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.

Nico Hischier got the scoring started — in the first minute of the game — for the Devils off a nice rush play where Jesper Bratt banked the puck off of