Another goal, but defeat for Hischier

The Haut-Valais striker continues to blaze, but the New Jersey Devils lost on the ice of the Columbus Blue Jackets. All Swiss players lost Tuesday night in the NHL.



Nico Hischier has scored 7 goals in the last 9 matches.


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Nico Hischier has scored 7 goals in the last 9 matches.

Nico Hischier continues to find the net. He scored his seventh goal of the last nine games, bringing his season tally to fifteen. The Haut-Valais striker reduced the score to 2-3 in the 36th minute of play, but he might not prevent his team’s defeat on the ice of the Columbus Blue Jackets (3-4).

Lined up for 19’41”, Hischier finished with a differential of +1. His teammate Jonas Siegenthaler for his part skated for 22’05” (-1).

Nino Niederreiter was the author of an assist, his thirteenth of the season (29 points in all). But the Grison striker and the Carolina Hurricanes lost 3-4 following extra time in Detroit. Niederreiter was lined up 13’11” (0), while on the side of the Red Wings, Pius Suter played for 18’14” (0), without scoring a single point.

The other two Swiss lined up on Tuesday evening also suffered defeat: Kevin Fiala (20’10”/0) and the Minnesota Wild 1-5 at home once morest the Calgary Flames, Timo Meier (18’32”/0) and the San Jose Sharks 1-3 on the ice of the Vegas Golden Knights.

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