Bruins to practice Wednesday after COVID-19 tests

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• The Boston Bruins are scheduled to return to practice Wednesday after going through COVID-19 testing. .
• Coach Bruce Cassidy said Wednesday that Kuraly would not be available for practice or the game Thursday.
• "It felt like we were starting to turn the corner," Cassidy said.
• Boston general manager Don Sweeney said Monday that the people in the traveling party have been able to return to team facilities only to test, though some injured players have had the opportunity to skate.
• Sweeney said there has been contact tracing to locate the reason for the five players entering the protocol but he did not specify what had been learned.
• If the Bruins are able to play Thursday, it would mark the return of fans to TD Garden, which is now allowed to operate at 12 percent capacity, according to Massachusetts regulations.
• "Even whether or not we're playing that game on Thursday night, you're not in a normal routine of preparing, you're not at the rink on Friday, you're waiting until a certain period of time when test results come back before you're able to go to the rink as a group.

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