{"id":435480,"date":"2026-01-30T03:38:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T03:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/435480\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T03:38:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T03:38:19","slug":"jack-hughes-leaves-devils-game-in-first-period-two-weeks-before-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/435480\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Hughes leaves Devils game in first period two weeks before Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Jack Hughes tries to strip Nashville defenseman Roman Josi of the puck.\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2258955257-1024x683.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" class=\"image-next-root\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Article_ImageCaptionCredit__mkXi_ article-image-caption-credit Typography_body1__xfKuc inherit Typography_base__jzSqr\">Jack Hughes left the Devils&#8217; game against the Predators after playing four shifts. Ishika Samant \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Jan. 29, 2026Updated 10:27 pm EST<\/p>\n<p>Jack Hughes left the New Jersey Devils\u2019 game against the Nashville Predators during the first period Thursday night, less than two weeks before the men\u2019s ice hockey tournament begins at the Milan-Cortina Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Hughes, 24, is on the Team USA roster. He also had one assist in four games for the U.S. during last year\u2019s 4 Nations Face-Off, where the Americans lost in overtime of the championship game. The U.S. has already had to replace one player on its Olympic roster, subbing Anaheim\u2019s Jackson LaCombe for injured Florida defenseman Seth Jones.<\/p>\n<p>During the Predators game, Hughes went down the tunnel followed by a team trainer four minutes into the game. He returned later in the period and skated one shift before heading down the tunnel again. He did not return, playing only three shifts for two minutes and 27 seconds of ice time.<\/p>\n<p>Hughes has 36 points in 35 games this season. He missed 18 games in late November and early December after cutting his hand in a freak accident at a team dinner, and missed 20 games in each of the last two seasons.<\/p>\n<p>The Devils were already without defenseman Luke Hughes and winger Stefan Noesen, who are on long-term injured reserve, and center Cody Glass, who was injured in Tuesday\u2019s game against Winnipeg.<\/p>\n<p>Devils coach Sheldon Keefe said after the game that Hughes has a lower-body injury that is not expected to be serious. He will be evaluated again tomorrow to determine his availability for the team\u2019s upcoming trip to Ottawa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jack Hughes left the Devils&#8217; game against the Predators after playing four shifts. Ishika Samant \/ Getty Images&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435481,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5109],"tags":[201,5,52575,576,151,5185,5184,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-435480","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-jersey-devils","8":"tag-devils","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-mens-olympic-hockey","11":"tag-new-jersey","12":"tag-new-jersey-devils","13":"tag-newjersey","14":"tag-newjerseydevils","15":"tag-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115981969513361599","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}