Jonathan Marchessault is out tonight on COVID-19 protocol.

VGK’s Marchessault Joins Carrier In NHL COVID-19 Protocol, Will Miss Tonight’s Golden Knights Vs Carolina Game

November 16, 2021November 16, 2021 Alan Snel Jonathan Marchessault, Robin Lehner, William Carrier

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell

With so many fans not wearing a COVID-19 mandated mask at Golden Knights games at T-Mobile Arena, you would think the coronavirus is on the way out.

Unfortunately for the Vegas Golden Knights, forwards Jonathan Marchessault and William Carrier are in the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol and will not be playing in Tuesday’s VGK vs Carolina game in Las Vegas.

VGK goalie Robin Lehner posted a tweet photo showing Marchessault and himself at Sunday’s Raiders vs Chiefs football game at Allegiant Stadium.

But Lehner has tested negative for COVID-19 and is available to play tonight.

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Some VGK fans are concerned that the team, the arena and ushers/security are not enforcing the state indoor COVID mask mandate at Vegas Golden Knights games. Many fans do not wear masks at VGK games. There is a slight uptick in coronavirus test positivity rates in Nevada and Clark County.

Jonathan Marchessault in recent Minnesota game

Alan Snel

Alan Snel brings decades of sports-business reporting experience to LVSportsBiz.com. Snel covered the business side of sports for the South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, the Tampa Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal. As a city hall beat reporter, Snel also covered stadium deals in Denver and Seattle. In 2000, Snel launched a sport-business website for FoxSports.com called FoxSportsBiz.com. After reporting sports-business for the RJ, Snel wrote hard-hitting stories on the Raiders stadium for the Desert Companion magazine in Las Vegas and The Nevada Independent. Snel is also one of the top bicycle advocates in the country.

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