Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy was ruled out for Game 4 of the team's series against the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday after being placed in NHL COVID-19 protocol.
The 24-year-old McAvoy is the team's top defenseman. He has two assists in three games and is Boston's leader in playoff ice time with 25:15 on average. The Bruins deployed him against the Hurricanes' top line with Sebastian Aho in Game 3, a 4-2 win for Boston in which that line was held scoreless.
He'll be replaced in the Boston lineup with Josh Brown, a 28-year-old defenseman that the Bruins acquired from the Ottawa Senators at the trade deadline.