Leon Draisaitl recorded three assists to reach the 900-point mark in his career as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Boston Bruins 3-2 in overtime. Mattias Ekholm scored the game-winning goal at 1:04 of overtime. Draisaitl has recorded multi-point performances in seven consecutive games, totaling 18 points during that stretch.
When Leon Draisaitl saw teammate Connor McDavid get a silver stick for hitting 1,000 points earlier this season, he clearly wanted one of his own.
At 1:04 of overtime, Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman made the initial save on Draisaitl, but Ryan Nugent-Hopkins was there to corral the rebound and drop it to Mattias Ekholm, who scored his fourth goal of the season to secure the victory. The 29-year-old German star said reaching the 900-point mark for his career is a significant achievement.
“Pretty incredible to be his age and have 900 points,” Nugent-Hopkins said. “It’s an extremely hard thing to accomplish. You see the work he puts in every day to be able to do that.”“He’s a sniper but he’s also a stud for us defensively and he takes a lot of faceoffs,” Ekholm said. “That’s what impresses me most about his game. There is no situation where he isn’t first over the boards.”
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