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NHL roundup: Draisaitl scores and leaves with injury, Bo Groulx has first multi-goal game

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Eric Himmelheber

Published 3 months ago

Edmonton Oilers superstar Leon Draisaitl left Sunday's matchup against the Nashville Predators after the first period, while Toronto's Bo Groulx had his first multi-goal game in the team's win over the Minnesota Wild.

[h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/edmonton-oilers/Mg0qoxeI/"]Oilers[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/edmonton-oilers-Mg0qoxeI/nashville-predators-QV0K6kn4/?mid=OYuO2TP1"]3-1[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nashville-predators/QV0K6kn4/"]Predators[/a][/h2][p]Before exiting the game after the first period, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/draisaitl-leon/M1Ed8wTa/"]Draisaitl[/a] put his Oilers up 1-0 with his 35th goal of the season off of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mcdavid-connor/0018zFz5/"]Connor McDavid[/a]'s 75th assist. [/p][p]McDavid, who led all players with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/edmonton-oilers-Mg0qoxeI/nashville-predators-QV0K6kn4/?mid=OYuO2TP1"]an 8.2 rating[/a], would go on to record an assist on all three goals for the Oilers. He leads the league with 114 points (37 points, 77 assists) as Edmonton improved to 33-26-9. [/p][p]The Preds fell to 29-28-9.[/p][embed guid="ea4173c4-3ddd-470d-886a-55e7e0c31a76" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugkrO95-QLY" social-type="youtube" /][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/toronto-maple-leafs/ShE7Z8G3/"]Maple Leafs[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/minnesota-wild-j9Ck7BHi/toronto-maple-leafs-ShE7Z8G3/?mid=S6nF4kek"]4-2[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/minnesota-wild/j9Ck7BHi/"]Wild[/a][/h2][p]Groulx scored his second and third goals of the season, ironically the second and third goals of the game, putting his Leafs up 3-0 in the second period for his first career multi-goal game. He finished with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/minnesota-wild-j9Ck7BHi/toronto-maple-leafs-ShE7Z8G3/?mid=S6nF4kek"]a 7.8 player rating[/a] in the game.[/p][p]The center, who made his NHL debut during the 2021-2022 season, had only scored two goals in four years (68 games) prior to Sunday's game against the Wild. [/p][p]Toronto improved to 29-27-17, while the Wild dropped to 38-18-12.[/p][embed guid="487a7aff-2448-4eb7-a444-df3425f67b18" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAt8NiJOMLM" social-type="youtube" /][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/seattle-kraken/MibYQ5nU/"]Kraken[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/florida-panthers-fc1eq8Pp/seattle-kraken-MibYQ5nU/?mid=04GLaiN5"]6-2[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/florida-panthers/fc1eq8Pp/"]Panthers[/a][/h2][p]Six players on the Kraken recorded at least two points each, with  [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kakko-kaapo/dxIoXi4J/"]Kaapo Kakko[/a] leading the way with three (one goal, two assists). [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/oleksiak-jamie/YZGbLeWu/"]Jamie Oleksiak[/a] finished with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/florida-panthers-fc1eq8Pp/seattle-kraken-MibYQ5nU/?mid=04GLaiN5"]a season-high 8.3 player rating[/a] - the highest of any skater in the game as well.[/p][p]Seattle scored four unanswered goals as they improved 31-26-9, while the Panthers' three-game win streak was snapped as they fell to 33-30-3.[/p][embed guid="ddfe93c9-646b-45d5-a59f-a10907c9f390" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHPloOIIUlA" social-type="youtube" /][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/anaheim-ducks/4CM4ojpD/"]Ducks[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/anaheim-ducks-4CM4ojpD/montreal-canadiens-nu2G7VWc/?mid=IX0qABXR"]4-3[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/montreal-canadiens/nu2G7VWc/"]Canadiens[/a][/h2][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/carlsson-leo/ryQdsEH4/"]Leo Carlsson[/a], who finished [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/anaheim-ducks-4CM4ojpD/montreal-canadiens-nu2G7VWc/?mid=IX0qABXR"]a stellar 8.9 player rating[/a], put the Ducks up 2-0 with his 22nd and 23rd goals of the season before the Habs would score three straight of their own to retake the lead.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/terry-troy/GKerOq26/"]Troy Terry[/a] would score his 14th goal of the season in his return from injury to tie it up before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gauthier-cutter/Aua8QuVu/"]Cutter Gauthier[/a] (34) would send home the eventual game-winner with under three minutes left in the game. [/p][p]Anaheim improved to 37-27-3, while the Habs fell to 36-20-10.[/p][embed guid="169e12c0-22a9-4f5e-8e5a-e0e634bbb9f9" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87TSdK-0Mwc" social-type="youtube" /][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ottawa-senators/noTCHmWM/"]Senators[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/ottawa-senators-noTCHmWM/san-jose-sharks-E588Co9j/?mid=dICzCX2F"]7-4[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/san-jose-sharks/E588Co9j/"]Sharks[/a][/h2][p]Ottawa would find themselves down 3-2 halfway through the second period. But Ottawa would score five of the game's next six goals to improve to 34-23-9.[/p][p]Six different players on the Sens had two points, while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/batherson-drake/t2DjcfL1/"]Drake Batherson[/a] led the way with two goals - his 26th and 27th on the year - and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zetterlund-fabian/Iav9HZfP/"]Fabian Zetterlund[/a] had [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/ottawa-senators-noTCHmWM/san-jose-sharks-E588Co9j/?mid=dICzCX2F"]an 8.3 player rating[/a].[/p][p]San Jose fell to 32-27-6.[/p][embed guid="c0f87ea2-c7d0-4261-8179-74be9d529600" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTz-vGFDbc8" social-type="youtube" /][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/winnipeg-jets/r3L8pAaJ/"]Jets[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/st-louis-blues-KSAayVoi/winnipeg-jets-r3L8pAaJ/?mid=lh9SDgY2"]3-2[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/st-louis-blues/KSAayVoi/"]Blues[/a][/h2][p]The Jets found themselves having to hold off a late third-period rally from the Blues, having gone up 2-0. [/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/connor-kyle/46J4bvlG/"]Kyle Connor[/a] (31) scored the third goal for the Jets after St. Louis' [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dvorsky-dalibor/E3YxHDxJ/"]Dalibor Dvorsky[/a] (10) made it 2-1, but they closed things down and improved to 28-28-10. [/p][p]St. Louis fell to 27-30-10.[/p][embed guid="3a0b7bef-909d-4f09-a996-ecef3b2e34f5" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du35v8DSPA0" social-type="youtube" /]

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