Stockholm 5, London 2 Mikko Koivu scored twice to start a five-goal Stockholm run in the third period, adding a hat trick goal into an empty net to cap it. London looked good after Michal Repik and Zach Bogosian scored to give them a 2-0 lead heading into the final period, but Stockholm stormed back…

St. Petersburg 3, Moscow 0 The Red Stars snapped out of a three-game losing streak and got revenge for a loss to Moscow a week earlier. Pekka Rinne shut out Spartak, but had a lot of help from his mates. They outshot Moscow 33-17. Jarome Iginla, who came into the game with just 2 points,…

Munich 4, Paris 0 The Munich Fox entered Saturday’s game against visiting Paris knowing they play much better on home ice. Their only 2 wins of the season thus far were in Munich and in convincing fashion: 6-2 over Frankfurt and 4-1 over Zurich. It was much of the same Saturday, as Jonathan Quick shut…

Edinburgh 4, Moscow 0 The Edinburgh Capitals found a way to shut down the Moscow center and left wing who have been terrorizing the league of late. What? Who are Kopitar and Ovechkin? We’re talking about Benoit Pouliot and Marcus Johansson. Coming into Friday’s game – and now since Moscow was shutout – those two…

London 7, Helsinki 4 The London Dons emphatically stopped the Helsinki Jokerit unbeaten streak, firing 7 goals past Johan Hedberg in the first two periods and holding off Helsinki the rest of the way. London’s super efficient powerplay was the difference. The Dons capitalized on 5 of 7 man-advantage opportunities, with Jake Gardiner scoring two…

Stockholm 4, St. Petersburg 2 Mikko Koivu and his partner in crime Dan Cleary dominated Wednesday night as their Stockholm team topped St. Petersburg 4-2. Cleary assisted Koivu for goals four times, including two in the first period and two more in the final one. Those two are suddenly tied with Prague’s Ryan Getzlaf atop…

Madrid 6, Frankfurt 5 (OT) Fans in Madrid who watched an extra entertaining 60 minutes of hockey got two bonuses: more hockey in the form of sudden death overtime and a win for their boys. R.J. Umberger, who didn’t do too much in the game until the third period when his goal pulled the Royals…

Paris 7, Prague 5 Les Paris Rouges Eiffels and Prague Sparta were tied 3-3 when the third period started in Prague Monday, and then Sparta went on top when Dmitri Kulikov faked a slapshot, went around a sliding defender and then ripped a shot past Tuukka Rask. But Prague took too many penalties and Paris…

Saturday London 5, Belfast 3 – The Dons got even for an earlier loss to Belfast by going ahead 3-0 before the end of the second period. Tyler Seguin and Tyler Bozak scored their first goals of the year for London. In the third period, Belfast scored 3 times, but gave up two more London…

Helsinki 3, Gothenburg 2 Helsinki overcame the fact they let a 2-0 lead vanish, and the fact they were outshot 41-26, and that they gave Gothenburg 8 chances to score on the powerplay. In the third period, Henrik Lundqvist stopped 17 shots and veteran Ryan Smyth scored his second of the year with about 4…