Hockey
Drazyzaytl was the first in the current season of the NHL to abandon 40 goals and repeated the achievements of Ovechkin and Kovalchuk
Leon Drazyzaytl / Photo: © Larry Macdougal / Imago-Images.de / Global Look Press
The German striker of Edmonton Leon Drezaytl was the first to abandon 40 goals in the current regular NHL championship and repeated the achievements of Alexander Ovechkin and Ilya Kovalchuk.
In the home match with Colorado (4: 5), Dreseitl designed a double, these goals became for him the 39th and 40s in the season, he leads in a sniper race.
Drazyseitl reached 40 goals in one “regular” sixth time in his career. Earlier, among the players not from North America, such an achievement submitted to Russian Alexander Ovechkin (Washington, only 13 seasons), the Finns Yari Kurry (7) and Theema Seleanne (7), Czech Yaromir Yagru (6) and Russian Ilya Kovalchuk (6).
Drazyzaytl also became the third operating NHL player who was able to abandon 40+ washers in at least four seasons in a row. Previously, this succeeded the American Oston Matthews from Toronto (5, seasons – 2019/20 – 2023/24) and Ovechkin (5, seasons – 2005/06 – 2009/10).
Source: Sportbox
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