National ice hockey players Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid and Adam Erne scored three goals within 69 seconds and stopped the Edmonton Oilers’ losing streak in the NHL.
Against the New Jersey Devils, the team was already 2:3 behind after three defeats before the three professionals scored their goals at the beginning of the final third.
Ryan McLeod scored the final score of 6:3 on Thursday evening with his second goal of the game against his older brother Michael McLeod. For Draisaitl the 4:3 was the 14th goal of the season, McDavid now has twelve goals this season after the equalizer to make it 3:3.
Peterka with assist in Sabers win
JJ Peterka and the Buffalo Sabers also made amends. Two days after beating the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-9, the Sabers won 9-3 against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Peterka prepared the goal to make it 7:3. Kyle Okposo and Jeff Skinner each scored twice. Tim Stützle and the Ottawa Senators gave up a 4-2 lead and lost to the Colorado Avalanche 4-6. Stützle provided the assist to make it 1-1 and already has 25 assists this season.
Seider suffered his fourth defeat in a row with Detroit
Previously, national player Moritz Seider suffered his fourth defeat in a row despite an assist on a goal Detroit Red Wings cannot prevent.
The eleven-time Stanley Cup-Winner lost Winnipeg Jets with 2:5 and even suffered their seventh defeat in the last eight games. Seider scored with his 19th. Scorer-Point of the season, Patrick Kane’s interim 2:4. With 20:49 minutes, the vice world champion received the most ice time of his team’s field players.
The race for the playoffs is getting tighter for Moritz Seider and the Detroit Red Wings.
Seider: “We weren’t tough enough”
“We really tried, but we always came a step too late. We lost a lot of duels”Seider complained: “We weren’t hard enough, they didn’t really have to work for their goals.” The team must now “get together” and over “finding simple things back into play”.
In the race for first playoffs-Participation since 2016, the Red Wings have now given up their good starting position after a strong start to the season.