“We handled it very well” – Edmonton Oilers center Leon Draisaitl reaches 50th win goal of the season
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Leon Draisaitl scored 50 goals and 100 points for the Edmonton Oilers and won their 4th straight game with a 6-1 victory against the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center on Sunday night. Connor McDavid had a goal and 2 assists to extend his point streak to 13 games. McDavid scores 40th to help Edmonton advance in the Pacific race.
Leon had 50 goals and 51 assists this season and extended his point streak to 12 games with 12 goals and 10 assists. The Edmonton pulled within 1 point of Los Angeles for 2nd place in the Pacific Division with a game in hand and a play at the Kings on Thursday. It was the first win for Edmonton since beating Philapedia in March.
Edmonton Oilers vs Anaheim Ducks
Edmonton Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft said, “We came out with a game plan of having everybody contribute for a full 60 minutes, and I thought it was a full 60-minute effort for our team,”. “It’s a positive.”
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Leon mentioned, “We’ve been really good at home and we obviously wanted to bring that on the road, and tonight was a great, great test for us, and I thought we handled it really well”.
Zach Aston Reese scored and John Gibson made 40 saves for the Anaheim Ducks. The Anaheim’s have lost 12 of their past 13 games and were outsourced 19-9 as they were cleared from the 3-game season series. Anaheim’s coach Dallas Eakins said, “I’d like to come in here and say, `Boy, we lacked effort,’ or `We lacked this or that,’ It’s our third game in four nights, and I thought our guys gave as much as they could,”
Leon Draisaitl reached the 50th goal mark by burying a one-timer with 3:58 seconds remaining in the third to make it a 6-1 win. It was also Leon’s 100th point in the campaign, hitting that threshold for the third time. He is also the fourth player with multiple 50-goal stikes in the Edmonton, in league with Gretzky, Kurri, and Anderson.
As noted in nhl.com, Anaheim’s coach Eakins said to Leon and McDavid, “For me, there’s three top players in the game, and then there’s a big separation. And they have two of them”. Then again Leon added, “We have such a selfless group out there, it’s just fun to be a part of”.
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