Blues, Golden Knights victims of 'false positive' COVID-19 tests

The St. Louis Blues reported discrepancies in the results of recent COVID-19 tests ahead of Wednesday's Game 2 of their first-round playoff series against the Colorado Avalanche. 

Hours before the start of Wednesday's postseason action, the NHL confirmed the Blues and Vegas Golden Knights were both impacted by "false positive" tests. The league explained in its prepared statement:

"This morning, we became aware of certain test results involving multiple players on two clubs (the St. Louis Blues and the Vegas Golden Knights) that had indicated positive results for the COVID-19 virus. Because those reported results emanated from the same laboratory, and due to other peculiarities and similarities as among the test results themselves, an investigation was initiated into the possibility that the initial test results reported may have been in error. All affected players were immediately isolated and further testing was done involving collected samples. Those tests have returned uniformly negative results, therefore confirming that the initial reported test results were in error. As a result, all affected players will be eligible to play in their team's next game." 

As hockey insider Pierre LeBrun tweeted, Blues leading scorer David Perron is among three St. Louis players still on the league's COVID-19 protocols list: