New Jersey Devils captain Nico Hischier is week-to-week with an upper-body injury, head coach Sheldon Keefe announced Wednesday. Hischier was injured after taking a cross check up high by Montreal captain Nick Suzuki during the second period of the Devils' 4-3 overtime win against the host Canadiens on Saturday night.

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, 26, left the Devils' Jan. 25 contest against the Montreal Canadiens after receiving a cross-check from Nick Suzuki and has not been back in the lineup since. He was initially labeled as being day-to-day, but now this injury will keep him out for longer than expected.