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 New Jersey Devils host the Minnesota Wild after Nico Hischier's hat trick against the Minnesota Wild in the Devils' 5-2 win.

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

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

Nico Hischier recorded a hat trick and his third goal was the final nail in the coffin for the Minnesota Wild, who fell 5-2 to the New Jersey Devils Saturday night in front of the largest crowd of the season — 19,

I think the readiness to play, the focus level, the attention to detail, the competitiveness that’s required to win, we didn’t have that tonight. Which was surprising to me,” John Hynes