{"id":433753,"date":"2023-11-01T14:50:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T18:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=433753"},"modified":"2023-11-01T14:50:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T18:50:52","slug":"new-jersey-devils-forward-to-miss-upcoming-roadtrip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/11\/01\/new-jersey-devils-forward-to-miss-upcoming-roadtrip\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey Devils Forward to Miss Upcoming Roadtrip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was announced earlier today that <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/devils\/\" target=\"_self\">New Jersey Devils<\/a> captain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hischni01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nico Hischier<\/a> will not travel on the team&#8217;s four-game road trip. He sustained the injury during their 5-4 win against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/sabres\/\" target=\"_self\">Buffalo Sabres<\/a> last Friday. At today&#8217;s practice, Head Coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/coaches\/ruffli01c.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lindy Ruff<\/a> announced that Hischier won&#8217;t make the trip with the team. Devils General Manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/fitzgto01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tom Fitzgerald<\/a> also voiced his pessimism about Hischier&#8217;s availability at today&#8217;s Stadium Series Press Conference.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tom Fitzgerald says that he \u201cdoes not anticipate\u201d that Nico Hischier will be traveling on this four game road trip. <\/p>\n<p>Says he has to talk to medical team, and Nico will continue he to be evaluated day-by-day <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NJDevils?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NJDevils<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Amanda Stein (@amandacstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amandacstein\/status\/1719731098765213935?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NJDevils?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NJDevils<\/a> head coach Lindy Ruff: players who didn\u2019t practice today will not be on the road trip.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Catherine Bogart (@CatherineBogart) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CatherineBogart\/status\/1719751992686281128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Nico Hischier to Miss Road Trip<\/h2>\n<p>The injury occurred when Sabres defenceman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/cliftco01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connor Clifton<\/a> hit Hischier in the head. The play resulted in a five-minute major and game misconduct for Clifton and a two-game suspension. Hischier left the game following the hit, before returning for the third period and finishing the game. However, he was absent from their game two nights later against the Minnesota Wild, as well as all subsequent practices. The Devils are getting prepared for an eight-day, four-game road trip against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/wild\/\" target=\"_self\">Minnesota Wild<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/blues\/\" target=\"_self\">St. Louis Blues<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/blackhawks\/\" target=\"_self\">Chicago Blackhawks<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/avalanche\/\" target=\"_self\">Colorado Avalanche<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Connor Clifton has been suspended for two games for this hit on Nico Hischier <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lFEzrbJR3Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/lFEzrbJR3Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; B\/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BR_OpenIce\/status\/1718322955942289529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>What Does This Mean for the Devils<\/h3>\n<p>After a relatively clean bill of health last season, the Devils have been hit with injuries early this year. Hischier&#8217;s absence leaves a massive hole in all aspects of the game. He is one of the best defensive forwards in the game and is relied upon heavily on the PK and PP. The Devils now suddenly have a big gap down the centre of the ice. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hugheja03.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Hughes<\/a> leads the top unit, but currently, fourth-line centre <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcleomi01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael McLeod<\/a> is the one tasked with centring the second line. As it stands, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/haulaer01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Erika Haula<\/a> will centre the third line and PTO signee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/tiernch01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Tierney<\/a> will centre the fourth line. A big stretch of games against teams that the Devils have historically struggled against awaits them.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo: John Jones-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was announced earlier today that New Jersey Devils captain Nico Hischier will not travel on the team&#8217;s four-game road trip. He sustained the injury during their 5-4 win against the Buffalo Sabres last Friday. At today&#8217;s practice, Head Coach Lindy Ruff announced that Hischier won&#8217;t make the trip with the team. Devils General Manager [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4647,"featured_media":433762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[4547,13,34,4548],"tags":[37,151,955,922],"class_list":["post-433753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hockey","category-devils","category-news","category-nhl","tag-hockey","tag-new-jersey-devils","tag-nhl-news","tag-nico-hischier"],"modified_by":"Tommy Bennett","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433753","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\/4647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}