The NHL and NHLPA agreed to pause the 2021-22 season from Dec. 22 to Dec. 25, Daily Faceoff's Frank Seravalli reports.

Teams must suspend all operations and will not practice or be tested during those days. Facilities will be reopened Dec. 26 at 2 p.m. local time.

Tuesday's games between the Washington Capitals and Philadelphia Flyers and the Tampa Bay Lightning and Vegas Golden Knights will go on as scheduled, pending test results.

There were already no games scheduled for Dec. 26. A hefty 14-game slate is currently on the docket for Dec. 27.

The pause is the NHL's latest attempt at halting the spread of COVID-19 across the league.

With the postponement of Tuesday's contest between the Seattle Kraken and Arizona Coyotes, 44 games have been put off so far this season, according to Seravalli. Thirty-nine have come in the past seven days.

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