Dougie Hamilton left the second period of the Devils\u2019 game with an undisclosed injury. Hamilton took just one shift in the middle frame, before he exited at around the five-minute mark.<\/p>\n
He did not emerge from the Devils\u2019 locker room for the third period, and his night ended with 10:09 time on ice, and one shot on goal.<\/p>\n
After the Devils defeated Montreal 3-2 in overtime, Sheldon Keefe did not have an update on Hamilton\u2019s status. The Devils coach wouldn\u2019t disclose if it was an upper or lower-body injury, either.<\/p>\n
Keefe explained Hamilton will be re-evaluated on Friday to get a better sense of the injury.<\/p>\n
According to Ryan Novozinsky, Hamilton is dealing with a lower-body injury.<\/p>\n
The Devils are already dealing with a handful of key injuries. They started the season without the services of Johnathan Kovacevic, who had offseason knee surgery and isn\u2019t expected back until at least the New Year.<\/p>\n
Brett Pesce<\/a> was placed on injured reserve on Thursday, retroactive to October 26th, and isn\u2019t expected back for a few more weeks.<\/p>\n Hamilton\u2019s injury is untimely, with so many key Devils already missing from the lineup.<\/p>\n In the forward group, Connor Brown<\/a> and Evgenii Dadonov remain sidelined. The former is close, but the latter is not.<\/p>\n Coming into Thursday night, the Devils man-games lost total was up to 69.<\/p>\n Hamilton is having a rebound season after a down year in 2024-25. He\u2019s scored four goals and seven points through 13-plus games this season. However, his defensive game has taken strides the Devils perhaps didn\u2019t expect this season.<\/p>\n The Devils star defenseman has seen a bit of an unlucky streak of injuries in the last few seasons, missing 62 games in 2023-24, and 18 games at the end of 2024-25, and watching from the press box for during the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs.<\/p>\n Now down Pesce, and potentially Hamilton for the next little while, the Devils are down to four regular blueliners. Said defenders include<\/a> Luke Hughes, Simon Nemec, Brenden Dillon, and Jonas Siegenthaler.<\/p>\n
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