Nico Hischier scores twice in Devils victory over Canucks

Fantasy hockey: Hischier posted two goals and one assist on Saturday, but the line came on normal shot and ice time totals for the Devils center.

By Fantasy Roundup Staff · October 10, 2026

Nico Hischier scored two goals and one assist in New Jersey's 4-1 win over Vancouver on Saturday, October 10. He put up four shots and logged 18:59 of ice time, with both power-play goals on the night.

The three points stand well above his recent averages of 0.37 goals and 0.84 points a night, but the shot total and minutes matched his usual workload. His underlying play grades 63 out of 100 among forwards in shots, scoring chances and ice time, a measure of how sustainable his scoring pace is.

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Hischier's two-goal, one-assist performance came on four shots in 18:59, close to his 2.5 shots and 20:36 a night over the model sample. The fact that he delivered the points without a spike in shot volume or minutes means this reads as one strong game rather than a change in role or usage. He sits on New Jersey's first power-play unit and logged 2:58 a night with the extra skater, second among all Devils skaters.

New Jersey plays four times over the coming days, with games on Saturday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Hischier averages 0.84 points a night over 212 games in the sample, a solid return for a rostered center even without the elevated totals from Saturday's win. His process score of 63 out of 100 suggests the three-point outing is worth treating as one game rather than a signal of elevated production ahead.

What to do

• Keep Hischier rostered as a center with four games over the next week and 0.84 points a night in recent averages.

• Do not read Saturday's three-point line as a breakout given his normal shot and ice time totals.

• Monitor his shots per game as a better indicator of sustainable scoring than one game's point total.

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