Overview
- Köln overturned an early deficit to beat Nürnberg 4:2, scoring four times in a decisive middle period.
- The victory stretched the winning streak to ten and kept Köln first on 83 points during the second game of a five-match road swing.
- Brady Austin leveled at 23 minutes before Frederik Storm and Oliwer Kaski scored 36 seconds apart, with Maximilian Kammerer adding a power-play tip-in.
- Goaltender Felix Brückmann made 22 saves as Nürnberg was denied late, including a post hit by DEL top scorer Evan Barrett.
- Nürnberg suffered its eighth home loss of the season, and Köln now heads to ERC Ingolstadt before visits to Augsburg and Bremerhaven.