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 — 19,265 — at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.

Keeps scoring Monday

The Minnesota Wild were able to dig themselves out of an early two-goal hole on Saturday, but they couldn’t overcome Nico Hischier’s three-goal night. In a game with all of the bad blood normal for historical division rivals — an oddity for a team Minnesota sees just twice a year — the New Jersey Devils led early and never trailed,