Ice hockey star Leon Draisaitl has achieved another record. In the 5:4 victory of the Edmonton Oilers at the Arizona Coyotes, the man from Cologne scored his 300th goal in the North American professional league NHL in the 630th game.
Only three active players reached that mark in fewer games: Alexander Ovechkin (473), Steven Stamkos (550) and Sidney Crosby (622). Draisaitl also scored another goal against the Coyotes.
The 27-year-old now has a total of 114 points in the current season and secured second place in the league leaderboard behind his strike partner Connor McDavid (140), who provided an assist. The win keeps Edmonton third in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference and a direct playoff spot.
Attacker Tim Stützle also celebrated a win with the Ottawa Senators. The 21-year-old scored his 36th goal of the season in Canada’s 5-2 home win against the Florida Panthers. Thus, Ottawa kept its small chance of participating in the play-offs.
The Senators are tied in the Eastern Conference with the Buffalo Sabers led by John-Jason Peterka. The native of Munich was also on the top scorers list, but was unable to prevent the 4-3 penalty shoot-out loss to the Montreal Canadiens. 21-year-old Peterka scored his tenth goal of the season.
Goalkeeper Philipp Grubauer suffered a clear defeat with his Seattle Kraken. At the Minnesota Wild, the Kraken lost 1-5. Grubauer came on for 40 minutes.
