New Jersey Devils captain Nico Hischier broke out on the scoresheet yesterday. His goal and two assists propelled Switzerland past Italy in a 3-0 shutout, solidifying their quarterfinal matchup with Finland.
Hischier’s now up to four points in the tournament, but Switzerland goes into Wednesday’s matchup as the underdog.
More on yesterday’s turnout below.
In the links, how Simon Nemec is the top Olympian blueliner, does Vladaslav Gavrikov want to be traded from the Rangers? And more.
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New Jersey Hockey Now: A lot of the oxygen has been taken up by Juraj Slafkovsky for Team Slovakia. However, here’s how Simon Nemec has been the top defenseman at the Olympics thus far.
The play-in rounds are over, and the playoff rounds begin today. Hischier, Timo Meier and Switzerland pushed passt Italy, while Jesper Bratt sat out of Sweden’s tilt with Latvia. Jacob Markstrom, however, pitched a strong 20-save performance. He even explained he’s comfortable starting in a back-to-back today against Finland. Here are yesterday’s scores as Switzerland, Sweden, Czechia, and Germany move on:
📺 Devils Rink Report: Okay so at forward, Jack Hughes has been the Devils’ best forward. But on the blueline, it’s been all about Simon Nemec. I explained why on the Devils Rink Report.
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