When Leon Draisaitl scored an overtime goal on Wednesday, the Edmonton Oilers forward became only the second player in NHL history to do so against the Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup Final.

In a somewhat incredible twist, the other player to do it was also born in Cologne, Germany.

That player is Uwe Krupp , who scored in the third overtime for the Colorado Avalanche in a 1-0 win against the Panthers in Game 4 of the 1996 Stanley Cup Final. That goal ended the series, giving the Avalanche their first championship.

Reached in Germany on Thursday, Krupp said that is where the similarities end.

“My career was hanging by a thread because of [a knee] injury, and then I won the Stanley Cup,” Krupp told NHL.com/de independent correspondent Stefan Herget. “That was a special time. But

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