Milan 7, Paris 5 – Early in the Guerrieros’ game against Paris, Jaden Schwartz tied it 1-1 for Milan by ripping a wrist shot through Phillipe Grubauer’s legs on the powerplay. Schwartz then took a rest on the bench, but when teammate Trevor Daley was sent to the penalty box less than 2 minutes later, Milan coach Bruce Boudreau put Schwartz back out there to kill the penalty. Schwartz intercepted a D-to-D pass and raced down the ice, scoring again on Grubauer. And although there were 9 more goals in the game, Paris never got the lead back and fans in the Italian city never stopped yelling and cheering. During the game in Milan, there was a moment of silence for the victims of the Charlie Hebdo massacre and fans showed support for the Paris victims by holding up “Je Suis Charlie” signs when either team scored. Tyler Johnson scored two powerplay goals for Milan and his second turned out to be the game winner. Schwartz and Johnson each had 3-point nights, while Mark Letestu, Marcus Kruger and Joakim Lindstrom each had 2-point nights. Paris’ super defenseman Alex Pietrangelo scored a goal and delivered 7 hits in the game. Pietrangelo leads all defensemen in the EURO with forward-like numbers. He has scored 18 goals and contributed 51 assists for a total of 69 points. Tyler Myers of Bratislava is second in defenseman scoring with 52 points. Pietrangelo is also a plus 33 this season. Milan is 9 points out of the playoffs with 12 games to go, but they are in last place in the Southern Conference. Regular defenseman Danny Dekeyser played 26 minutes in the Paris game, but he has been ruled injured with a lower body issue and will miss some games.

Stockholm 4, Geneva 3 – Geneva Generals team officials and fans have to feel down after their team dropped a home game in a very tight playoff race. With Munich, Prague and Frankfurt right on their heels, the Generals would have loved to add 2 points to their thin cushion. But Stockholm wasn’t very generous on Wednesday. They limited the Generals to 22 shots on goal while they took 33 on Geneva’s Ondej Pavelec. Bobby Ryan, who Stockholm acquired in a trade this year, led all in shots with 7 and he scored once on Pavelec. Geneva made a late surge, scoring powerplay goals with 2:37 and then 38 seconds left in regulation, but Braden Holtby and his mates would give up the tying goal. Mike Richards was a disruptive force for the Eagles. He managed 2 assists and got into a fight with Nick Foligno after a scrum in front of the Stockholm net when Geneva was pressing for the tying goal that never came.

Zurich 3, Gothenburg 2 – Drew Stafford of Zurich made his patented move when he raced down the left wing, did a toe drag and then cut in front of the net close enough to smell the breath of Gothenburg goalie Pekka Rinne. In the process, he was able to slip the puck between Rinne’s legs for a go-ahead goal with just 32 seconds left. It was the third time in the game that Zurich led. The first two times, the home team was able to tie it. Stafford’s tally came with too little time remaining for a third comeback.  Zurich’s third line of Ryan Strome, Michal Frolik and Tomas Tatar – a Canadian between a Czech and a Slovak – produced Zurich’s first two goals. Gothenburg’s comeback goals were partially orchestrated by Eric Staal, who assisted on Adam Henrique’s 26th goal of the season and then on Jordan Eberle’s 25th. Zurich’s Janne Niskala blocked 5 shots in the game. The third-year pro blocked 80 shots in Season 2, 80 again in Season 3 and has 79 blocks this season.

St. Petersburg 4, Bern 3 – Mats Zuccarello had assists on the only two goals scored in the third period as he helped the Red Stars push past Bern. The Bears carried a 3-2 lead into the third period, but St. Petersburg tied it while penalty killing when Brenden Dillon found the Bern net. veteran Martin St. Louis won the game with 14:38 left by shooting from the top of the right faceoff circle and beating Bern goalie Cam Talbot. Bern was limited to 6 shots in the final period and they never really tested Miikka Kiprusoff in that period.

Minsk 5, Frankfurt 4 – It didn’t seem fair to the home fans in Minsk that Steven Stamkos’ goal in the third period would tie a game the Hussars had dominated to that point, but the scoreboard did in fact read 4-4. Minsk led in shots 19-12 after two periods and 31-19 by the game’s end. Fortunately for the Belarus team, Patrik Berglund was able to stab at a loose puck in front of the Frankfurt goal and send it over the goal line with a little more than a minute to play. Stamkos’ goal ties him with injured Dublin Fighting Irish star Ryan Kesler for the league scoring lead. In the game, Frankfurt defenseman Jared Spurgeon seemed more dangerous than Stamkos. Spurgeon scored on both of the shots he took in the second period and his goals turned a 3-1 Minsk lead into a tie game. He also blocked 3 shots Wednesday. Nicklas Backstrom of Minsk was more productive than anyone in the game, though. He scored a pair of goals on 7 shots and he added an assist. Linemate Milan Lucic picked up 3 assists and blocked 3 shots in the game. Minsk now has 90 points and is in 6th place overall. Last season, their previous best, they managed 77 points.

Athens 6, Madrid 1 – Scott Hartnell of Athens scored three goals and capped his memorable game with a fight in the final minute. The game featured a lot of shots – Athens outshot the Royals 44-31 – and solid goaltending on one end of the rink. Cam Ward allowed just one goal, an Alex Tanguay tally 4 minutes into the game. Hartnell’s first 2 goals came inside the first and last minutes of the first period, and his hat trick was achieved early in the third period with the game already out of Madrid’s reach. David Backes assisted on all 3 Hartnell goals, but he also accounted for 7 hits and 3 blocked shots. Greek forward Michael Ryder added a pair of goals, while Kyle Palmeiri, T.J. Oshie and Vadim Shipachyov had 2 assists each.