Five minutes into the third period of a lifeless game on Tuesday night, Devils captain Nico Hischier turned around to play the puck going up the boards when Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk ...

If there is one player who will, without hesitation, come to the defense of New Jersey Devils captain Nico Hischier, it is his fellow countryman Jonas Siegenthaler. Tuesday night was a prime example.

Hischier scored twice Thursday in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Maple Leafs. Hischier has three goals in his last two games and 22 in 47 games. But he has just four points including those three snipes, in his last nine games.