NHL Note - New Jersey Devils Zajac, Travis

Aug 18, 2017 - 8:12 AM C Travis Zajac could miss up to six months after having surgery to repair a torn left pectoral muscle on Thursday.

Zajac had 14 goals and 31 assists in 80 games for the Devils last season, playing 19:43 per game, including an average of 2:34 on the power play and 2:19 on the penalty kill. He also had a 54.7 percent success rate on faceoffs. The 32-year-old Zajac is signed through 2021 with a $5.75 million per season cap hit. In his 11-year NHL career, all with New Jersey, Zajac has 155 goals, 280 assists, and a plus-26 rating in 779 games played.