Edmonton Oilers forward Jesse Puljujarvi and his Finnish team will be heading into a COVID-19 quarantine.
According to Iltalehti hockey reporter Pekka Jalonen, someone in the Karpat Oulu organization tested positive for COVID-19. Jalonen added that three games will be forced to be rescheduled in the coming days.
Karpat Oulu (Jesse Puljujarvi's team) has a COVID-19 case, the whole team has to go into quarantine, at least three games must be rescheduled. #LetsGoOilers #NHL
— Pekka Jalonen (@PekkaJalonen) October 16, 2020
Puljujarvi, 22, inked a two-year deal to return to the Edmonton Oilers last week and will play with Karpat until the NHL resumes. So far, he’s scored five goals and seven points in five games with Karpat.
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