Edinburgh 1, Gothenberg 0 – Jakub Kovar stopped all 30 Gothenburg shots, Fedor Tyutin blocked four more, and the fourth line of Alex Killorn, Alexnder Kerfoot and Carl Soderberg combined on the game’s only goal as Edinburgh won in Sweden. It was the 22-year-old Kovar’s first shutout in the league, and the Caps’ second shutout in five days. It was also Edinburgh’s second road win of the year in 14 games, giving them the league’s poorest road record.
Minsk 2, Madrid 0 – Carey Price won the game for Minsk, who were out-shot by the Royals 37-22. Madrid presented a balanced attack with 7 players getting either 3 or 4 shots on Price during the game. Nicklas Backstrom scored in the game’s first minute for Minsk and defenseman Michael Del Zotto scored 11 minutes later to provide the game’s only goals. Del Zotto leads the league’s defensemen in goals with 9, is tied with Moscow’s Duncan Keith for the points lead (20) and he is third among defensemen in plus-minus (+20).
Bern 3, St. Petersburg 2 – The Bears were outshot, but Jan Laco stood tall in goal and helped his team take 2 points in Russia. Mika Zibanejad took a lead pass from Tobias Enstrom and ended the game with a goal late in overtime, shortly after the Red Stars successfully killed a penalty committed by Jonathan Huberdeau. St. Petersburg not only lost the game, they also lost forward Valtteri Filppula who sustained a foot injury and is expected to miss 1 to 2 weeks of action. Filppula missed only 7 games in the 5 seasons in St. Petersburg.
Moscow 6, Oslo 1 – Moscow suffocated the Outlaws, allowing them just 8 shots on goal in the game. Meanwhile, Devan Dubnyk and later Semyon Varlamov were bombed with 37 Moscow shots. Max Pacioretty, Ryan Suter and Kris Versteeg each had a goal and an assist for Spartak, while Ryan O’Reilly and Blake Wheeler had two assists apiece. In the first period, Oslo played with a man advantage for 5 minutes and a two-man advantage for another 2 minutes, yet they still only managed to get 2 shots on goal in the entire period.
Munich 3, London 2 (OT-SO) – Munich held a 2-0 lead over the favored Dons before giving up the lead and then eventually winning the game in a 7-round shootout. Munich played better than London throughout the game, out-shooting them 32-20. Jordan Caron and Talgat Zhailauov scored Munich’s goals in regulation and Zhailauov was one of 4 Dire Wolf players to score in the shootout. London got goals from Teddy Purcell and Taylor Hall. Purcell is the team’s leading goal scorer with 12, while Hall is right behind him with 11.
Zurich 6, Milan 2 – It was a tough loss at home for Milan and the Guerriero now sit in 12th place in the Southern Conference standings. The point totals are still tight throughout the South and Zurich moves into 10th place, just a point ahead of Milan and 3 behind 9th-place Bratislava. Jakub Voracek scored twice in the second period for Zurich to give them a 3-1 lead entering period three. Also scoring for the Lions were Ilya Kovalchuk, Patrice Bergeron, Michal Frolik and defenseman Marc Staal, whose shorthanded goal opened the scoring in the game. Marcus Kruger scored for Milan and teammate Tyler Johnson has a goal and an assist.
