Overview
- Back from a five-week lower-body knee injury, Leon Draisaitl posted two assists in a 4-3 playoff opener that gave Edmonton a 1-0 series lead over Anaheim.
- He fed Kasperi Kapanen for the late winning goal after Jason Dickinson had leveled the game in the third period.
- Draisaitl missed the final 14 regular-season games after a March 15 injury against Nashville and flew to Munich for care from Dr. Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt.
- Coach Kris Knoblauch kept the return date open, and Draisaitl said after the final practice that he felt good but would decide at game time.
- Elsewhere for German players, Tim Stützle’s Ottawa Senators fell in double overtime to Carolina, and Nico Sturm was not in Minnesota’s lineup in a loss to Dallas.