Flyers forward Jaromir Jagr, who left the Winter Classic with a leg injury on Monday, has a mild left groin strain, and will miss seven to 10 days.
Jagr talked to NHL.com about the injury:
"Last game I sprained my leg, it was a little bit (of) swelling," said Jagr, who ultimately went 10 shifts totaling 7:09. "Then, late in the first period it was getting worse and worse. I tried (to come) back, but I just couldn't skate 100 percent. I just thought, I cannot help my team."
With 3:02 to go in the first, Jagr provided a rare moment of excitement in a subdued opening period when he split two Rangers defenders. After the game, Jagr pinpointed the move as the beginning of the end of his night.
"That's what I think," Jagr said. "That's where it started hurting the most."
Jagr, 39, is in his first season with Philadelphia after three in Russia, and was one of this summer's marquee free agents. The former Penguin, Capital and Ranger played only a minute of the second period at Citizens Bank Park in the Flyers' 3-2 loss to the Rangers. He was replaced on Philadelphia's top line by James van Riemsdyk.
Jagr has 12 goals, 31 points and is a plus-12 for the Flyers, who now trail the first-place Rangers by four points in the Atlantic Division.
The Orange and Black play host to Chicago on Thursday at the Wells Fargo Center.
