With his 21st goal of the season and three assists, ice hockey star Leon Draisaitl led the Edmonton Oilers to their fifth win in a row in the NHL. When the Canadians beat Minnesota Wild 7-1, the German national striker scored to make it 5-1 (36th), and Draisaitl prepared the scores to make it 1-0 (7th), 2-0 (16th) and 4-1 (33rd). .
Draisaitl continues to lead the top scorers list in the North American professional league, behind him are Sam Reinhart from defending champion Florida Panthers and Brayden Point (Tampa Bay Lightning) with 19 goals each. Draisaitl (29) has recorded ten points scorer in the last four games (four goals, six assists).
The Oilers are third in the Pacific Division after their 17th win of the season. Minnesota was leading the league before the loss. For Edmonton it was the first success with the Wild after six consecutive defeats.
Goalie Philipp Grubauer celebrated a 5-1 win over the Boston Bruins with the Seattle Kraken; the Rosenheimer stopped 33 shots. Nico Sturm won 4:3 with his San Jose Sharks at the St. Louis Blues, the striker made it 4:2 through Jake Walman (47th) – it was his fifth assist.
There was nothing to gain for Moritz Seider and the Detroit Red Wings against the Philadelphia Flyers; in the 1:4, Scott Laughton scored all four of the hosts’ goals. Seider got by far the most ice time on his team (26:34 minutes).
Lukas Reichel also came away empty-handed. The Chicago Blackhawks lost 4:5 to the New York Islanders and the young attacker couldn’t score.
First game of the season without a touchdown: expensive evening for 49ers
After the first game of the season in the US professional football league NFL without a touchdown, the San Francisco 49ers’ path to the play-offs continues to grow. With a 6:12 in the key game against the Los Angeles Rams, the team around quarterback Brock Purdy slipped to last place in the tight NFC West.
The Rams now have 8:6 wins and have moved closer to leaders Seattle Seahawks (8:5), followed by the Arizona Cardinals (6:7) and the 49ers (6:8). In the remaining three main round games, ending against Arizona, San Francisco urgently needs victories.
Rams kicker Joshua Karty scored four field goals in the NFL’s Thursday Night Game. The 49ers went without a touchdown in a game for the first time since the 2019/20 season. Purdy’s only interception with 5:20 left put the Rams on the road to victory.
Next bankruptcy for Theis and the Pelicans
There is nothing else to be gained in the NBA for the New Orleans Pelicans around world champion Daniel Theis. The 109:111 against the Sacramento Kings was the third defeat in a row for the basketball team from the US state of Louisiana in the professional league; the bottom team in the Western Conference has won one of the last 13 games. The season record is 5:21.
However, things were close against the Kings. New Orleans had two chances to force overtime in the final minute through CJ McCollum and Dejounte Murray, but both missed their shots.
Theis played 14:24 minutes, the 32-year-old from Salzgitter collected seven points as well as two rebounds and assists. The best thrower of the evening was McCollum with 36 points, the Lithuanian Domantas Sabonis scored 32 for the Kings and grabbed 20 rebounds for his double-double.
