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New Jersey Devils at Minnesota Wild

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5 - 2

Hischier has hat trick, Devils top Wild 5-2

New Jersey Devils vs. Minnesota Wild: Game Highlights

Paul Cotter and Tomas Tatar also scored, Jesper Bratt had two assists, and Jacob Markstrom stopped 22 shots for the Devils. New Jersey won for the second time in six games (2-3-1).

Marcus Foligno and Ryan Hartman scored and Filip Gustavsson made 28 saves for the Wild, who have lost three of four.

Minnesota is tied with St. Louis for the top wild card in the Western Conference, with the teams six points ahead of Vancouver. The Blues beat Colorado 2-1 Saturday for their ninth straight win.

After New Jersey was blanked 4-0 Friday in Winnipeg, Hischier scored 29 seconds into the game and Cotter scored before six minutes elapsed for a 2-0 lead.

Hischier made it 3-1 early in the third, but Hartman answered two minutes later for the Wild. Hischier completed his first three-goal game since Nov. 25 with a power-play goal with 5:10 remaining. Hischier has a career-high 33 goals this season.

Foligno also had an assist on Hartman's goal in the third period, and a major for fighting the Devils' Jonathan Kovacevic for a Gordie Howe hat trick.

Takeaways Devils: Hischier, whose first goal was the fastest to start the game for New Jersey this season, has points in 10 of his last 11 games with seven goals and six assists.

Wild: Minnesota finished 5-5-1 in a stretch in a stretch it played 10 of 11 games at home. Five of the last eight games are on the road, where the Wild are second in the NHL with 47 points (22-11-3).

Key moment New Jersey just missed making it 3-1 with 15 seconds left in the second period. On a 3-on-1 Bratt’s shot looked to be going in, but it went off the skate of teammate Timo Meier who was crossing at the edge of the crease and the puck deflected wide.

Key stat Per NHL Stats, Bratt’s two assists give him 15 this month, the most in a month by a Devils player since Scott Gomez had 16 in March 2004. Bratt has a career-high 66 assists this season.

Up next Wild visit New Jersey on Monday to complete the home-and-home set.

Regular Season Series

NJ leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 0:29 Nico Hischier Goal (31) Wrist Shot, assists: Jesper Bratt (65), Stefan Noesen (18)
Goal 1st Period 5:46 Paul Cotter Goal (16) Wrist Shot, assists: Brian Dumoulin (19), Nolan Foote (1)
Goal 1st Period 16:31 Marcus Foligno Goal (12) Tip-In, assists: Jared Spurgeon (23), Gustav Nyquist (15)
Goal 3rd Period 3:13 Nico Hischier Goal (32) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal 3rd Period 5:22 Ryan Hartman Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Marcus Foligno (12), Zach Bogosian (12)
Goal 3rd Period 14:50 Nico Hischier Goal (33) Wrist Shot, assists: Luke Hughes (33), Jesper Bratt (66)
Goal 3rd Period 16:46 Tomas Tatar Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Ondrej Palat (13), Justin Dowling (4)

Statistics

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9 Blocked Shots 19
24 Hits 29
5 Takeaways 7
33 Shots 24
1 Power Play Goals 0
1 Power Play Opportunities 2
100.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
27 Faceoffs Won 21
56.3 Faceoff Win Percent 43.8
11 Giveaways 7
4 Total Penalties 3
11 Penalty Minutes 9
Minnesota Wild Minnesota Wild Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Marcus Johansson, LW Day-To-Day Apr 25
Troy Grosenick, G Injured Reserve Oct 7
New Jersey Devils New Jersey Devils Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Luke Hughes, D Out Apr 25
Brenden Dillon, D Out Apr 25

Game Information

Xcel Energy Center

Location: Saint Paul, MN
Attendance: 19,265 | Capacity:

2024-25 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Washington 51 22 111 9
Carolina 47 30 99 5
New Jersey 42 33 91 7
Columbus 40 33 89 9
NY Rangers 39 36 85 7
NY Islanders 35 35 82 12
Pittsburgh 34 36 80 12
Philadelphia 33 39 76 10

2024-25 Central Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Winnipeg 56 22 116 4
Dallas 50 26 106 6
Colorado 49 29 102 4
Minnesota 45 30 97 7
St. Louis 44 30 96 8
Utah 38 31 89 13
Nashville 30 44 68 8
Chicago 25 46 61 11
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