NHL - Edmonton extends winning streak: Draisaitl with goal and assist
Ice hockey superstar Leon Draisaitl and the Edmonton Oilers have extended their winning streak in the North American professional league NHL.
The exceptional German forward scored a goal and an assist in the 5:2 (1:1, 2:2, 2:0) win against the Philadelphia Flyers. It was Edmonton 's sixth win in a row. With 19 wins after 35 games, the Oilers have their sights set on the playoffs again after their false start.
Draisaitl scored his 18th goal of the season to make it 4-2 (42nd minute) and assisted on Zach Hyman's 2-0 goal (29th minute) for the 24th time this season. His teammate Connor McDavid did even better, scoring once and contributing four assists. The 26-year-old Canadian surpassed the 900-point mark (317 goals and 586 assists) in his 602nd league game. Only field hockey icon Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Mike Bossy and Peter Stastny needed fewer games for 900 points.
Stützle with two assists in 6-3 defeat
Tim Stützle and the Ottawa Senators lost 3:6 (0:5, 1:0, 2:1) at the Vancouver Canucks after a weak first period. Stützle set up both goals by Vladimir Tarasenko (41st/58th) with his 27th and 28th assists of the season.
Defenseman Moritz Seider and the Detroit Red Wings can dream of making the playoffs for the first time since 2016 after a 5-3 (1-1, 1-1, 3-1) win at the San Jose Sharks. David Perron turned the match around for the eleven-time NHL champions with two goals (51st/59th) in the final period. The Sharks are still missing Nico Sturm due to an upper-body injury. The 28-year-old last played for the NHL's lowest-scoring team in mid-December.
For Lukas Reichel and the Chicago Blackhawks, the play-off places are a long way off. The team from the US state of Illinois lost 3-0 (0-1, 0-0, 0-2) at the Nashville Predators and has the second-worst record in the West after San Jose.
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- Despite the strong performance of Moritz Seider and the Detroit Red Wings, the Edmonton Oilers maintain their position as the team with the longest winning streak in the NHL, currently standing at six games.
- Tim Stützle, despite his two assists, couldn't help the Ottawa Senators to a victory, as they suffered a 3-6 defeat at the hands of the Vancouver Canucks, with Edmonton's winning streak being a constant reminder of their own struggles so far.
- The USA's professional league, the NHL, has seen a significant impact from foreign players, with Germans like Leon Draisaitl and Moritz Seider making waves in the league, with the former recently extending Edmonton Oilers' winning streak and the latter leading Detroit Red Wings towards playoffs.
- The play-off places seem far off for Lukas Reichel and his Chicago Blackhawks team, who recently lost 3-0 to the Nashville Predators and currently have the second-worst record in the Western conference, trailing behind the struggling San Jose Sharks.
- In the NHL, Western conference teams have been experiencing a tough time, with Chicago Blackhawks and San Jose Sharks struggling to make a mark, while Eastern conference teams like Edmonton Oilers and Philadelphia Flyers are enjoying their fair share of wins and high scoring games.
- Against the backdrop of German's dominance in the league, the Edmonton Oilers' winning streak and Leon Draisaitl's impressive goal and assist tally, it seems that the international presence in the NHL is making the professional league more diverse and competitive than ever before.
Source: www.stern.de
