Berlin 2, Dublin 1 – Both teams played the night before and the Smurfs had a little more energy in reserve on Tuesday. There were only three penalties called in the game but on the first one, Berlin’s powerplay cashed in, Matt Read getting his 19th goal of the season. Loui Eriksson and the Smurfs’…

Prague 4, Stockholm 2 – Bryan Little has struggled a bit over the last season and a half, but on Monday, he and his center found chemistry they both hope will last a lot longer. Little, 27, is among the older forwards on a very young Prague team. During the first two seasons of the…

Bratislava 5, Madrid 2 – The Bratislava Eagles meant business on Sunday and Robin Lehner was exhausted Sunday night. The all-star goalie for Madrid faced 60 shots from Bratislava, most of them in the first two periods, and he ended with 55 saves. The visiting Royals got onto the scoreboard first when veteran Olli Jokinen…

Edinburgh 5, Gothenburg 4 – Thanks to the work of goalie Kari Lehtonen and shooters John Tavares and Olivier Roland in the shootout, Edinburgh has climbed into 5th place overall and second in the Northern Conference. Visiting Gothenburg put up a good fight, coming back twice from one-goal deficits to earn a point in the…

Minsk 2, Moscow 1 – Patrik Berglund snuck behind Moscow defenseman Jason Garrison and took a goal-mouth feed from Gustav Nyqvist to score a third-period power play goal to break a 1-1 tie and enable Minsk to topple visiting Spartak. It was Berglund’s 22nd goal of the season. The 26-year-old is third on the Hussars…

Paris 5, Athens 1 – The Rouge Eiffels took Athens to the wood shed, outshooting them 41-26 Tuesday in a rough game that featured a Corey Perry vs. Staffan Kronwall fight in the first 2 minutes. Evgeny Malkin scored two goals for Paris while teammates David Perron, Mikko Koivu and Perry also had 2-point nights.…

Dublin 6, Copenhagen 5 – The Fighting Irish fought back from a three-goal deficit and then a two-goal deficit to get the game to overtime and then to a shootout that they won in front of the home crowd. Copenhagen seemed to have the game in hand after Alexander Ovechkin beat Tim Thomas twice to…

Bratislava 4, Munich 3 – Captain Zdeno Chara assisted on two important goals in the third period and then scored an overtime goal to finally put away the pesky Munich Dire Wolf on Sunday. Playing at home, Bratislava outshot Munich 42-17 but trailed 2-0 after two periods thanks in part to Henrik Sedin, who scored…

Recap of Tuesday games Prague 5, Zurich 4 – Ryan Miller stopped Ilya Kovalchuk on a shootout shot that would have kept the Lions alive, and that gave the Prague Siamese Cats a win in enemy territory. After a scoreless first period, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins opened the scoring just 10 seconds into the second period and then…

Edinburgh 5, Moscow 4 – The Edinburgh Capitals waited in the weeds for most of the game and then poured it on in the final 14 minutes to record a one-goal comeback win against visiting Moscow Spartak. Olivier Roland of Edinburgh scored two power play goals after the score was 4-2 Moscow and goalie Ilya Bryzgalov let in…