The NHL has postponed the next three games on the Colorado Avalanche's schedule after a third Avalanche player entered COVID-19 protocols, the league announced Friday.

The Avalanche canceled their morning skate Friday after a COVID-19 test came back positive from Thursday's testing. Colorado goaltender Philipp Grubauer reportedly tested positive earlier this week and joined defenseman Bowen Byram on the NHL's COVID-19 protocol list.

Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar said Wednesday he expects Grubauer to miss "more than 14 days."

Colorado was scheduled to play the Los Angeles Kings on Friday and Sunday before facing the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday. The league expects the Avalanche to re-open team facilities on April 21 and return to action against the Blues the following night.

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The NHL has shuffled the North Division schedule after delaying the Vancouver Canucks' return to action following a COVID-19 outbreak.

The Canucks will resume their season on April 18 against the Toronto Maple Leafs and play their final game on May 19 against the Calgary Flames.

Here's a look at the revised schedule (all times ET):

The league also made the following start time changes:

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The Winnipeg Jets signed forward Adam Lowry to a five-year contract extension with an average annual value of $3.25 million, the team announced.

Lowry, 28, has spent his entire seven-year career with the Jets since being selected by the club in the third round of the 2011 NHL Draft. He has eight goals and 12 assists in 44 games this season.

Lowry's career-best statistical season came during the 2016-17 campaign, where he totaled 15 goals and 14 assists in 82 games.

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Ottawa Senators forward Shane Pinto will make his NHL debut Saturday when his club takes on the Montreal Canadiens, head coach DJ Smith confirmed Friday, according to Sportsnet's Kyle Bukauskas.

The Senators inked the Hobey Baker Award finalist to a three-year, entry-level contract earlier in April. Pinto recently wrapped up his second season at the University of North Dakota, racking up 15 goals and 17 assists in 28 games.

Ottawa also previously signed Jacob Bernard-Docker - the 26th pick in the 2018 NHL Draft and Pinto's teammate at North Dakota - to an entry-level deal. The defenseman debuted with the Senators on Wednesday.

Pinto was selected by Ottawa with the 32nd pick in the 2019 NHL Draft.

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The NHL fined Toronto Maple Leafs forward Zach Hyman $5,000 for high-sticking Winnipeg Jets defenseman Neal Pionk, the league's Department of Player Safety announced Thursday.

Hyman was assessed a two-minute high-sticking penalty on the play in the final minutes of Toronto's 5-2 loss to the Jets on Thursday.

The 28-year-old has 15 goals and 18 assists in 42 games this season.

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Friday night's contest between the Vancouver Canucks and the Edmonton Oilers has been postponed, according to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.

The Canucks were set to resume their season after being paused since March 26 due to a COVID-19 outbreak. Safety concerns were voiced by J.T. Miller and the team Wednesday.

More to come.

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Toronto Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews won't play against the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night, head coach Sheldon Keefe announced.

Matthews is considered day-to-day and isn't expected to be held out long, Keefe adds.

When asked if the 23-year-old is suffering from the same injury as a wrist ailment that resulted in Matthews missing three games earlier this season, Keefe said "it's similar but not the same no," according to The Athletic's Jonas Siegel.

The forward was the first Leafs player on the ice for the morning skate Thursday, but he departed before it officially began. The team practiced with these lines without the sniper:

Matthews leads the league with 32 goals over 40 games, and he's also added 21 assists.

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The Toronto Maple Leafs signed prospect Rodion Amirov to a three-year entry-level contract for the 2021-22 season, the team announced Thursday.

Since his season with the KHL's Ufa Salavat Yulayev is complete, Amirov will join the Marlies and Maple Leafs' development program this season.

The Leafs are expected to loan Amirov to the KHL for the 2021-22 campaign, according to Sportsnet's Chris Johnston.

"We look forward to welcoming Rodion to Canada in the coming weeks and having him begin working with our player development staff in Toronto," general manager Kyle Dubas said. "We also look forward to continuing to work with Ufa with his development next season. Ufa has done an excellent job guiding Rodion's development as a player to date and we are excited to work very closely with them through the summer and into the future."

The plan is for Amirov to work with the Maple Leafs' development staff both this offseason and next in Toronto, his agent Dan Milstein said.

Toronto selected Amirov with the 15th pick in the 2020 NHL Draft. The 19-year-old recorded nine goals and four assists in 39 games in the KHL this season.

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Dallas Stars goaltender Ben Bishop and forward Alexander Radulov will both miss the remainder of the season due to injury, the team announced.

Bishop will continue rehabilitation on his surgically repaired knee while Radulov requires surgery to repair a core muscle injury.

Both players are expected to be ready for the 2021-22 season.

More to come.

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The 2021 Memorial Cup has been canceled, the CHL announced Tuesday.

"With the WHL and QMJHL in the midst of shortened seasons and the OHL continuing return-to-play discussions with the Ontario government, unfortunately, we have once again had to make the difficult decision to cancel the Memorial Cup," the CHL's statement said. "As a league, we waited as long as we could in hopes that this was not the decision that we were going to have to make.

"Regrettably, we do not see a path in which we will be able to produce champions in our three member leagues due to border restrictions and quarantining requirements."

This marks the second consecutive year that the Memorial Cup won't be awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

While the WHL and QMJHL both resumed play to some degree this season, the OHL has yet to hit the ice. The three champions of the individual leagues and the Memorial Cup host team typically play a round-robin tournament for the championship.

"Further decisions regarding the timing and location of the 2022 Memorial Cup will be announced at a later date," the CHL said.

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