After Leon Draisaitl, four other German ice hockey professionals also botched their start in the NHL. After all, there was an individual sense of achievement for JJ Peterka on Friday night (October 13th, 2023).
Peterka scored the Buffalo Sabers’ first goal of the season, but his team lost 5-1 to the New York Rangers. Moritz Seider and the Detroit Red Wings lost 3-4 to the New Jersey Devils in the first game of the season, while goalkeeper Philipp Grubauer was unable to prevent the Seattle Kraken from losing 3-0 to the Nashville Predators. And Nico Sturm was also unable to celebrate success and lost 1-0 with his San Jose Sharks to the Vegas Golden Knights.
Reichel is the only victorious German
So far only Lukas Reichel has been able to record a win on the first three days of the new season. With the Chicago Blackhawks he won 4:2 against the Pittsburgh Penguins at the start on Tuesday, but also lost 1:3 against the Boston Bruins the next day. Leon Draisaitl got off to a bad start with the Edmonton Oilers in their 8-1 defeat at the Vancouver Canucks.