Skip navigation
Favorites
Sign up to follow your favorites on all your devices.
Sign up

DeBoer on Kovalchuk injury: “You’re going to see him again in the series”

Ilya Kovalchuk

Peter DeBoer knows Ilya Kovalchuk will return to the Devils lineup.

He just doesn’t know when.

That was the message on Wednesday morning as the New Jersey head coach appeared on WFAN 660 AM to discuss his team’s 4-1 victory over the Flyers -- and, of course, the status of his injured star.

“I’m sure you’re going to see [Kovalchuk] again in the series,” DeBoer said. “It could be sooner than later.”

The Devils have been extremely tight-lipped about the nature of Kovalchuk’s injury -- shocking from a Lou Lamoriello-led team, I know -- but yesterday, Rich Chere of the Newark Star-Ledger reported two sources said Kovalchuk had “been icing a back injury, which got progressively worse in the last few days.”

By the way, it’s probably worth noting that -- in their first game sans-Kovalchuk this postseason -- the Devils scored four goals for just the second time in eight games and put 35 shots on goal, four more than their average.