Just 29 seconds into the game, the Devils captain put his team up by a goal as he banked home a rebound off Wild netminder Filip Gustavsson's pad. Jesper Bratt took the initial shot off a rush play, popping the puck off Gustavsson's pads with the rebound landing directly on Hischier's stick.

The Minnesota Wild were able to dig themselves out of an early two-goal hole on Saturday, but they couldn’t overcome Nico Hischier’s three-goal night. In a game with all of the bad blood normal

Nico Hischier scored three goals for his second hat trick of the season and the New Jersey Devils beat the Minnesota Wild 5-2.