Leon Draisaitl is the first Edmonton Oilers player to score 50 goals in a season since Jari Kurri (54) and Wayne Gretzky (62) did it in 1987. Craig Simpson scored 56 in 1988, but he scored 13 with Pittsburgh and 43 with the Oilers.
Draisaitl is the 5th Oilers forward to score 50 and joins Wayne Gretzky (nine times), Jari Kurri (four times), Glenn Anderson (twice) and Mark Messier (once).
Here is a history of how Draisaitl reached the elusive 50 goal plateau.
Draisaitl scored on 34 different goalies.
He had three on Matt Murray and scored twice on Carey Price, Pekka Rinne, Martin Jones, Robin Lehner, Aaron Dell, Petr Mrazek, Jack Campbell, Linus Ullmark, Devan Dubnyk, Cam Ward, Alex Stalock , Juuse Saros, Connor Hellebuyck and Andrei Vasilevskiy.
He had singles on Mike Smith, Jonathan Quick, Anton Khudobin, Malcolm Subban, Alexander Georgiev, Sergei Bobrovsky, Frederik Anderson, Curtis McElhinney, Jimmy Howard, John Gibson, Adin Hill, Jacob Markstrom, Phillipp Grubauer, Marc-Andre Fleury, Antti Niemi, Roberto Luongo, Pheonix Copley, Jaroslav Halak and Keith Kinkaid.
He scored four goals against Nashville and San Jose.
Potted three against Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Carolina, Minnesota and Montreal.
Had two against Vegas, Buffalo, New York Islanders, Chicago, Winnipeg and Tampa Bay.
And he had one against Dallas, New York Rangers, Columbus, Toronto, Detroit, Anaheim, Arizona, Vancouver, Colorado, Florida, Washington, Boston, New Jersey and Calgary.
Potted three against Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Carolina, Minnesota and Montreal.
Had two against Vegas, Buffalo, New York Islanders, Chicago, Winnipeg and Tampa Bay.
And he had one against Dallas, New York Rangers, Columbus, Toronto, Detroit, Anaheim, Arizona, Vancouver, Colorado, Florida, Washington, Boston, New Jersey and Calgary.
The only teams he didn’t score against were Philadelphia, Ottawa and St.Louis.
He scored 29 goals against playoff teams and 21 against non-playoff teams.
His scoring by month.
October: 7 goals
November: 6 goals
December: 8 goals
January: 6 goals
February: 12 goals
March: 8 goals
April: 3 goals
November: 6 goals
December: 8 goals
January: 6 goals
February: 12 goals
March: 8 goals
April: 3 goals
WHO HELPED HIM?
Draisaitl didn’t score an empty net goal. He had two unassisted goals; both shorthanded.
He had 16 powerplay goals, three shorthanded goals and three in overtime. The other 28 came at EV.
Here is a breakdown of his goals in order from goal #1 to #50
1st Assist 2nd Assist Strength
Lucic McDavid EV
McDavid —- OT
McDavid RNH PP
RNH Russell EV
Lucic McDavid PP
Rieder Klefbom EV
RNH Klefbom EV
Larsson RNH EV
Rattie RNH PP
McDavid — EV
McDavid — EV
Caggiula — EV
McDavid — OT
McDavid — EV
McDavid — PP
Kassian Brodziak EV
McDavid RNH PP
McDavid Nurse PP
Lucic Benning EV
Nurse RNH PP
McDavid — EV
Larsson McDavid EV
Jones — EV
McDavid Nurse PP
McDavid Chiasson PP
Khaira — EV
Chiasson McDavid EV
Chiasson RNH PP
Lucic Nurse EV
McDavid RNH PP
McDavid Nurse PP
Chiasson RNH PP
McDavid Klefbom EV
Kassian — EV
McDavid Klefbom PP
McDavid RNH PP
—- —- SH
Chiasson — PP
McDavid Nurse PP
McDavid — EV
McDavid Nurse SH
McDavid Nurse OT
McDavid —- EV
Klefbom Koskinen EV
McDavid Nurse EV
McDavid Gambardella EV
McDavid RNH EV
—- —- SH
Benning McDavid EV
Sekera RNH EV
Lucic McDavid EV
McDavid —- OT
McDavid RNH PP
RNH Russell EV
Lucic McDavid PP
Rieder Klefbom EV
RNH Klefbom EV
Larsson RNH EV
Rattie RNH PP
McDavid — EV
McDavid — EV
Caggiula — EV
McDavid — OT
McDavid — EV
McDavid — PP
Kassian Brodziak EV
McDavid RNH PP
McDavid Nurse PP
Lucic Benning EV
Nurse RNH PP
McDavid — EV
Larsson McDavid EV
Jones — EV
McDavid Nurse PP
McDavid Chiasson PP
Khaira — EV
Chiasson McDavid EV
Chiasson RNH PP
Lucic Nurse EV
McDavid RNH PP
McDavid Nurse PP
Chiasson RNH PP
McDavid Klefbom EV
Kassian — EV
McDavid Klefbom PP
McDavid RNH PP
—- —- SH
Chiasson — PP
McDavid Nurse PP
McDavid — EV
McDavid Nurse SH
McDavid Nurse OT
McDavid —- EV
Klefbom Koskinen EV
McDavid Nurse EV
McDavid Gambardella EV
McDavid RNH EV
—- —- SH
Benning McDavid EV
Sekera RNH EV
Here is the official count of who assisted on his goals
McDavid: 29 assists
RNH: 13
Nurse: 10
Chiasson: 5
Klefbom: 5
Lucic: 4
Benning: 2
Larsson: 2
Kassian: 2
Rieder, Rattie, Russell, Caggiula, Brodziak, Gambardella, Khaira, Jones, Sekera and Koskinen each one.
RNH: 13
Nurse: 10
Chiasson: 5
Klefbom: 5
Lucic: 4
Benning: 2
Larsson: 2
Kassian: 2
Rieder, Rattie, Russell, Caggiula, Brodziak, Gambardella, Khaira, Jones, Sekera and Koskinen each one.
Draisaitl is the only the 92nd player to score 50 goals in an NHL season.