It wasn’t too long ago when New Jersey Devils coach Sheldon Keefe called out his star players after their fourth straight loss. Some of New Jersey’s top players, such as Jack Hughes and Jesper Bratt,

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Devils captain Nico Hischier is considered week to week with injury, coach Sheldon Keefe said Wednesday, hours before his team hosted Philadelphia. Hischier is out against the Flyers and figures to miss the Devils' game Sunday at Buffalo, along with potentially another at Pittsburgh on Tuesday.

Devils coach Sheldon Keefe’s message to his team after one of their best periods of the season was to keep up their pressure, but not get too overconfident since they still had not scored and the game wasn’t over. What he didn’t tell them was that he had a feeling Sunday’s game wouldn’t end well. His fears came true 40 minutes later.