The NHL released a statement Wednesday afternoon confirming that positive test results for multiple players on both the St. Louis Blues and Vegas Golden Knights were reported as such in error.
Players on both teams were isolated earlier in the day while further testing was conducted, before it was later determined that the initial results in question were all false positives.
"This morning, we became aware of certain test results involving multiple Players on two Clubs (the St. Louis Blues and the Vegas Golden Knights) that had indicated positive results for the COVID-19 virus. Because those reported results emanated from the same laboratory, and due to other peculiarities and similarities as among the test results themselves, an investigation was initiated into the possibility that the initial test results reported may have been in error.
"All affected Players were immediately isolated and further testing was done involving collected samples. Those tests have returned uniformly negative results, therefore confirming that the initial reported test results were in error. As a result, all affected Players will be eligible to play in their team’s next game."
St. Louis is scheduled to play Game 2 of its first-round series against the Avs on Wednesday night at 10:30 p.m. EST. The Golden Knights will be in Minnesota for Game 3 of their series against the Wild on Thursday.
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