Sabres interim coach Don Granato cleared from COVID protocol

Buffalo Sabres interim head coach Don Granato. (Jeffrey T. Barnes/AP)

Buffalo Sabres interim coach Don Granato and assistant Matt Ellis are headed back to work after being cleared from the NHL's COVID-19 protocol.

The Sabres announced Granato and Ellis are travelling to join the team in Boston after spending a night in self-isolation in Pittsburgh.

Both were placed in the protocol on Thursday, hours before Buffalo's game against the Penguins. That led to general manager Kevyn Adams stepping in to coach the 4-0 loss, which extended the Sabres franchise-record winless skid to 0-14-2.

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