When speaking to the media, New Jersey Devils head coach Sheldon Keefe revealed that captain Nico Hischier will not be in the lineup when the Devils host the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night.

Hischier, a center and New Jersey's captain, took a cross-check up high late in the second period of a 4-3 overtime win at the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday and did not play the remaining 2:10 of the period. He returned to the bench to begin the third period and was on the ice for a 36-second shift before returning to the locker room.