Leaders Davos return to winning ways in the National League after two defeats. The Grisons squandered a 2-0 lead in Bern before winning in overtime.
The HCD's lead over first-placed Fribourg remains nine points. Gottéron also won a crazy game away from home against Ambri-Piotta in overtime, 6-5, while third-placed Lausanne also won 4-3 in overtime at bottom-placed Ajoie to record their sixth win in a row. LHC is three points behind Fribourg.
Zug moved up from 8th to 5th place thanks to a 4-0 home win against Biel. The team from central Switzerland overtook Genève-Servette (6th), the ZSC Lions (7th) and the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers (8th). Servette lost 4-1 at home to the SCL Tigers, while the Lakers lost 5-2 in Kloten.
Fourth-placed Lugano, Zug and Servette all have 53 points, eight fewer than Lausanne. ZSC and Rapperswil-Jona follow with 52 points.
Results/rankings
Friday: Ajoie - Lausanne 3:4 (1:1, 1:1, 1:1, 0:1) n.V. Ambri-Piotta - Fribourg-Gottéron 5:6 (3:2, 1:2, 1:1, 0:1) n.V. Bern - Davos 2:3 (0:1, 0:1, 2:0, 0:1) n.V. Genève-Servette - SCL Tigers 1:4 (0:2, 0:0, 1:2). Kloten - Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 5:2 (3:0, 0:1, 2:1). Zug - Biel 4:0 (0:0, 1:0, 3:0).
Ranking: 1. Davos 33/73 (121:76). 2. Fribourg-Gottéron 34/64 (108:80). 3. Lausanne 32/61 (103:75). 4. Lugano 31/53 (87:68). 5. Zug 31/53 (88:82). 6. Genève-Servette 33/53 (97:103). 7. ZSC Lions 32/52 (87:69). 8. Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 33/52 (91:99). 9. SCL Tigers 32/42 (90:92). 10. Ambri-Piotta 32/38 (80:108). 11. Biel 32/38 (90:104). 12. Kloten 32/37 (71:91). 13. Bern 32/37 (71:83). 14. Ajoie 33/25 (63:117).