It’s no secret that the 2019-20 season was a season that Nino Niederreiter would have liked to forget, so he was a man on a mission heading into the 2020-21 campaign. After a season of struggling to finish chances, Niederreiter was looking to return to form and make an immediate impact. He did just that, scoring 20 goals over the course of the season and finishing with 34 points in 56 games. Niederreiter finished seventh on the team in scoring and second in goals, proving to be one of Carolina’s most impactful forwards in the middle six.
It always seemed like the 2019-20 season was a fluke for Niederreiter.