- Freiburg beat Lugano in the 37th round of the National League in a duel between the two best-form teams with 3-2 after extra time.
- Roman Cervenka gives Rapperswil-Jona the additional point in the penalty shootout against Bern.
- Zug inflicts their third defeat in a row in the 37th round of the National League away from Davos.
- Biel wrestles Lausanne 2-1 in a foreign country.
Freiburg – Lugano 3: 2 nV
Both Freiburg and Lugano have recently been able to string together 5 victories. Killian Mottet ensured with his overtime winner after 63:18 minutes that it was the Gottéron series that will be continued. Mottet scored in the majority after Lugano’s Santeri Alatalo was relegated to the penalty box for high sticks.
For a long time it had looked like a victory in Ticino. Nathan Marchon put Freiburg in the lead (7th), but Lugano managed the turnaround thanks to goals from Mark Arcobello (7th) and Alessio Bertaggia (22nd). However, the guests did not know how to bring the one-goal lead over the finish line. Marchon equalized the game in the 52nd minute. Thanks to the additional point, the lead of Leader Freiburg on the first rival Rapperswil-Jona is another 4 points.
Lakers – Bern 2: 1 nP
This is because the Lakers “only” scored twice and not three times. The surprise team of this season finally found a way to victory against the SCB. This led Rapperswil-Jona through the penalty shoot-out, in which Roman Cervenka once again made himself the match winner. The Czech sank two attempts and caused ecstasy in the stadium.
Bern had stood up to the Lakers at all times and would have just as deserved the additional point. The SCB went ahead in the 15th minute when Philip Varone converted a penalty. The home team took over the initiative and was rewarded after the middle of the game with an equalizer by Jeremy Wick for the great effort. Shortly before the end of regular time, the Lakers missed out on winning twice after just 60 minutes.
Davos – move 1: 2
A few days before the start of the Spengler Cup, Davos cannot get out of its form low. Against Master Zug, the Graubünden conceded the 4th defeat from the last 5 games. The HCD took the lead in a hard-fought game in the first third thanks to a goal from Dominik Egli (12th), in the middle section the guest from Central Switzerland turned the game around thanks to Dominik Schlumpf (26th) and Sven Senteler (36th) Favor. The referees were rarely challenged: after 60 minutes there were as many post and crossbar shots as penalties on the match sheet (3).
Lausanne 1-2 Biel
In the 56th minute, Ronalds Kenins seemed to reward Lausanne’s race to catch up in the last third. But the supposed goal to make it 2-2 – it would have been the second goal for the Latvian that evening – was withdrawn from Biel after a successful Coach’s Challenge. Goalkeeper Joren van Pottelberghe was illegally disabled. Despite the increase in performance compared to the 7-0 swat against Rapperswil-Jona on Monday, the Vaudois lost their second game after the national team break. Captain Gaëtan Haas scored the winning goal in the 41st minute.