Oslo 1, Bratislava 0 – Semyon Varlamov is on a two-game scalding hot streak and that means two straight wins for the Oslo Outlaws. Varlamov did not allow St. Petersburg to score on Tuesday and he was unbeatable Friday against Bratislava. Against St. Petersburg he stopped 34 shots and against Bratislava he stopped 33. His 92.4 save percentage places him third in the league among starting goalies. In Friday’s game, Varlamov and Oslo defended four one-man advantage situations and a 5-on-3 situation for 1 minute and 54 seconds. Technically, Bratislava had one more powerplay chance but it lasted only 2 seconds and was the result of a game-saving penalty committed by Jarkko Immonen of Oslo. With Eagles goalie Marc-Andre on the bench in favor of an extra attacker, Tyler Myers carried the puck deep into the Outlaws’ end and his teammates worked it around before the puck popped loose in front of the net. Tyler Ennis went for the puck and would have had a mostly open net to shoot at, but Immonen tackled him to prevent the scoring chance. The game’s only goal came late in the first period when P-A Parenteau passed the puck across the crease to a charging Tomas Hertl who converted it into his 7th goal of the year.

Prague 3, Dublin 0 – The game in Prague was scoreless and close until the Wolf Pack pulled away in the third. Niko Hovinen got the 24-save shutout and Prague got goals from Ryan Getzlaf, Nail Yakupov and Giulio Scandella. Getzlaf was the most dominant player on the ice. In addition to his goal, he had 3 shots, 7 hits and he blocked 5 Dublin shots. Prague is in second place overall, a point behind Belfast, with an 8-1-1 record. Dublin goalie Brian Elliott made 34 saves and didn’t get as much help from his mates as he usually does. Only 2 Prague shots were blocked by Irish players.

Belfast 6, Moscow 2 – Nathan MacKinnon scored a hat trick to pace the Giants over their Northern Conference rivals. MacKinnon only played 12 minutes in the game and linemates Ondrej Palat and Nazem Kadri both had assists on each MacKinnon goal. Palat also assisted on a shorthanded goal by Matt Duchene. Anze Kopitar was Moscow’s most visible player, with 8 shots on goal and 19 faceoff wins to only 9 losses, but he was also minus 2 on the day. Most frustrating for Moscow fans was their team’s inability to score on the powerplay. They had a lengthy 5-on-3 plus two 5-minute majors and two 2-minute man advantages but were thwarted on every occasion by Jonathan Quick and the Giants’ penalty killers.

Zurich 2, Munich 1 – The Lions two most dangerous offensive weapons were on their game and backup goalie Devan Dubnyk was stellar as Zurich won by a goal on home ice. Dubnyk allowed a Josh Bailey goal but he stopped all of Munich’s other 25 shots. Meanwhile, Patrice Bergeron and Ilya Kovalchuk combined for 12 shots on goal and each scored a goal. Bergeron also had 3 hits and won 23 of 31 faceoffs. Despite taking the loss, Dire Wolf goalie Cory Schneider was impressive, making 35 saves. Munich has had trouble at both ends of the rink this season. No team has permitted more shots on goal per game than the Dire Wolf have and only Oslo has averaged fewer shots on the opponent’s goal than Munich has.

Madrid 3, Edinburgh 2 (OT) – Derek Stepan scored in overtime to give the visiting team the sudden win. Edinburgh led at one point 2-0 after getting goals from two unusual sources: Jay Bouwmeester shorthanded, and Louis LeBlanc. But Madrid worked their way to a tie game with a goal in the second period and another in the third. R.J. Umberger and Sean Couturier assisted on both goals, scored by defensemen Roman Polak and Andrej Meszaros. Meszaros led everyone in plus-minus at plus 3, while Edinburgh’s Rick Nash and Luke Schenn were worst at minus 3.

Paris 4, Geneva 3 – Corry Perry, Joffrey Lupul and Ken Kuusk scored goals in a six-and-a-half-minute stretch of the second period to power Paris to their sixth win in six home games. The Rouge Eiffels outshot Geneva 45-27 without a powerplay chance. Geneva scored two powerplay goals in 5 chances, with rookie Sergei Mozyakin scoring the team’s only 5-on-5 goal. Two players from each team finished with a goal and an assist: Paris’ Perry and Evgeny Malkin, and Geneva’s David Desharnais and Marian Gaborik.