Edmonton Oilers’ All-Star center Leon Draisaitl will still get the credit for being the NHL’s most productive player in 2019/20 despite the league’s decision to end the regular season and skip to playoffs. NHL announced that Draisaitl will take home the prestigious Art Ross Trophy that is awarded annually to a player with most points in a season.
Draisaitl finished the regular season with 43 goals and 67 assists for a total of 110 points in 71 games. The 24-year-old also led the league in power-play points with 44 and game-winning goals with 10. The 24-year-old center is the 10th European player to win Art Ross Trophy and first German to do so.
Oilers’ captain Connor McDavid took the second spot on the points-leaders list with 34 goals and 63 assists for a total of 97 points.
“You dream of these things, no question, but until you do it, it seems so far away,” said Draisaitl. “I’m proud in a way of course but I know that I still have lots of things to work on… There’s many things in my game I can improve so I am looking to do that every year.”
Since making his NHL debut in 2014, Leon Draisaitl became one of Oilers’ most important players. He was an All-Star in the past two seasons and already has 422 NHL career points to show for.
Draisaitl now hopes to translate his good form in the regular season to playoffs. Edmonton Oilers finished the regular season with 37-25-9 record, which was enough for fourth place in the Western Conference.
