Jack Hughes shut down for rest of season with shoulder injury

New Jersey Devils star Jack Hughes was shut down for the rest of the 2023-24 season with a shoulder injury, the team announced Tuesday.

Hughes will undergo surgery April 10. He's expected to recover in time for training camp.

There are three games remaining on New Jersey's schedule.

Hughes leads the Devils with 27 goals and ranks second on the team with 74 points in 62 outings. He sat out 11 games earlier this season with an upper-body injury, which caused him to miss the All-Star Game.

The 22-year-old was also sidelined for five contests in November following an awkward crash into the boards against the St. Louis Blues.

Hughes amassed a career-high 99 points in 78 outings in 2022-23. The young center was eager to become the first player in franchise history with a 100-point campaign.

The Devils currently sit in seventh place of the Metropolitan Division with a 37-36-5 record and virtually no chance of making the playoffs.

New Jersey appeared in the postseason last spring, putting an end to a four-year drought. The Devils beat the New York Rangers in the first round before getting bounced by the Carolina Hurricanes.