Leon Draisaitl's in the midst of a career season, but he would give it up if it meant his Edmonton Oilers were playoff bound.
Draisaitl's power-play goal gave the Oilers an early lead before Edmonton was overwhelmed in a 6-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night. That extended Draisaitl's point streak to eight games and brought his goal total up to 39, already 10 better than his previous scoring high in 2016-17, but the Oilers slipped further back in the Pacific Division.
Andreas Johnsson's second goal of the night made it 5-1 for Toronto and chased Oilers starter Mikko Koskinen from net in favour of Anthony Stolarz. As Stolarz skated from the bench a fan threw an Edmonton hat on to the ice.Oilers head coach Ken Hitchcock answered one question before abruptly ending his post-game media availability.
"I think after they scored their third goal we were in a little bit of shock and seemed like every puck was going in our net and every mistake we were paying for." It was McDavid's first game back after a two-game suspension for a hit to the head on Islanders defenceman Nick Leddy last week. Hitchcock said before the game that McDavid would be "pissed off" and his teammates expected that the product of nearby Richmond Hill, Ont., would be fired up to perform well in front of friends and family.
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