Leon Draisaitl has scored a goal for the first time since mid-December NHL achieved.
On Thursday, Germany’s Sportsman of the Year 2020 scored in his 4: 2 (2: 0, 2: 2, 0: 0) home win Edmonton Oilers against the New York Islanders his 22nd goal of the season in the North American Ice Hockey League.
The 27-year-old Draisaitl scored Edmonton’s opening goal in the middle of the first third from the majority game. In addition, the native of Cologne 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 due to injury and returned to the ice on Tuesday.
German goalkeeper only replacement
The 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 Predatorssaved his team’s 5:3 (1:1, 2:2, 2:0) against the Carolina Hurricanes 64 shots on goal. That’s the third most saves in NHL history. Ron Tugnutt has held the record since 1991 with 70 shots saved.
