“Some strange publication reports that I have supposedly a coronavirus. Listen, it's easy for me to call, check, ask. The NHL would have done so. I did not have a coronavirus, ”Sport-Express quotes Zaitsev.

This season, the Russian played 58 matches in the NHL regular season, gaining 12 points (1 + 11).

Earlier, the Florida hockey player Barkov admitted that he never wanted to play for Russia.