"The pain was etched across Jaromir Jagr's face.

Not just the pain of aggravating a groin pull, but the pain of knowing he might have come back too soon.

Jagr removed himself from Wednesday's game against the Islanders five minutes into the second period.

He did not return and said he won't play in the Flyers' Black Friday matinee against Montreal and will also sit out Saturday's game in New York.

"We got two games and then five days off," Jagr said. "I think I'm not going to play those two games and make sure when I come back I want to come back strong.""