Draisaitl has 3 factors, Team Germany eases previous France to advance at Olympics

The aim got here with Stutzle (Ottawa Senators) and Draisaitl skating on the identical line with Peterka.

“Oh, it’s super fun,” Peterka mentioned of enjoying on that line. “We all try to get open for each other, try to find each other. I mean, if you play with two players that are that good, it just feels good.”

Sturm mentioned the aim for Peterka, who has 20 for Utah this season, got here at a “perfect time.”

“He prides himself on scoring and being a difference-maker, and sometimes, you know, I’ve never been that guy in my career, so I can’t really look inside his head,” Sturm mentioned. “But I know that most guys that are like him, it wears on him a little bit when they don’t get on the score sheet a lot, and we need him moving forward.”

It’s possible Germany deploys the identical line Wednesday in its subsequent elimination sport towards Slovakia.

“I wouldn’t want to be out there against them,” Sturm mentioned. “Leon’s puck-protection skills are probably the best in the League, and he has the ability to find players where there’s no seams, really, and he makes like a cross-ice pass with his backhand. And obviously, then he has two guys that can finish, so it’s about as lethal as it gets.”