NHL star Draisaitl with six assists against Ottawa

Mith six assists, NHL star Leon Draisaitl set a personal best in the Edmonton Oilers 8: 5 against the Ottawa Senators and awakened memories of ice hockey legend Wayne Gretzky. The German “Sportsman of the Year” didn’t want to know anything about that afterwards. “Six points is great, nice, I’m really happy, but in the end the two points are much more important,” said the 25-year-old from Cologne on Sunday evening after the Oilers’ fifth win of the season in the North American league.

According to league information, on April 9, 1987, Gretzky was the last Oilers professional to get six assists in one game. The now 60-year-old even managed seven assists three times between 1980 and 1986, setting the NHL record for Billy Taylor senior from the Detroit Red Wings in 1947.

Draisaitl made his first submission after just eight seconds, when national team colleague Dominik Kahun scored 1-0 and scored his second goal of the season. Kahun set Gretzky’s record from December 1983 for the fastest Oilers goal and also scored the earliest goal at an Edmonton home game. Talent Tim Stützle also scored for Ottawa for the second time this season and shortened to 4-8 from his Senators’ point of view, but was angry after the game.

Draisaitl against Stützle

“If we concede eight goals, we can’t win an ice hockey game in my opinion. The more I play and the more often I get the puck, the more self-confidence I have. But conceding eight goals is not acceptable, ”he said.

About the first direct duel with Draisaitl, Stützle said: “You can’t really say that it was fun – he had six points today. It’s not much fun against him. ”With 15 templates Draisaitl leads this category in the NHL.

Tobias Rieder stayed with the Buffalo Sabers 3: 5 against the New Jersey Devils without a goal of his own. Goalkeeper Thomas Greiss lost with the Detroit Red Wings 2: 3 against the Florida Panthers, keeper Philipp Grubauer was not on the ice after extending the Colorado Avalanche 3: 4 against the Minnesota Wild.