Leon Draisaitl scored for the first time since mid-December NHL reached up.
On Thursday, the German sportsman of the year 2020 scored in his 4: 2 home win (2: 0, 2: 2, 0: 0) Edmonton Oilers against the New York Islanders his 22nd North American Ice Hockey League goal of the season.
The 27-year-old Draisaitl scored Edmonton’s opening goal midway through the first third of the majority match. Furthermore, the Cologne native prepared the 4:1 in the second round.
With 60 points, Draisaitl ranks second in the NHL behind his teammate Connor McDavid (75). Draisaitl had recently missed two games with injury and returned to the ice on Tuesday.
Only substitute for the German goalkeeper
German goalkeeper Thomas Greiss (St.Louis Blues) and Philipp Grubauer (Seattle Kraken) were not used in their teams’ victories. Juuse Saros, goalkeeper of the Nashville Raiderssaved his team’s 5:3 (1:1, 2:2, 2:0) against the Carolina hurricanes 64 shots on target. This is the third most saves in NHL history. Ron Tugnutt has held the record since 1991 with 70 blocked shots.
