{"id":102210,"date":"2021-02-28T15:12:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T20:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=102210"},"modified":"2021-03-11T23:04:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T04:04:00","slug":"nico-hischier-devils-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/02\/28\/nico-hischier-devils-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey Devils Nico Hischier Day-to-Day With Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Jersey Devils centre <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hischni01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nico Hischier<\/a><\/strong> has been labelled day-to-day with an injury. He is currently being evaluated and will miss Saturday&#8217;s game against the Washington Capitals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nico Hischier will be out today against the Capitals. He&#39;s still being evaluated, per Lindy Ruff. Ruff says he&#39;s day-to-day for now.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Ryan (@ChrisRyan_NJ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisRyan_NJ\/status\/1366079688523870209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hischni01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nico Hischier<\/a> Injured<\/h2>\n<p>The Devils newly named captain left Saturday&#8217;s game after taking a puck to the face from a P.K.Subban late in the third period. It was unclear where the puck him directly. According to head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/ruffli01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lindy Ruff<\/a>, the puck hit Hischier in the visor. However, the result led to Hischier leaving the game against Washington on Saturday. Prior to his absence, Hischier had recorded a goal and an assist in a 5-2 Devils loss.<\/p>\n<p>This was Hischier&#8217;s fourth game back after missing the beginning of the season with a broken fibula while he was training in Switzerland during the offseason. In addition, Hischier was on the Devils COVID-19 protocol list. It took him a little bit to find his groove with the team, but over the past two games, he had three points. During the 2019-20 season, he scored 14 goals and 22 assists for 36 points in 58 games. This put him on pace to score about 51 points in a full 82 game NHL season.<\/p>\n<h3>What Does This Mean Going Forward<\/h3>\n<p>This is a big blow for the Devils as Hischier was centring the team&#8217;s hottest line with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/brattje01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jesper Bratt<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/z\/zachapa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pavel Zacha<\/a>. With Hischier out of the lineup, the Devils moved Zacha back to centre reuniting him with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/gusevni01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nikita Gusev<\/a> and Bratt. That line last season was one of the Devils more productive lines. In addition, the Devils broke up the fourth line of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcleomi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael McLeod<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bastina01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nathan Bastian<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/woodmi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miles Wood<\/a>. Wood will now be on the third line with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/z\/zajactr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Travis Zajac<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sharaye01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yegor Sharangovich<\/a> and Mikail Maltsev will slot in on the fourth line for Wood.<\/p>\n<p>The Devils are hoping the injury does not keep Hischier out of the lineup for a long period of time. The Devils captain has already missed a ton of games, to begin with. 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