New Jersey Devils star heart Jack Hughes exited his group’s 2-0 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights Sunday, after collision within the third interval.
Together with his group trailing 2-0, Hughes and his brother, New Jersey defenseman Luke Hughes, entered into the Vegas zone on a 2-on-1. As Jack Hughes neared the Golden Knights objective, his ft appeared to get tangled with Vegas ahead Jack Eichel, ultimately tumbling to the ice and into the boards behind the online with 1:48 left within the sport.
“Actual onerous to see him go down. There isn’t any replace,” New Jersey coach Sheldon Keefe mentioned. “He’ll must be evaluated. Clearly, it did not look good. We will must take our time to know the total extent of it.”
Keefe, arguing that the collision with Eichel may have been known as for a tripping minor, was given a sport misconduct, because the Devils fell to 2-2 on a five-game street journey that concludes Tuesday in opposition to the Dallas Stars.
“It was an identical play that [Hughes] received known as on earlier within the interval. Not solely is he injured on the play, however there is not any name,” he mentioned. “I get kicked off the bench for telling the referee I felt it was 10 instances worse than the one beforehand known as on Jack.”
Hughes, 23, is a former No. 1 total decide who leads the Devils in targets (27) and factors (70) this season. New Jersey has struggled offensively within the new calendar yr, and any absence from their greatest total participant would possibly alter its plans headed into Friday’s commerce deadline.
Hughes missed 20 video games final season attributable to damage, and completed with 74 factors because the Devils did not make the postseason. The season earlier than, he performed in 78 and posted a career-high 99 factors as New Jersey took the No. 2 seed within the Metropolitan Division and superior to the second spherical.
By the way, Eichel and Hughes have been simply teammates final month, skating for america within the 4 Nations Face-Off.
