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

The Minnesota Wild and New Jersey Devils met for the first time this season on Saturday afternoon, Mar. 29, in St. Paul, Minnesota. This was the first game of a home-and-home series between the Wild and Devils.

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.