from Nicholas J. Cotsonika of NHL.com,

The NHL would be willing to play games without fans at neutral sites if that's what it takes to finish the season, after pausing the season March 12 due to concerns surrounding the coronavirus.

"I'd say it's one possibility, for sure, and it's something that has been considered and something that has been discussed," Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said Friday. "It's not our preferred result or outcome."

Daly said officials have begun creating lists of what they would need, as they are for other possibilities.

"Our goal is to be as prepared as we possibly can be for any eventuality and to be able to react to the situation on very little notice to kind of set a course," he said. "But at this point, it continues to be premature to set that course."

The unknowns continue to far outweigh the knowns.

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