release, the reason a player is listed as “unavailable” due to COVID protocols includes: (1) an initial positive test which remains unconfirmed until confirmatory testing is completed; (2) mandated isolation for symptomatic individuals; (3) required quarantine as a high-risk close contact; (4) isolation based on a confirmed positive test result and/or; (5) quarantine for travel or other reasons.
The Capitals host the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday afternoon (12 PM ET, NBC).
By Harrison Brown
Wonder if Jake was already feeling somewhat “under the weather”. (Hopefully, we won’t hear of TJ being next. I swear they recently did a Zoom interview together.)