Nino Niederreiter’s struggles this season for the Carolina Hurricanes stems from his inability to put the puck in the net. Through 16 games played this season, he has just two goals and four assists. He didn’t score his first goal of the season until the eleventh game against the Chicago Blackhawks.
He doesn’t look like the player that the Hurricanes acquired from the Minnesota Wild last year. Instead, he isn’t showing the same type of confidence he did last year. Niederreiter seemed to be motivated by the trade, which led to an early impact, but he hasn’t been able to sustain that success.