Paris 4, Gothenburg 1 – The Paris Rouge Eiffels had a tough time getting through Gothenburg’s Pekka Rinne but were finally able to break the ice early in the second period. After Rinne turned away 16 Paris shots in the first period, the Rouge Eiffels struck for a powerplay goal while Devil defenseman Kevin Dallman was in the penalty box. Evgeny Malkin knocked a fluttering puck out of the air to score his 12th goal of the season. Paris scored three more times and coasted to the win. Malkin had more shots in the game (5) than any other player .Paris is the second highest scoring team in the EURO League behind Belfast, which has scored one more goal.
Bratislava 4, Stockholm 1 – In a battle of Eagles, Christian Ehrhoff helped the Slovakian team prevail at home. Stockholm’s Marcus Johansson converted a pass from Jeff Carter for the only goal of the first period, but it was also the only Stockholm goal of the game. Ehrhoff scored two goals in the second period and was serving a five-minute major when his Bratislava teammate Andreas Jamtin, who was born in Stockholm and grew up in the suburb of Danderyd, scored a shorthanded goal. A while later, Marian Hossa dealt a nifty pass to Jonathan Toews and the Bratislava team had four goals in the period.
Edinburgh 3, Copenhagen 2 – The Capitals had an early lead, lost it, fought back to tie it, and then got a late goal from Martin Thornberg to win it over the team with whom he played last year. Thornberg is sixth on the team in scoring with 6 goals and 10 assists. His big goal came with 2:45 to play and he got passes from Jamie Benn and Adam Larsson leading up to the shot that eluded Trident goaltender Tim Thomas. With a goal and an assist, Thornberg was the only multi-point performer in the game.
St. Petersburg 5, Dublin 3 – A frantic start to the game saw Dublin take a 2-0 lead that was washed out by three Red Star goals before the first intermission, Things quieted down in a scoreless second period and Mason Raymond deked Edinburgh goalie Antti Niemi and scored to make it 3-3 early in the third period. St. Petersburg’s Artem Anisimov took a lead pass from Brenden Dillon a few minutes later and carried the puck into the Dublin zone, sliding a pass to Jonathan Huberdeau, who fired in his 6th of the season. Petrograd added an insurance goal late in the game on a David Savard slapshot. Dillon finished plus 2 for the Red Stars with 4 hits and the assist.
Moscow 5, Prague 2 – Prague put up a good fight against the Bare Bear Brawlers for 55 minutes before Moscow’s experience and poise enabled them to pull away for the win. Captain Dustin Brown scored to break a 2-2 tie and his goal was followed by an Andrew Ladd powerplay goal 2 and a half minutes later. Brown led everyone in scoring with 1 goal and 2 assists. Ladd, Ryan Suter and Brandon Sutter all had 2 points. Prague had a multi-point player too. Nail Yakupov, who is known more as a shooter, assisted on goals by Ryan Getzlaf and Torey Krug. Moscow blueliner Marc-Andre Bourdon was active, delivering 5 hits and blocking 3 shots. The BBB are currently in second place in the Northern Conference, while Prague is in 9th in the Southern Conference.
