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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
Kirill Kaprizov, LW Injured Reserve Mar 30
David Jiricek, D Out Mar 28
Joel Eriksson Ek, C Injured Reserve Mar 27
Troy Grosenick, G Injured Reserve Oct 7
New Jersey Devils New Jersey Devils Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Cody Glass, C Day-To-Day Apr 2

Game Information

Xcel Energy Center

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

2024-25 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Washington 48 18 105 9
Carolina 46 24 96 4
New Jersey 40 29 87 7
NY Rangers 36 32 79 7
Columbus 34 31 77 9
NY Islanders 32 32 74 10
Pittsburgh 30 34 72 12
Philadelphia 31 36 71 9

2024-25 Central Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Winnipeg 52 20 108 4
Dallas 50 21 104 4
Colorado 47 26 98 4
St. Louis 42 28 91 7
Minnesota 41 28 89 7
Utah 34 30 80 12
Nashville 27 41 62 8
Chicago 21 44 52 10
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