Thanks to a goal in the 59th minute, the Kölner Haie remain on course for the playoffs in the DEL. The Eisbären Berlin have meanwhile managed to get closer to the league leaders.
For Cologne, Moritz Müller decided the game against EHC Munich 111 seconds before the end. The 3:2 (0:1, 1:0, 2:1) was the third win over Munich this season for the KEC, which is currently in sixth place. Cologne has now drawn level with Munich with 55 points – with one less game played.
The Eisbären Berlin have reduced the gap to leaders ERC Ingolstadt. The champions came back from a 2-0 deficit against Kellerkind Iserlohn Roosters on matchday 33 and won 3-2 (0-2, 2-0, 1-0). The capital city team is now two points behind the Panthers, and the Berliners have also played one game less.
Augsburg counters after DEG surprise
The crisis-ridden Düsseldorfer EG had already celebrated a surprise victory in the fight against relegation on Thursday and left the bottom of the table for the time being. Against the leaders Ingolstadt, DEG turned around a deficit and won 4:1 (1:1, 1:0, 2:0).
The Augsburg Panthers slipped to last place after DEG’s surprising success, but the Fuggerstadt team left this position a day later. In the fight to stay in the league, the Augsburg team lost 4:3 (0:0, 3:2, 0:1, 0:0, 1:0) after a penalty shootout in the derby against the Nuremberg Ice Tigers after conceding a goal shortly before the end Three points, but with the two points the Panthers jumped back to 13th place and left DEG the “red lantern” again.