Wild.com's Dan Myers gives three takeaways from the Wild's 6-2 win against the Buffalo Sabres at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul on Thursday night:
1. With his mom and dad in the house, Nino Niederreiter tallied his second NHL hat trick in his first game back from injury.
After sustaining a lower-body injury in Florida before the Christmas break, the Wild was without its Swiss import for five games.
It didn't take him long to get re-acclimated, however.
Just 1:09 into the game, on his first shift back, Niederreiter gathered in a pass from Mikael Granlund near the left hashes and snapped a quick shot through the five-hole of Sabres goaltender Robin Lehner...