On Sunday afternoon, the National Hockey League announced that they are postponing a pair of games schedule for Monday night, New Jersey vs Tampa Bay and Ottawa vs Edmonton.
In a statement, the NHL said, "The National Hockey League announced today that, due to COVID-related issues affecting the New Jersey Devils and Edmonton Oilers, tomorrow night's Tampa Bay at New Jersey and Ottawa at Edmonton games have been postponed.
The Senators-Oilers game has been rescheduled for Saturday, Jan. 15, at 8 p.m. local time (10 p.m. ET) in Edmonton. The new date for the Lightning-Devils game has yet to be determined."
New Jersey's next game is set for Thursday against New York Islanders, while the Edmonton Oilers' next game will be against Ottawa next Saturday. Both games are likely dependant on how their COVID situations develop over the next few days.
The @NHL has postponed two games originally scheduled for Monday, Jan. 10. https://t.co/TIM3y8Yg5j pic.twitter.com/hzHX8eAKnE— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) January 9, 2022
