Overview
- Beat reporter Luc Gélinas said management told players to keep passports on them, remain in the hotel and take the team bus while in Minnesota.
- Gélinas also reported the club stayed an extra night in Buffalo to limit time in the state and recommended that players eat at the hotel.
- The reports were relayed by outlets including Dose and Yahoo/Mediaite, and the articles offered no direct confirmation from the Canadiens.
- Coverage links the precautions to stepped-up immigration actions in Minneapolis–St. Paul, including reports of two fatal agent shootings and operations at schools, churches and hospitals.
- Montreal lost 4-3 in overtime to the Wild on Monday, and coverage noted the visit appeared to proceed without incident.