Nico Hischier was one of the architects of New Jersey’s victory over champion Florida on Thursday in the NHL (6-3). The Valais captain of the Devils was credited with 3 assists against the Panthers.
At Sunrise, where the Devils had already won 4-1 on Tuesday, Nico Hischier brought his total number of assists this season to 10 (20 points in total). He was at the origin of the opening score, then the 3-2 and the 4-2, 2 goals scored in numerical superiority.
The Swiss center player was named 3rd star in this 12th victory of the Devils season. The first logically went to the Swede Jesper Bratt, author of his second career “hat-trick”.
McDavid in history
For his part, Roman Josi – also the author of an assist – failed to stop the Connor McDavid “machine”. The Canadian star became the 4th player in NHL history to reach 1,000 points the fastest in the regular season during Edmonton’s victory over Nashville (3-2 ap).
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A goal and an assist allowed him to exceed this symbolic mark in just 659 matches. Only Wayne Gretzky (424), Mario Lemieux (513) and Mike Bossy (656) needed fewer games to reach this plateau.
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