Draisaitl-Hattrick in Nashville - Stützle

Draisaitl led Edmonton Oilers with a Hattrick to an important victory in the fight for the play-offs. The superstar of West Canadians bolted his hit account with its impressive performance in the Country metropolis on 54 goals. "I think sometimes you just have a team against which it seems to work better than against others," Draisaitl said after his second Hattrick of the season and the sixth of his NHL career.

Currently, it is only four goals behind Auston Matthews from the Toronto Maple Leafs (58), which exceptionally exceptionally expanded against Washington Capitals at the 7: 3. In the scorer list, the Germans moved to 105 points also in place, teammate Connor McDavid (110 points) defended the top spot with other two assists for Draisaitl there.

Support cracks the 50

In general, it was a consistently successful evening for the German professionals. The dimensional Tim Support made at the 3: 2 of his Ottawa Senators at the Boston Bruins the winning goal and prepared the other two hits. For the 20-year-olds it was the second three-point game in series and the seventh in a row with at least one door participation. Support clenched in his second season in North America for the first time the brand of 50 scorer points.

Moritz Seider, otherwise usually rather gate preparer, shot the Detroit Red Wings at the 3-0 at the Carolina Hurricanes with his sixth goal of the season. And also Nico Sturm (3: 1 with the Colorado Avalanche against the New Jersey Devils) and Lukas Reichel (5: 4 after penalty shooting with the Chicago Blackhawks against the San Jose Sharks) won victories.

Meanwhile, two more teams for the play-offs have qualified with the Pittsburgh Penguins and defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning.