Despite a goal and an assist from Leon Draisaitl, the Edmonton Oilers suffered another setback. The German ice hockey star’s team lost the game in the North American professional league NHL against the Minnesota Wild 2:4 and is gradually having to look downwards again.
The Oilers, who won 16 games in a row from the end of December to the end of January, have now suffered five defeats in the last nine games and are in sixth place in the Western Conference – although no team in the NHL has currently played fewer games than Edmonton (54th). ).
Draisaitl scored his 28th goal of the season in the middle third of the power play to make it 1:1, and after preparatory work from the Cologne native, Zach Hyman shortened the score to 2:3 in the final period.
John-Jason Peterka, on the other hand, won 2-1 with the Buffalo Sabers at Columbus Blue Jackets, the runner-up world champion remained without a goal.