Boo Nieves was playing some strong minutes on the fourth line to start the season.
Although his stat line only shows one goal and eight assists in 28 games after being called up from Hartford on October 24, he contributed to a fourth line that played some pretty darn good hockey at the time.
Nieves was an excellent forechecker and created more takeaways (15) than giveaways (9). He was very reliable in the defensive end. Alain Vigneault started Nieves in the defensive zone for 56.1 percent of his shifts.
And, I mean, this wrister on his first NHL goal was beautiful.