First a record series, now the misery: The Edmonton Oilers have in the North American professional ice hockey league NHL suffered their third defeat in a row. Leon Draisaitl’s team lost on Saturday (February 24, 2024 / local time). Calgary Flames clearly with 3:6 (1:3, 1:2, 1:1). The German star player wasn’t able to convince this time, but at least contributed an assist to make it 2-3.
Due to the recent negative run, the Oilers are in danger of carelessly squandering their hard-fought comeback towards the playoff places (now 16 wins in a row) after a completely botched start to the season. However, the Canadians are still on track with 68 points.
Stützle shoots Ottawa to victory
Things went much better for them Detroit Red Wings about Moritz Seider. The Red Wings celebrated against them St Louis Blues a clear 6-1 home win, with Seider also managing an assist. Detroit overran the overwhelmed guests, especially in the first third, and the score was 4-0 after the first 20 minutes.
The victory was not quite as clear, but all the more surprising Ottawa Senators about Tim Stützle. In the 4:3 win after a penalty shootout against Vegas Golden Knights Stützle played a key role; he was the only player able to convert his attempt in the shootout, thus securing victory for his team.
Grubauer and Sturm lose
Goalkeeper Philipp Grubauer was able to Seattle Kraken On the other hand, only do damage limitation. In the 2:5 defeat at home against the Minnesota Wild Grubauer came into the game after 22 minutes when the score was 1:4 for the indisposed Joey Daccord and then showed a decent performance with 17 saves in 18 attempts.
They suffered an expected defeat San Jose Sharks about Nico Sturm. Against the Nashville Predators The second-worst team in the league in terms of points lost 2:4. Sturm remained without a goal in just under 14 minutes of action.