Penguins, Devils To Have Third Game Postponed Due To COVID-19 Issues, Announce Multiple Rescheduled Games
By: KDKA-TV News Staff
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- The Pittsburgh Penguins and the New Jersey Devils are going to have their third game within a week postponed due to COVID-19 issues.
The Penguins announced the postponement Saturday morning along with announcing that a batch of games are being rescheduled as a result of the postponements.
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With a series of recent postponements due to COVID-19 protocols, the NHL announced updates to the league's regular season schedule.
More than 20 NHL games are affected by these changes, including eight Penguins games.
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Last week, two games that were scheduled for February 2 and February 4 were both postponed as the Devils had a number of players on the league's COVID-19 protocol list.
Tuesday's postponed game is now scheduled for Thursday, March 18.
Other games being rescheduled include:
- Pittsburgh at New Jersey, originally scheduled for March 19, is now scheduled for Saturday, March 20 at 1 p.m. ET.
- New Jersey at Pittsburgh, originally scheduled for Feb. 2, is now scheduled for Sunday, March 21 at 1 p.m. ET.
- Buffalo at Pittsburgh, originally scheduled for March 26, is now scheduled for Thursday, March 25 at 7 p.m. ET.
- NY Islanders at Pittsburgh, originally scheduled for March 30, is now scheduled for Saturday, March 27 at 7 p.m. ET.
- Pittsburgh at New Jersey, originally scheduled for March 21, is now scheduled for Friday, April 9 at 7 p.m. ET.
- Pittsburgh at Buffalo, originally scheduled for April 19, is now scheduled for Sunday, April 18 at 3 p.m. ET.
- New Jersey at Pittsburgh, originally scheduled for Feb. 4, is now scheduled for Tuesday, April 20 at 7 p.m. ET.