Leon Draisaitl set the 21st century record for points in a single NHL playoff series (17).
Forward “Edmonton” scored 2 goals and made 15 assists in a series of the second round of the Stanley Cup with Calgary (4-1).
His 17 points in the series is a new record for the 21st century. In league history, he tied for 3rd place with Mario Lemieux (17 points – 7 + 10 in 6 games of the Pittsburgh series with Washington in 1992).
The league record belongs to Rick Middleton (19 points – 5 + 14 in 7 matches of the Boston series with Buffalo in 1983).
In 2nd place is Wayne Gretzky (18 points – 4 + 14 in 6 matches of the Edmonton series with Chicago in 1985).
At the same time, Draisaitl now has the best record for streaks ending in 5 matches.
The record of the XXI century was previously shared by 4 players with 14 points – Alexander Ovechkin (8 + 6 in 7 matches of the Washington series with Pittsburgh in 2009), Sidney Crosby (5 + 9 in 6 matches of the Pittsburgh series with Ottawa) in 2010), Claude Giroud (6+8 in Philadelphia’s 6-game series vs. Pittsburgh in 2012) and Connor McDavid (4+10 in 7-game Edmonton series vs. Los Angeles in 2022) .