Overview
- Eisbären Berlin won 2-1 at the Wellblechpalast with goals by Leonhard Pföderl and Eric Hördler to claim a crucial group-stage victory.
- Herning pulled a power-play goal back late through Hjalte Kruse Thomsen and a later equalizer was ruled out for goalkeeper interference, leaving the match decided.
- The win is Berlin's second straight in the Champions Hockey League and lifted the German champions into the competition's top 16, the cutoff for knockout qualification.
- Adler Mannheim also recorded a 4-3 victory over HC Fribourg-Gotteron to stay on course for the knockout phase, while Kölner Haie have already clinched a knockout spot with four wins.
- The CHL group phase sends only 16 of 24 teams through to the knockouts, so these results matter for seeding and they give German clubs a form read ahead of the new DEL season.