New York Rangers winger Chris Kreider has a blood clot in his right arm and will be out indefinitely, the team announced Thursday.

Kreider departed from Wednesday’s game against the Washington Capitals after playing 5:04 with what the team termed an “upper-body injury.”

“Before the first period he felt some swelling in his arm," coach Alain Vigneault told reporters Thursday afternoon. "In between the first and the second, it got to a point where this was out of the ordinary so they sent him to the hospital.”

The New York Post's Larry Brooks said Kreider will likely miss 6-8 weeks. Brooks said Kreider's condition is similar to Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy's. The netminder needed surgery Sept. 3, 2015, to remove a clot near his left collarbone to treat vascular thoracic outlet syndrome. Vasilevskiy was taken off blood thinners and cleared to resume activities Oct. 26. Kreider is going through tests to gauge his condition.

These are hardly isolated incidents among NHL players.

Lightning captain Steven Stamkos needed surgery to treat a blood clot near his right collarbone on April 4, 2016, and he returned May 27. Former NHL forward Pascal Dupuis was forced to retire at 36 in December 2015 because of a medical condition related to blood clots, while former goalie Tomas Vokoun missed the 2013-14 season because of blood clots and ultimately retired. Former defenseman Kimmo Timonen also dealt with blood clots.

The 26-year-old Kreider has 11 goals and 22 points in 37 games this season.

New York recalled forward Vinni Lettieri from the Rangers' American Hockey League affiliate.