The 24-year-old deflected a shot with his ice skate shortly before the end of the first period and thus made it 2-0. After the Canadians had shortened, Hischier also gave the assist when he hit the goal left in the 59th minute. The second-best Swiss scorer this NHL season after Kevin Fiala (currently injured) has 28 goals and 33 assists.
Denis Malgin also scored a goal. The 26-year-old scored the first goal of the game in the Colorado Avalanche’s 3-2 overtime win over the Arizona Coyotes. Defender Janis Moser was narrowly defeated in the Swiss duel.
Nino Niederreiter’s Winnipeg Jets also celebrated an important victory. The Canadians admitted a 4:2 lead in the guest game against the Florida Panthers. Shortly before the end of extra time, however, Mark Scheifele scored the winning goal. Niederreiter contributed the assist to the 5:4 to make it 2:0 in the meantime – the shooter was Nikolaj Ehlers, who was trained at EHC Biel.
