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Flyers game against Capitals postponed

We thought we could enjoy one last game before the prolonged holiday break. Woof.

The game between the Philadelphia Flyers and Washington Capitals slotted for Tuesday night has been postponed due to a surge of Caps players entering the NHL’s COVID protocol list the morning of.

We should be used to this by now.

Information regarding to tickets is coming, according to the Flyers.

The Capitals already had forwards T.J. Oshie, Nicklas Backstrom, and Evgeny Kuznetsov on the protocol list, but Daniel Sprong and Justin Schultz were pulled from morning skate early, making the logistics of the Washington roster impossible to play an actual hockey game due to short notice, and general salary cap issues.