The Ottawa Senators have placed Alex Formenton and goaltender Matt Murray in the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol, bringing the number of Sens players directly impacted by the virus to eight.
Roster update: The #Sens have placed forward Alex Formenton and goaltender Matt Murray in the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol.
— Sens Communications (@Media_Sens) November 11, 2021
In related moves, the team has recalled forward Andrew Agozzino and defencemen Dillon Heatherington and Lassi Thomson from @BellevilleSens.
Ottawa's COVID-related roster crisis has worsened in recent days.
On Wednesday, defenceman Josh Brown entered the league's protocols, joining the likes of Austin Watson, Nick Holden, Connor Brown and Victor Mete, who were all placed in COVID protocol since the week started.
#Sens lines with 8 players in COVID protocol:
— Kyle Bukauskas (@SNkylebukauskas) November 11, 2021
Tkachuk-Norris-Sanford
Stützle-Paul-Batherson
Ennis-Tierney-Sokolov
Kelly-Shaw-Sabourin
Chabot-Zaitsev
Brannstrom-Zub
Heatherington-Del Zotto
Gustavsson
Forsberg
Monday's Senators practice was called for precautionary reasons amid the outbreak.
At this time, the Sens' game on Thursday against the Los Angeles Kings is still set to be played.
