Leon Draisaitl continues to be in top form in the NHL. Also thanks to the German ice hockey stars, the Edmonton Oilers remain in the playoffs.
The Edmonton Oilers around the German ice hockey star Leon Draisaitl have equalized their playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights in the NHL to 1: 1 after victories.
On Saturday (local time), the Oilers dominated the second game of the best-of-seven series in the North American league away 5-1 (4-0, 1-0, 0-1). Draisaitl also came up trumps again.
Double pack by Leon Draisaitl
After his four-pack in the lost opener, Draisaitl struck twice and scored his 13th goal in the eighth playoff game of the season. In more than 100 years, no NHL player has scored that many times in the first eight playoff games. Born in Cologne, he now has 30 goals after a total of 45 playoff games in his NHL career – in the history of the Oilers only ice hockey legend Wayne Gretzky reached this mark faster – namely after 37 games.
Draisaitl scored after two and a half minutes in the majority game for a 1-0 lead and followed that up with 4-0 after 16 minutes of play. At 2-0, the Oilers also scored from the power play, they managed to make it 3-0 outnumbered.
Oilers excel in majority play
“In the playoffs, the special teams can win you games“Draisaitl said of the three goals that didn’t involve five against five outfield players on the ice.”We build on those situations and create some power play opportunities.” No team in the current playoffs is more accurate from overtime than the Oilers.
In addition to Draisaitl, his co-star Connor McDavid scored twice, 5-0 also from the power play. With the away win, the Oilers have secured the home advantage, the third game of the second round series will take place in Edmonton on the German night on Tuesday.