9 teams affected by NHL’s latest schedule changes!

The 2021 season is underway, but we already know its schedule would be impact when it was announced days before the season openers that the Dallas Stars were forced to postpone at least three games before of of COVID-19 outbreak. 

On Tuesday, a breaking report from the league and Players Association announced that a total of 27 players had tested positive, with 17 of them on the roster of the Dallas Stars. 

It was finally announced on Friday that the Stars will kick off their season in a week from today, on Friday, Jan. 22 at home against the Nashville Predators. 

However, because of games getting postponed, the new schedule now has an impact on a total of nine teams across the league, including the Stars. The Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Detroit Red Wings, Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins, Boston Bruins, Washington Capitals and New York Rangers are also seeing changes to their respective schedule. 

The following games have been re-scheduled:
 
Game #9, Dallas at Florida, originally scheduled for Jan. 14, is now scheduled for Monday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. ET
 
Game #20, Dallas at Florida, originally scheduled for Jan. 15, is now scheduled for Monday, May 3 at 7 p.m. ET
 
Game #33, Dallas at Tampa Bay, originally scheduled for Jan. 17, is now scheduled for Tuesday, May 4 at 7 p.m.  ET
 
Game #48, Dallas at Tampa Bay, originally scheduled for Jan. 19, is now scheduled for Monday, May 10 at 7 p.m. ET
 
Game #292, Florida at Detroit, originally scheduled for Feb. 21, is now scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 20 at 5 p.m. ET
 
Game #303, Dallas at Florida, originally scheduled for Feb. 23, is now scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 5 p.m. ET
 
Game #532, Buffalo at Pittsburgh, originally scheduled for March 27, is now scheduled for Friday, March 26 at 7 p.m. ET
 
Game #653, Boston at Washington, originally scheduled for April 11, is now scheduled for Saturday, April 10 at 7 p.m. ET
 
Game #715, Pittsburgh at Buffalo, originally scheduled for April 20, is now scheduled for Monday, April 19 at 7 p.m. ET
 
Game #828, Florida at Tampa Bay, originally scheduled for May 4, is now scheduled for Tuesday, March 16 at 7 p.m. ET
  
The NHL today announced the following start time changes:
 
Game #275, Florida at Detroit, originally scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday, Feb. 19, is now scheduled for 7 p.m. ET
 
Game #291, NY Rangers at Washington, originally scheduled for 5 p.m. ET on Sunday, Feb. 21, is now scheduled for 7 p.m. ET