The Leafs remain atop the all-Canadian North Division and hold a 4-2 edge in the season series with three games to go.
The Canucks suffered the NHL’s worst COVID-19 outbreak when the P. 1 variant of the virus swept through the team late last month.
Twenty-one players and four coaches tested positive for the virus, one other player was deemed a close contact, and another received a false positive result. Family members including one player’s pregnant wife also fell ill.
No Canucks players remained on the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol list Sunday. Nineteen were on the list at the height of the outbreak.
Horvat dominant as Canucks earn 3-2 OT win over Leafs in return from COVID outbreak
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Horvat dominant as Canucks earn 3-2 OT win over Leafs in return from COVID outbreak
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1. How will the team recover from COVID?
Vancouver had not only the worst COVID outbreak in the NHL, but one of the worst in pro sports.
The Dallas Stars, Buffalo Sabres, and New Jersey Devils were three of the teams that were hit hardest by COVID-19. The Stars actually won four straight after 17 positive cases forced them to start the season a week late. The Devils won their first two before losing 12 of their next 14 after a two-week layoff.
Buffalo lost 20 of their next 22 games after COVID knocked out almost half of their team. Based on Vancouver’s schedule and the fact that they were rocked harder than any other teams, it’s easy to envision a similarly nightmarish scenario down the stretch drive.