Germany’s ice hockey star Leon Draisaitl has with his Edmonton Oilers a tailor-made start to the new season of the North American professional league NHL Caught.
After an interim 0:3, Draisaitl and Co. still won 5:3 against the Vancouver Canucksthe Cologne native initiated the comeback race in front of his own fans with his goal and also prepared two goals.
The 26-year-old thus collected three more points. The decisive goals were then marked by Draisaitl’s congenial strike partner Connor McDavid. After the Oilers were eliminated from the semifinals in the playoffs last season, Draisaitl is hoping for a really big coup this time. “The NHL is incredibly balanced. There are ten teams that have a chance at the Stanley Cup to have”Draisaitl said before the start of the season: “But we definitely belong there. Our years are ahead of us now.”
Philipp Grubauer loses
In the parallel game, Philipp Grubauer lost in goal Seattle Kraken despite a 4:2 lead, still 4:5 with the Anaheim Ducks. Grubauer parried 22 shots, which corresponds to a rate of 81 percent.
His opponent John Gibson but caught an outstanding evening and fended off 44 of 48 attempts (91 percent). Troy Terry scored his second goal with 55 seconds left in extra time to seal the game. Ducks pro Mason McTavish (19), the third pick of the 2021 draft, has two assists and is only the third player in NHL history to have multiple points in his first two season openers at ages 18 and 19.
defending champion Colorado Avalanches came to a 5:2 against the at the start of the season Chicago Blackhawks.