{"id":39791,"date":"2019-01-05T21:22:58","date_gmt":"2019-01-06T02:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=39791"},"modified":"2020-12-26T16:37:02","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T21:37:02","slug":"new-jersey-devils-mackenzie-blackwood-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/01\/05\/new-jersey-devils-mackenzie-blackwood-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey Devils MacKenzie Blackwood Injured"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Jersey Devils<\/a> goalie MacKenzie Blackwood<\/a><\/strong> left Friday\u2019s game against the Arizona Coyotes<\/a> with a lower-body injury and did not return. The Devils went on to win the game 3-2 in a shootout. The Devils have not announced the extent of Blackwood’s injury, however, he did not practice on Saturday and Keith Kinkaid<\/strong><\/a> will start against the Vegas Golden Knights<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Devils Mackenzie Blackwood Injured<\/h1>\n

Blackwood sustained the injury in the first period of Friday\u2019s game after playing less than 16 minutes. Blackwood appeared to be in some discomfort and saw an on-ice trainer early in the game. He tried to stretch it out but eventually left the game. Blackwood was replaced by\u00a0Kinkaid who secured the win for the Devils.<\/p>\n

Blackwood currently holds a record of 3-2 with a goals-against-average of 1.83 and a save percentage of .947. He also has recorded two shutouts.<\/p>\n

Blackwood was originally drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the second round, 42nd overall in the 2015 NHL Entry draft.<\/p>\n

Unfortunate News for Blackwood and the Devils<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s unfortunate news for Blackwood and the Devils. The rookie netminder is enjoying a great start to his NHL career and looks to be the goalie of the future for the New Jersey Devils. The Devils are already without Cory Schneider<\/a><\/strong> as he was placed on the injured reserve on December 17th with an abdominal strain. Eddie Lack<\/a><\/strong> is also out for the season for the Devils after suffering an injury while playing in Binghamton of the AHL.<\/p>\n

With Blackwood out, Keith Kinkaid<\/a> <\/strong>will take over as the Devils starting netminder. Kinkaid currently holds a record of 13-10-6 with a goals-against-average of 3.00 and a save percentage of .900. He also has recorded three shutouts.<\/p>\n

Kinkaid took over as the Devils starting goaltender last season. He helped lead the Devils to their first playoff appearance since 2012 last season.<\/p>\n

The Devils next game will be on Sunday and they will visit the Vegas Golden Knights<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"NEWARK, NJ – DECEMBER 31: Mackenzie Blackwood #29 of the New Jersey Devils in action against the Vancouver Canucks at Prudential Center on December 31, 2018 in Newark, New Jersey. The Devils defeated the Canucks 4-0. (Photo by Jim McIsaac\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Jersey Devils goalie MacKenzie Blackwood left Friday\u2019s game against the Arizona Coyotes with a lower-body injury and did not return. The Devils went on to win the game 3-2 in a shootout. The Devils have not announced the extent of Blackwood’s injury, however, he did not practice on Saturday and Keith Kinkaid will start […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2506,"featured_media":39800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,34],"tags":[324,5738,1868,2152,151,2569,955],"class_list":["post-39791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-devils","category-news","tag-cory-schneider","tag-hockey-news","tag-keith-kinkaid","tag-mackenzie-blackwood","tag-new-jersey-devils","tag-news","tag-nhl-news"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2506"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}