Oilers centre Leon Draisaitl named NHL first star of week

Edmonton Oilers centre Leon Draisaitl (29). (Jason Franson/CP)

NEW YORK — Edmonton Oilers centre Leon Draisaitl was named NHL first star of the week on Monday.

He led all players with 10 points (3-7) over four games last week. Draisaitl had three multi-point performances to help the Oilers post a 3-1-0 record over the stretch.

Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy was the second star and Los Angeles Kings right-winger Tyler Toffoli took the third star.

Vasilevskiy was 3-0-0 last week with a 1.64 goals-against average and .949 save percentage. Toffoli had four goals over two games.

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