{"id":466408,"date":"2026-02-22T02:06:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T02:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/466408\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T02:06:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T02:06:35","slug":"nichols-notes-devils-top-olympian-hischier-breaks-out-gavrikov-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/466408\/","title":{"rendered":"Nichols\u2019 Notes: Devils Top Olympian; Hischier Breaks Out; Gavrikov Trade?"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Jersey Devils<\/a> captain Nico Hischier<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

Hischier\u2019s now up to four points in the tournament, but Switzerland goes into Wednesday\u2019s matchup as the underdog.<\/p>\n

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More on yesterday\u2019s turnout below.<\/p>\n

In the links, how Simon Nemec is the top Olympian blueliner, does Vladaslav Gavrikov want to be traded from the Rangers? And more.<\/p>\n

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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\u2019s how Simon Nemec<\/a> has been the top defenseman at the Olympics thus far.<\/p>\n

The play-in rounds are over, and the playoff rounds begin today. Hischier, Timo Meier<\/a> and Switzerland pushed passt Italy, while Jesper Bratt sat out of Sweden\u2019s tilt with Latvia. Jacob Markstrom<\/a>, however, pitched a strong 20-save performance. He even explained he\u2019s comfortable starting in a back-to-back today against Finland. Here are yesterday\u2019s scores as Switzerland, Sweden, Czechia, and Germany move on:<\/p>\n

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