Sunday is generally considered a day of rest. But the Minnesota Wild should not expect a relaxing Sunday morning before they travel to New Jersey on the final Sunday of March.

A clearly angry Wild coach John Hynes said several times that his team’s performance in a 5-2 loss to the Devils on Saturday would be addressed the next time the Wild gather on the practice rink.

The loss came less than 48 hours after the Wild had turned in one of their more impressive wins of the season, beating Washington to grab two critical standings points in a time where playoff positions are up for grabs. But nothing about Saturday’s effort or end result had the coach feeling good.

“My focus is more on the bigger picture of the game. I think the readiness to play, the focus level, the attention to detail, the competitiveness that’s required to win, we didn’t have that tonight. Which was surprising to me,” Hynes said after the loss — Minnesota’s third in the last four games. “So, some of that’s on me, obviously, and we’ll address it and we’ll make sure that we’re mentally and physically ready to play Monday.”

The Wild were eventually able to dig themselves out of an early two-goal hole on Saturday, but they couldn’t overcome Devils forward Nico Hischier’s three-goal night. In a game with all of the bad blood normal for historical division rivals — an oddity for a team Minnesota sees just twice a year — New Jersey led early and never trailed.

Goals by Marcus Foligno and Ryan Hartman weren’t enough offense, nor were Wild goalie Filip Gustavsson’s 28 saves in the loss.

“Hard-fought game. We just had a lot of mistakes in our own end in the third that bit us,” Foligno said. “Two quick goals in the first, really one was just getting caught being aggressive. The second one, I think, was just a lucky bounce. I think they got two or three of those tonight. Just gotta keep our head up. We got another game against this team, and it’s going to be another good battle.”

For New Jersey, which had been blanked in Winnipeg one night earlier, Hischier turned in his second hat trick of the season and goalie Jacob Markstrom had 22 saves, holding off several notable pushes by the Wild after the visitors established an early 2-0 lead.

Trailing 3-2 in the third, Minnesota had a late power play but could not find the equalizer. Then New Jersey got a power play and Hischier completed the hat trick, sending the Wild’s largest crowd of the season home disappointed.

Foligno was all over the score sheet on Saturday, taking an embellishment penalty that had the Wild bench offering choice words for the officials, and dropping the gloves for a second period tussle with Devils defenseman Johnathan Kovacevic after Foligno had hit another New Jersey blueliner into the end boards.

Foligno’s goal was his 12th goal of the season and first since returning from a five-game absence due to injury.

“It felt like a playoff game out there. The fans were into it, it was loud, emotional,” Devils coach Sheldon Keefe said. “I thought both teams played incredibly hard, so there was no free ice out there.”

Hischier and Tomas Tatar scored late for the Devils, who will be the home team when they face Minnesota again on Monday.

“Listen, this league is hard to win in, and as I said tonight, I didn’t think that we were focused with the details you need to play with to give yourself a chance to win,” Hynes said. “That combined with the competitive level that’s required to win. When both of those aren’t there then obviously something’s amiss. And that’s why when I say we’ll address it, we will address it, and we’ll make sure that those things will be addressed prior to the game on Monday.”