Leon Draisaitl scores his flukiest goal of the year
The Edmonton Oilers are putting on an absolute clinic against the Minnesota Wild, and forward Leon Draisaitl might've scored his flukiest goal of the year so far.
Tonight marks game 2 of the "murderers row" stretch, and it's looking like the Edmonton Oilers will be walking out of this matchp with another 2 points thanks to superstar Leon Draisaitl.
Leon Draisaitl is having one of his best performances of the season, and he just scored another goal to mark his 4th point of the game against the Minnesota Wild.
Leon Draisaitl scores fluky goal
As the old saying goes -- they don't as how they ask how many.
Edmonton Oilers defenceman Evan Bouchard led the rush on the partial 2-on-1 finding Leon Draisaitl with a nifty back-hand pass.
The pass wasn't perfectly executed, and Leon Draisaitl flubbed the shot, but in an odd turn of events, the puck ricocheted of his "canoe paddle" and fount its way into the Wild net -- putting the Oilers up 5-1.
As another old saying goes -- when you're hot, you're hot.
To no one's surprise, Leon Draisaitl also got an assist on the first goal of the game.
Initially, it was Leon Draisaitl who was awarded the goal, but upon further review, the goal was reverted to Zach Hyman to mark his 7th of the year.
Additionally, at 15:40 of the 1st period, Edmonton Oilers superstar Leon Draisaitl picked up the puck on his backhand, skillfully navigating around the Minnesota Wild net before delivering a perfect backhand pass to Kaperi Kapenen.
Leon Draisaitl also earned an assist on Ryan Nugent-Hopkins power-play goal, and it looks like he's poised to rack up a few more points heading into the 3rd period.
The Deutsch Dangler also earned an assist on Ryan Nugent-Hopkins' power-play goal, and it looks like he's primed to rack up a few more as the game heads into the third period.
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