Four Draisaitl Assists: Oilers win spectacle in Calgary

"You Can Play 'La Bamba'!" The Edmonton Oilers celebrated another important victory on their way through the Stanley Cup play-offs with the typical contribution in their Twitter channel. With 5: 4 in overtime, the franchise around Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl defeated the Calgary Flames and has been back in a semi-final series of the play-offs for the first time since the 2005/06 season.

• NHL record expanded
• "Canes" present

The protagonists were again called McDavid and Draisaitl in this fifth edition. The German superstar put on four times for his secondary people, McDavid hit the center of Draisaitls Pass to the center of surnishing for the flames, who were once again loosening against the Canadian state rival.

Previously, the fans had been offered a spectacle again in the Saddelomas from Calgary. In the middle of the second third, four Tore and suddenly it was no longer 2-2 within 71 seconds, but 4: 4! For the two Oilers goals by Zach Hyman and Evan Bouchard, Draisaitl assisted as well as in the 1-2 by Darnell Nurse in the first section.

NHL record expanded

The bottom line was that Germany's athlete in 2020 built its NHL record with his assist gala: Draisaitl has already marked at least three scorer points in five play-off games in succession. In the current play-offs, the German, together with McDavid, leads the league with 26 scorer points each.

In the series against the Flames, he came up with two goals, 15 templates and thus 17 points das had previously only achieved Rick Middleton from the Boston Bruins in 1983 in a five-game series of the NHL play-offs (5/12/17 ). And in the "Battles of Alberta" he deleted the previous figures from NHL legend Wayne Gretzky 14 scorer points 1983) from the registers.

The Oilers now meet the Colorado Avalanche in the Conference Finals around the striker Nico Sturm or the St. Louis Blues. The Avalanche run 3-2 in the series.

"Canes" present

In the Eastern Conference, the Carolina Hurricanes against the New York Rangers took the lead 3-2 and only a victory from moving into the semi-finals, where the Tampa Bay Lightning was waiting for the Florida Panthers. The "Canes" won 3: 1 (1: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0) in their own arena and remain unbeaten after seven home games in these play-offs.