The NHL announced that 27 players had confirmed positive COVID-19 tests during training camps, which concluded Tuesday.
Of those players, 17 were members of the Dallas Stars, who shut down their training facilities last Friday after an outbreak. Dallas' first three games -- at Florida on Thursday and Friday and at Tampa Bay on Sunday -- have been postponed. The defending Western Conference champions are now tentatively set to open at the Lightning on Jan. 19 in a Stanley Cup Final rematch.
The NHL said most of the Dallas players were asymptomatic and that all of them "are currently recovering without complication.