NHL postpones Red Wings-Ducks game until Sunday

The NHL has postponed Thursday’s game between the Detroit Red Wings and Anaheim Ducks to Sunday, January 9 at 7:00 PM CT.

In the statement, the league says the game was postponed due to COVID issues affecting Anaheim. The team has seven players in COVID protocol – goalie John Gibson and forwards Ryan Getzlaf, Derek Grant, Sam Carrick, and Nicolas Deslauriers, defenseman Hampus Lindholm and forward Vinni Lettieri.

Trevor Zegras was previously in COVID protocol but was activated from the list Thursday. However, after just one morning skate, he wasn’t going to play in tonight’s game as originally scheduled.

The postponement gives Anaheim a chance to regroup. Getzlaf was placed in protocol on January 2 and could be available by then. Gibson entered Thursday, however, and likely won’t be available for that game.