Overview

• VfB Stuttgart beat FC St. Pauli 2:0, with Ermedin Demirovic scoring the opener and setting up Bilal El Khannouss after Angelo Stiller had a penalty saved by Nikola Vasilj.
• St. Pauli suffered their first defeat of the season, missing a chance to move provisionally to the top of the Bundesliga.
• Adler Mannheim routed defending champion Eisbären Berlin 7:1 to start 3–0 and lead the DEL, with Luke Esposito leaving the ice immobilized after a hard frontal check.
• Sixteen-year-old Max Penkin scored for Mannheim, reported as the youngest goal scorer in DEL history.
• Löwen Frankfurt lost 3:6 at home to promoted Dresden despite a debut goal from Ty Glover, and Duisburg’s mayor Sören Link publicly backed a new ice arena pending funding decisions.