Overview

• Faceoff is at 19:30 in Dresden’s Joynext Arena, with Mannheim leading the league after four straight regulation wins.
• Dresden celebrated their first-ever DEL win last week yet sit second from bottom entering Matchday 5.
• Special teams form favors Mannheim, whose power play is 35.71% and penalty kill 92.86% versus Dresden’s 21.43% and 91.67%, according to BILD.
• Mannheim’s goaltending tandem of Maximilian Franzreb and Johan Mattsson has impressed with reported save percentages near 98% and 93.55%.
• Today’s game streams on MagentaSport, and there is no free-TV broadcast scheduled.