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Draisaitl wins with the Oilers at the start
Dusseldorf While most Europeans are asleep, the North American professional leagues are buzzing. What Happened That Night in American Football, Basketball, and Ice Hockey.
Ice hockey: Draisaitl with three scorer points
Three points from national hockey player Leon Draisaitl helped the Edmonton Oilers make a comeback and their first win at the start of the NHL season. The Oilers were already 3-0 down against the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday evening (local time) before Draisaitl (26) scored to make it 3-1 and set up the other two goals by Connor McDavid and Darnell Nurse. The decisive goals for the 5:3 success were then marked by Draisaitl’s congenial strike partner McDavid.
In the parallel game, Philipp Grubauer in goal for the Seattle Kraken lost 4:5 to the Anaheim Ducks despite a 4:2 lead. Grubauer (30) parried 22 shots, which corresponds to a rate of 81 percent. However, his opponent John Gibson had an outstanding evening and fended off 44 of 48 attempts (91 percent). Troy Terry scored his second goal with 55 seconds left in extra time to seal the game. Ducks pro Mason McTavish (19), the third pick in the 2021 draft, had two assists and is only the third player in NHL history to have multiple points in his first two season openers, ages 18 and 19.
Defending champions Colorado Avalanche started the season with a 5-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.
Basketball: Schröder without points in comeback
Dennis Schröder has experienced a mixed comeback with the Los Angeles Lakers. The captain of the German national basketball team played for a good nine and a half minutes in the penultimate test of the Lakers before the start of the NBA next week in the 113:118 against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday evening (local time) and remained without a basket or template during this time . As planned, he didn’t play at all in the second half.
After his strong performance and bronze with the German selection at the European Championships, Schröder only started training with the NBA record champions on Monday. The last Lakers test before the opener against defending champions Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night (local time) is Friday against the Sacramento Kings.
Football: Star player Adams charged
For football star Devante Adams from the NFL team Las Vegas Raiders, his dropout after Monday’s defeat at the Kansas City Chiefs (29:30) has legal repercussions. The 29-year-old has been charged with assault for kicking a photographer to the ground on his way into the dressing room.
After video of the incident surfaced online, Adams apologized. “I am sorry. That’s not me,” the receiver tweeted. “I was obviously very frustrated. I’m sorry.”
Despite his regrets, Adams will appear in court on November 10 in Kansas City. According to the indictment, the photographer suffered “whiplash, headache and possibly a mild concussion.”
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