Leon Draisaitl became the first German-born player in NHL history to get 1,000 points on Tuesday.

Leon Draisaitl scripted history in game against the Penguins, and his wife Celeste Desjardins wrote an emotional message to celebrate the milestone.

The biggest story going into the Tuesday matchup between the <a href=" Penguins and <a href=" Oilers was the goaltending battle, which featured two netminders in Tristan Jarry and Stuart Skinner who were <a href=" in a trade between the teams on Friday.

Leon Draisaitl is the latest member of the NHL's 1,000-point club, and his Edmonton Oilers teammates pulled out all the stops to celebrate.

With one victory secured to open a five-game homestand that leads into the NHL's holiday break, the Boston Bruins get ready for another Western Conference test as they welcome the surging Edmonton Oilers on Thursday.

PITTSBURGH -- Leon Draisaitl surpassed 1,000 NHL points by getting four assists for the Edmonton Oilers, who defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-4 at PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday.

Mark Spector’s piece on David Tomasek pulls back the curtain on something the Edmonton Oilers probably don’t love admitting publicly: they don’t really know what they’re doing with him.

Leon Draisaitl becomes the first German NHL player to reach the 1,000th-point milestone. And he did it on an assist against someone who was his teammate a week ago.

The Edmonton Oilers face the Pittsburgh Penguins Tuesday at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Puck drop is set for 7:30 p.m. ET.

Skinner will wear it in his first Penguins start, which just happens to be against Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and the rest of his former Oilers teammates at PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday (7:30 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, truTV, TNT, SNW, SNO, SNE).