Led by Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid, the Edmonton Oilers a win in the North American professional ice hockey league NHL retracted.
Against the Montreal Canadiens the Oilers won 5-3 (0-1, 4-2, 1-0). Draisaitl and McDavid were each involved in four goals. The 27-year-old from Cologne made it 2-1 in the meantime and scored three more goals. In the scorer ranking of the league he is in second place behind McDavid.
Support senators are still going strong
Also Tim Stützle and the Ottawa Senators are currently in good shape. In a 5-2 win against the San Jose Sharks Stützle scored his tenth goal of the season and scored another goal.
Bankruptcies for the other German NHL professionals
On the other hand, there were defeats for the other German NHL professionals: At 2: 6 the St Louis Blues both Pittsburgh Penguins goalkeeper Thomas Greiss came on for the hapless Jordan Binnington at the beginning of the second period. Greiss subsequently saved 19 of 20 shots on his goal, but was no longer able to prevent defeat. Philipp Grubauer lost with the Seattle Kraken against the Florida Panthers with 1:5, Moritz Seider with the Detroit Red Wings against the Vegas Golden Knights with 1:4.
Record race at the top
At the top of the table, meanwhile, deliver Boston Bruins and the New Jersey Devils a race for records. The Bruins also won their 14th home game of the season (5-1 vs Stanley Cup-Winner Colorado Avalanches) and continue to build on the NHL record. The Devils celebrated at 3:2 at the Philadelphia Flyers their eleventh away win in a row.