New Jersey Devils' forward Nico Hischier will miss Sunday's game against the Minnesota Wild due to an upper-body injury. Hischier was injured in a collision with Buffalo Sabres' defenseman Connor Clifton, who received a match penalty for the hit. Hischier played a few more shifts but did not return for the third period. Hischier has two goals in seven games this season and had a career-high 80 points last season.
New Jersey Devils’ head coach Lindy Ruff says forward Nico Hischier is out for Sunday’s game vs. the Minnesota Wild with an upper-body injury,Hischier was injured near the end of the first period in the Devils’ Friday night matchup vs. the Buffalo Sabres. Hischier tipped a pass into the Sabres’ zone, then Buffalo defenseman Connor Clifton made direct contact with Hischier’s head on a bodycheck with his shoulder.
Clifton received a match penalty for the hit and was ejected from the game. Hischier played a few more shifts in the second period, but did not play in the third.Ruff said after the game that the hit was the type of thing the league wants to get rid of.Hischier has two goals in seven games so far in 2023-24. He hit career highs across the board last season, scoring 31 goals and 49 assists for 80 points. The 2017 No.
Clifton was taken in the fifth round of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft by the Arizona Coyotes. He spent the first five seasons of his career with the Boston Bruins, scoring 10 goals and 33 assists for 43 points in 232 games in Beantown. Last summer,
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