RALEIGH, N.C. -- Boston Bruins star defenseman Charlie McAvoy has cleared COVID-19 protocols and will take warmups with the team in anticipation on playing vs. the Carolina Hurricanes Tuesday night in Game 5, sources told ESPN's Emily Kaplan.
Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy, after Boston's morning skate, told reporters that McAvoy and fellow defenseman Hampus Lindholm (upper-body injury) would miss Tuesday's game. Cassidy said there was no timeline for McAvoy's return but that he was already "feeling better."
Sources told Kaplan, however, that McAvoy arrived later in the day via private jet arranged by Bruins ownership, and that he walked into PNC Arena wearing an N95 mask in time for warmups.