The Rapperswil-Jona Lakers end a run of seven defeats in the National League with a 3-2 win after overtime at home against Kloten and move up from 6th to 3rd place in the table.
Dominic Lammer scored the winning goal for the Lakers, who turned around a 0:2 deficit, in the 62nd minute. Of the top 5 in the standings after Friday's games, only Fribourg were in action on Saturday. Gottéron lost 2:4 at Ambri-Piotta and dropped from 3rd to 4th place.
Seventh-placed Lugano dispatched Biel 6-0 at home and closed the gap on Zug (5th) and the ZSC Lions (6th) in terms of points. Bern won a thrilling derby against the SCL Tigers 4:3 after overtime. The decisive goal was scored in the 64th minute by Benjamin Baumgartner, who had already made it 1-0 in the 3rd minute. Bottom-placed Ajoie celebrated only their fourth win of the season with a 2-0 win at home against Genève-Servette.
Results and standings:
National League. Saturday's games: Ajoie - Genève-Servette 2:0 (1:0, 0:0, 1:0). Ambri-Piotta - Fribourg-Gottéron 4:2 (1:0, 0:2, 3:0). Lugano - Biel 6:0 (1:0, 3:0, 2:0). Rapperswil-Jona Lakers - Kloten 3:2 (0:0, 0:2, 2:0, 1:0) n.V. SCL Tigers - Bern 3:4 (0:1, 2:1, 1:1, 0:1) n.V. - On Sunday: Davos - Zug (15:45). ZSC Lions - Lausanne (3.45 pm).
Ranking: 1. Davos 23/55 (84:52). 2. Lausanne 24/42 (75:56). 3. Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 24/42 (66:70). 4. Fribourg-Gottéron 24/41 (74:59). 5. Zug 22/40 (64:56). 6. ZSC Lions 23/40 (66:47). 7. Lugano 24/40 (67:51). 8. Genève-Servette 24/39 (68:77). 9. SCL Tigers 24/31 (61:66). 10. Ambri-Piotta 24/28 (54:77). 11. Kloten 24/28 (51:65). 12. Bern 23/27 (50:60). 13. Biel 23/27 (65:73). 14. Ajoie 24/15 (44:80).