Devils G Markstrom likely out a couple of weeks

New Jersey Devils goaltender Jacob Markstrom is expected to miss a mates of weeks with a lower-body injury, manager Sheldon Keefe said Wednesday.

His 2nd run with the Devils has seen him triumph 2 of his archetypal 3 games lone to person a 3.89 goals-against mean and a .845 prevention percentage.

The Devils called up Nico Daws from their AHL affiliate connected Wednesday with the anticipation he'll enactment successful tandem with seasoned Jake Allen, who near their 3-2 triumph Monday implicit the Columbus Blue Jackets with cramping. Markstrom played for 20 minutes and stopped 8 of the 9 shots that helium faced.

Inserting Daws into their goalie lineup is thing caller for the Devils. He's divided clip betwixt the NHL and AHL the past fewer years, appearing successful 52 games since the 2021-22 season, including a 3-1 people with a 1.60 GAA and a .939 prevention percent implicit six games past season.

Markstrom's wounded besides comes astatine a clip successful which the Devils are managing different injuries passim their lineup. Forward Evgenii Dadonov, who signed a one-year woody successful escaped agency, was moved to injured reserve aft suffering a manus wounded past Thursday successful their play opener.

The wounded database besides includes guardant Stefan Noesen on with defensemen Seamus Casey and Johnathan Kovacevic.

Keefe told reporters that Noesen is getting person to returning. Casey has resumed skating but volition stay retired of the lineup portion Kovacevic is skating but volition inactive beryllium retired for months.