There were Team USA friendly shots during the weekend, but he ended up costing one of the star’s seasons.
New Jersey’s Devils striker Jack Hughes was excluded for the rest of the season after suffering a shoulder injury from his vicious spill with Jack Eichel on Saturday.
The team made this announcement on Wednesday.
In their match in Vegas against the Golden Knights, the Devils sought to obtain at least one goal at the end of the third period. Nico Hischier took a shot, and Hughes could not correct the rebound. Hughes then collided with Eichel and collapsed in the boards.
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The New Jersey Jack Hughes (86) Devils Center Flee a path after having suffered an apparent injury during a room against the Golden Knights in Vegas during the third period at T-Mobile Arena. (Stephen R. Sylvanie / Imagn Images)
The two played in the confrontation of the 4 nations for the stars and the scratches last month and were twinned on the same line; Eichel immediately checked Hughes.
Hughes patinated the ice in the ice while his right arm seemed to be swinging. The New Jersey provided little updates, except that it had stolen east the day after the injury; On Wednesday, they announced that he had undergone surgery in Colorado.
“Obviously, it didn’t look good …” said head coach Sheldon Keefe after the match. “It is difficult to see, especially it is a similar game that he called earlier in the period.”
Luke Hughes, Jack’s brother, was emotional when he entered the locker room while the media gathered to carry out an post-match interview, according to the Associated Press.
The New Jersey Jack Hughes (86) Devils Center Flee a path after having suffered an apparent injury during a room against the Golden Knights in Vegas during the third period at T-Mobile Arena. (Stephen R. Sylvanie / Imagn Images)
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This was a cold section for Devils, and another team star, Dougie Hamilton, recently suffered an injury. During the holidays, the Devils were first in the metropolitan division, but they have been 10-13-3 since Christmas.
Their place of playoffs, with 19 games to play in season, should be sure. However, some teams slip closely late with games in hand. Anyway, a team that was once considered a competitor of the Stanley Cup is now anything but, with its best player until next season.
If they cling to the place of the playoffs, it would be their second time that the playoffs in the last three seasons after having done only once from 2013 to 2022.
The center of Vegas Golden Knights Jack Eichel (9) checks the center of the New Jersey Devils Jack Hughes (86) after a collision during the third period of an NHL hockey match on Sunday March 2, 2025, in Las Vegas. (Photo Ian Maule / AP)
It is now the second consecutive season Hughes will also have played 62 games because it also handled injuries last year. He scored 27 goals and 40 assists this season. It was the first global choice of the NHL 2019 NHL.
