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Montreal Canadiens: Testing Players for COVID-19 and Seeing Families

ST LOUIS, MISSOURI - JANUARY 24: Commissioner Gary Bettman speaks to the media prior to the 2020 NHL All-Star Skills Competition at Enterprise Center on January 24, 2020 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

The Montreal Canadiens and the remaining 23 NHL teams now know what to expect in terms of testing players for COVID-19 and when they can see their families.

As the NHL and NHLPA are finalizing a tentative agreement on their Return-to-Play plans, we now have a clearer idea of what will happen if players test positive for COVID-19 as well as how long their families will be separated from them.