Moscow 1, Munich 0 (Shootout) – Jaroslav Halak shut out Munich and Cory Schneider shut out Moscow in the same game. Halak had to make 37 saves and Schneider turned away 10 fewer shots. The only pucks that touch nets were in the shootout. Moscow’s Andrew Ladd and Anze Kopitar scored, while only Talgat Zhailauov could for the Dire Wolf. In regulation time, Zhailauov had 3 shots and 5 hits to be one of the most noticeable players, outdone in the hits column only by teammate Braydon Coburn, who had 6. Moscow was 0 for 7 in power plays, while Munich was 0 for 6. Both teams had short periods of a 5-on-3 advantage near the end of the first period. Munich has 6 wins in its last 10 games.
Bratislava 4, Bern 3 – The Bears fought hard to score twice in the third period and tie it at 3-3, but with the teams anticipating overtime, Shawn Matthias took a tame-looking wrist shot and scored with just 20 seconds left. It was only the second goal of the season for the part-time winger for Bratislava. Eagles forwards Marian Hossa and Jonathan Toews, as well as Bern defenseman Tobias Enstrom, led all in scoring with 2 points each, and Bear defenseman Brent Seabrook had 4 hits and 4 blocked shots.
Belfast 6, London 3 – Matt Duchene gave his club a 5-2 lead with a shorthanded goal in the third period and it gave him a hat trick against Martin Jones and the Dons. P.K. Subban added another Belfast shorthanded goal to make it 6-3 with 3:26 left. Six different Giants had 2 points, while 3 London players did the same, including Jiri Hudler, who scored a pair of goals to give him 6 on the season.
Zurich 4, Gothenburg 3 (OT) – The home fans went crazy as Jussi Jokinen scored in overtime to cap a comeback by the Zurich Lions. Jokinen one-timed a pass from the corner that Jakub Voracek made after spotting the Finn breaking toward the net between the face-off circles. It was Jokinen’s 21st goal of the season. Gothenburg led the game 3-1 until Patrice Bergeron and Michal Frolik scored late in the third period. Patrick Marleau and Eric Staal each had a goal and an assist for the Devils. The win was only the second in the last 10 games for Zurich and their fans are hoping the Jokinen goal signals a turnaround in fortunes. Both teams are currently in 7th place in their respective conferences.
Minsk 6, Milan 0 – In a cleanly played, mostly offense game, Minsk won handily while visiting Italy. Nicklas Backstrom reached the 30-goal plateau, Jacob Josefson reached the 20-goal plateau and Marius Holtet scored a shorthanded goal in the game. Michael Del Zotto and Patrick Kane each had 2 assists and at the other end, Carey Price made 33 saves to record the shutout. Andrew MacDonald was Milan’s most visible player with 5 hits and 3 blocked shots.
Oslo 5, Geneva 4 (shootout) – The Geneva Generals had a 1-goal lead four different times in the game, but the Outlaws came back every time, with an Eric Gelinas tally with 3:33 to play forcing overtime and a shootout that he won with a score in the fourth round. Geneva could have really used the extra point in the standings. The are now just 2 points ahead of 9th-place Prague and the Wolf Pack has a game in hand. David Desharnais had a good game for the Generals, with 8 shots on goal, 1 goal, 1 assist and 20 face-off wins. Jarkko Immonen was the only Oslo player with more than 1 point, as he contributed with 2 assists, including the lone assist on Gelinas’ goal.
