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Draisaitl and the Oilers show their two faces in New York

The Edmonton Oilers remain a two-sided team this season. Three days after a disappointing 3-0 loss at the hands of the New York Islanders, the Canadians beat the New York Rangers 4-3 in Madison Square Garden on Saturday. The Cologne native scored the winning goal Leon Draisaitl just before the end of the game. Lui scored with 2:02 left on the power play, completing the Oilers’ comeback, who were able to turn another 0-3 into a late game hit.

“That’s what good teams do. That’s how they win,” Draisaitl said satisfied after the final siren. “You can’t win if only two or three players score. In the long run it won’t work like that. We also need people who can take a step forward every now and then.” With these words the German commented on the fact that with Eve Bouchard (scored twice against Rangers) e Dylan Holloway this time two teammates contributed to the other goals who were not among Edmonton’s scorers so far this season.

“Of course we know that the main burden is on us. That’s what we get paid for. It’s no different than any other team, but you need guys like that to get involved. They were great tonight,” commended his team-mates of Draisaitl- in the arms. doorman Jack Campbell featured 20 Broadway saves for the Oilers (11-10-0), marking at least the last game of their three-game East Coast road trip that began with losses to the New Jersey Devils (2-5) and Islanders could decide for himself.

“It was a win with a lot of character, but we have to learn from our mistakes,” Draisaitl said in the minutes. “We also have to learn very fast now because we can’t go down 3-0 in every single game. It’s just too difficult for the lads. But like I said, it was a really important win for us and we can look forward to it’s building. “

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As much as the joy on the Edmonton ground was for the game rotation, the disappointment on the other side was that they went on a three-goal deficit late in the game. “We may have had a couple of bad streaks, but I don’t remember conceding four goals that close, so we were bad tonight,” said Rangers coach Gerard Gallant after the Oilers scored all four goals after the 45th minute. “This is not acceptable.”

Bouchard led the Oilers’ comeback with a goal off a power play at 4:39 into the third quarter, cutting the Rangers’ lead to 3-1. “I knew we would score goals as a team,” explained Bouchard. “We had our chances before, but unfortunately we didn’t manage to score a goal. Luckily we found one. As soon as one came in, everything went on goal,” said the goalscorer happily. It was Bouchard who scored the 2:3 for the visitors with a unique goal in the 48th minute.

“We definitely don’t want to do it too often, but it just shows that we have the strength to do it,” said Bouchard. “We have a team that stays in touch even when we’re down by three nil. It doesn’t matter if we’re down by one or three goals. We have the team to come back.”

“Evan Bouchard had a lot of chances this year. It didn’t go to his liking, but the goals that came in today were great goals,” said Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft. “You often don’t realize how much offensive power he has, whether it’s a good first pass or a shot from the blue line. He struggled with blocked shots, but in that third he found a way to put them on the net. We can’t win the game without his commitment”.

After 10:21 minutes, Holloway equalized 3:3 by making Rangers goalkeeper Igor Shesterkin with a shot from the left faceoff circle and was able to score his first NHL goal in his 17th game. “It’s something special,” Holloway said. “A beautiful moment. Definitely a goal I will always remember.”

“It’s an incredible moment for him,” said Draisaitl, referring to his team-mate’s debut goal. “He’s obviously a guy who works very hard on his game. He wants to improve every day. It’s nice to see a teammate like that who has the right attitude. He wants to improve. He wants to be here and it’s important to take the first step. I think that we’re as enthusiastic as he is, but I just told him that a once-in-a-lifetime experience doesn’t make a career.”

Shortly after, Draisaitl himself made a grand appearance, capping Edmonton’s comeback with his game-winning goal in the heart of Manhattan and tapping the first goals Alexis Lafreniere (3.), Chris Kreider (36.) e Julien Gautier (37.) finally faded into the background.

Shortly after the game ended, manager Woodcroft looked forward again. The Oilers will face the Florida Panthers in Edmonton on Monday (9:30 p.m. ET; NHL.tv; Tues, 3:30 p.m. ET). And a new setback must therefore be prevented with all might. “I think we showed character today, but what we’ve been looking for lately is consistency,” explained the coach. “Sometimes you find consistency after a performance like that. I think our effort tonight was consistent. As you can see, we were three goals down. But basically we felt very comfortable in that game. We thought we were in control of the I play in the second half and we made a couple of plays that we would like to repeat, but we are still looking for consistency, we will have to work on it in the next game because we have many games to play here in a short space of time».

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