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Bruins-Canadiens game Saturday postponed due to COVID-19

By Victor Barbosa | Last updated Dec 17, 2021 10:04 AM ET

Starting on Saturday, some sports arenas in Canada will be reduce its maximum capacity to 50% at home games again due to rising COVID-19 cases linked with the Omicron variant. The Montreal Canadiens haven't been listed among those teams yet, but they won't have to worry about any kinds of crowds for this weekend anyways.

#BREAKING NHL postpones Saturday's Bruins game in Montreal pic.twitter.com/spngfUF5J7
— WBZ | CBS Boston News (@wbz) December 17, 2021

Per the NHL Public Relations Department, the game doesn't have a make-up date scheduled yet and the Canadiens are planning to resume their regular-season schedule on Monday against the New York Islanders. The Bruins announced on Thursday that three players and one staff member were added to the already-lengthy list of people in the league's health and safety protocol.

Boston is far from the only NHL team currently dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak. The Calgary Flames are arguably the most notable example right now, as they have already had four games postponed and they added two players and one staff member to the NHL health and safety protocol on Thursday.

The Bruins' next scheduled game is against the Ottawa Senators at 5 p.m. ET on Sunday.

Victor Barbosa

Victor Barbosa is a passionate follower of MLB, the NBA and NFL, with a deep interest in Boston-area teams. He graduated from Springfield College -- The Birthplace of Basketball -- in 2013 with a degree in Communications-Sports Journalism. Previous bylines include FanSided, Heavy and Syracuse

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