New Jersey Devils center Nico Hischier. Marc DesRosiers-Imagn Images

Watch: Devils captain continues hot streak, scores yet another goal

By Mike Santa Barbara | Last updated Oct 25, 2024 8:01 PM ET

To say New Jersey Devils forward Nico Hischier is off to a hot start to the 2024-25 campaign would be a massive understatement.

On Friday, Hischier stayed red-hot, opening the scoring for the Devils against the rival New York Islanders, netting a first-period tally to tie the score 1-1 at 11:36.

Nico Hischier's EIGHTH goal of the season!

That's tied for the League lead! pic.twitter.com/MY0jPbVPqR
— NHL (@NHL) October 25, 2024

The 2017 No. 1 overall pick has scored five goals over the last four games. Meanwhile, Hischier raised his season total to eight, tied with Nikita Kucherov of the Tampa Bay Lightning for the NHL lead.

The 25-year-old isn't immune to scoring, having posted four seasons of 20 goals or more, including 31 in 2022-23. But Hischier has rarely scored at the pace showcased early in the 2024-25 campaign.

Hischier tallied eight goals over the first 13 games of the 2022-23 season. However, that was seemingly an outlier since he needed 39, 33, 32, 28 and 24 games to reach the number over the remaining five NHL seasons he's played.

It's incredibly early, but Hischier is on pace to net 63 goals. Of course, it's unlikely he'll reach that lofty total, but it's clear the Devils captain has put more focus on finding that back of the net this season.

Mike Santa Barbara

Mike Santa Barbara is a Wilmington, Delaware native (Yes, it's a real place) with over a decade of sports writing experience. A diehard Philadelphia sports fan, he has two dogs named after Flyers and cried real tears when the Eagles won Super Bowl LII. You can follow him on Twitter at @mike__sb

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