It what cannot be a good thing for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Alex Ovechkin and three other Washington Capitals including Evgeni Kuznetsoz were added to the NHL unavailable due to COVID list.
Ovechkin, Kuznetsov, goalie Ilya Samsonov and defenseman Dmitri Orlov were all placed on the list one day after losing to the Penguins at PPG Paints Arena, 5-4 in OT.
There is considerable concern that hockey players are more easily able to transmit the virus. A report in the Washington Post theorized the