Berlin 3, Madrid 2 – The Berlin Smurfs continue to roll, beating Madrid by a goal in a game the Royals somehow made very close. Berlin outshot Madrid 42-14 in the game, but when Madrid’s Derek Stepan scored on Erik Ersberg, it was the forward’s 14th goal of the season and a tie game with under 5 minutes to play. Smurf Patric Hornqvist came through in the clutch, taking a lead pass from David Krejci and breaking in on Madrid’s Robin Lehner from the right wing, scoring a goal with under 2 minutes to play. Dion Phaneuf had 8 hits for the Smurfs, while Madrid’s Andrej Mezsaros scored a goal and had 6 hits.

Lisbon 5, Minsk 2 – Hussar General Manager Igor Kirunov said earlier in the day that he had a hunch the team’s 12-game win streak would end in Portugal and unfortunately for him, he was right. The Hussars opened well, taking a 2-0 lead on goals by Jacob Josefson and Colin Wilson, but Lisbon controlled the game from that point on, scoring 5 straight goals. Of course it was a Belarusian who did the most damage to Minsk. Alexei Kalyuzhny, 31, assisted on a pair of second-period goals and then scored himself in the third period to make the score 4-2. Kalyuzhny has 4 goals and 20 assists this season and is 5th on his team in scoring. Drew Doughty, Zach Parise and Kyle Brodziak had 2 points each for Lisbon, and Parise had a game-high plus 3 rating.

Helsinki 5, Oslo 2 – Henrik Lundqvist and Helsinki won a game in Oslo that saw 6 of its 7 goals scored in the second period. Helsinki only allowed 2 Oslo shots to get to Lundqvist in the first period, but both teams released the hounds in the second. Jack Johnson got things started with a slapshot blast for his 4th goal of the season, and he assisted on a Steve Downie goal that made it 3-0 two-and-a-half minutes later. Eliezer Sherbatov, Derek Roy, Paul Stastny and Jarome Iginla also had 2 points for the Jokerit. Rookie Viktor Antipin, 18, had 2 assists and he now is second in scoring among Outlaw defensemen with 11 points.

St. Petersburg 3, Belfast 2 – The Red Stars upset the Giants, making the most of their opportunities and getting great goaltending from Antti Niemi. The Finn made 37 saves. St. Petersburg defenseman Brent Burns was the first star of the game and definitely the first star of the first period. He scored the game’s first goal and got an assist on D partner Erik Johnson’s 4th of the season. Jonathan Huberdeau scored a beautiful unassisted goal on a long rush through the neutral zone and into the Belfast end. That goal came on one of Petrograd’s 9 powerplay chances. Mikko Lehtonen had a goal and an assist for the Giants.

Athens 5, Gothenburg 1 – Anders Lindback, Gothenburg’s backup goalie, didn’t get any support from his teammates and was forced to make 60 saves Tuesday. The Greeks fired 65 shots on net and had another 16 blocked as their relentless attack produced three first-period goals and two more in the final period. Jason Pominville had an even dozen shots on Lindback and Vadim Shipachyov added 6 more. Both Greek forwards had a goal and an assist. Eleven other Athens players had one point.

Bern 4, Munich 2 – In a close game that saw few shots and lots of defensive plays, Munich’s top line of Henrik Sedin, Tomas Fleischmann and Filip Forsberg had a rough night. The trio was minus 3 as a unit and had just 4 shots on goal. Bern scored two goals in a 15-minute span of the first period and another two goals in another 15-minute span later in the game. They led 4-1 after Pascal Dupuis scored in the first minute of the third period. Veteran Johan Franzen had a two-point game for Bern while linemates Aleksey Morozov and Talgat Zhailauov both had 2 assists for Munich. It was Bern’s second win in as many nights and their 4th win in the last 6.