Leon Draisaitl 'not happy' with play during goalless Cup Final - ESPN

EDMONTON, Alberta — Connor McDavid has dominated the Stanley Cup Final with 11 points in five games, two behind Wayne Gretzky's NHL record of 13 with Edmonton in 1988.

Leon Draisaitl, the Oilers' other superstar, has not dominated in the Final. He's hardly made a whimper offensively.

His two assists in Edmonton's 8-1 Game 4 win are his only points of the series against the Florida Panthers. Draisaitl has gone seven contests without a goal after scoring 10 in his first 16 playoff games. Overall, he has 30 points in 23 postseason games.

«Obviously not happy with the way I'm playing, haven't found my game, having found my leg. Just not the standard that I hold myself to obviously,» said Draisaitl on Friday, hours before Game 6.

Draisaitl deferred when asked if the Panthers' defense or his revolving door of linemates contributed to his slump.

«It's me,» he said. «I hold myself to extremely high standards and if I don't get to that, obviously I'm not happy with it.»

His coach and teammates feel Draisaitl's standards might be a little too high and that he's contributing beyond the score sheet.

«I think he's got to realize that even if he's not feeling great, he's still better than 99% of the guys out there,» said forward Dylan Holloway, who has been Draisaitl's winger for much of the playoffs. «He's been awesome. I think he's just got to keep playing the way he is.»

Coach Kris Knoblauch called Draisaitl's body of work «tremendous» and said his star might be too hard on himself.

«I've seen Leon play better than he has, but I think he's contributing a lot and I think he's harder on himself than he should be,» Knoblauch said. «I think yesterday was a good day of practice. He looked like himself and I'm expecting him to play a