Leon Draisaitl achieved a significant milestone, reaching 900 career points with three assists in the Edmonton Oilers' 3-2 overtime victory against the Boston Bruins. The Oilers rallied back from a 2-1 deficit, with Mattias Ekholm scoring the game-winning goal in overtime. Draisaitl's consistent performances have earned him recognition as a valuable asset to the team.
EDMONTON — 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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