Now Davos has also been hit. After two times nine wins and a lost penalty shootout in Rapperswil in between, the leaders are empty-handed for the first time. The HCD lost 0:7 in Geneva.
Within 14 seconds, Servette took a 2-0 lead against Davos in the first three minutes through Simon LeCoultre and Matthew Verboon. A second double strike shortly before the end of the first period made it 4-0 after 20 minutes. And Tim Bozon extinguished all Davos hopes of a further turnaround with the 5:0 just 35 seconds after the first break.
Davos' second defeat of the season did not come like a bolt from the blue. In the last three games against Biel (4:3 after 2:3), Ajoie (4:2 after 1:2) and Langnau (5:3 after 0:1), Davos were already trailing before they were lucky enough to prevail. Against Biel and Ajoie, the turning point only came in the final game.
The Davos defeat had no consequences: Because the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers, HCD's first rivals, also lost 0:7 in Zurich, HC Davos still has a 13-point lead in the standings. Of the top 4 in the standings, Lausanne (3rd) also lost 1:6 in Biel and Zug (4th) lost 2:4 in Langnau, moving Servette up to 4th place.
Lugano won the second Ticino derby of the season 5-2 in Ambri, after the first derby had already ended with an away win.
HC Ajoie caused a surprise by also winning their second game of the season away from home against Schlittschuhclub Bern (5:4). Kloten also came from 2-0 down to beat Fribourg-Gottéron 4-2.
Results/Rankings
Results: Ambri-Piotta - Lugano 2:5 (1:0, 1:2, 0:3). Bern - Ajoie 4:5 (1:2, 1:1, 2:2). Biel - Lausanne 6:1 (1:0, 2:1, 3:0). Genève-Servette - Davos 7:0 (4:0, 1:0, 2:0). Kloten - Fribourg-Gottéron 4:2 (1:2, 1:0, 2:0). SCL Tigers - Zug 4:2 (0:0, 2:0, 2:2). ZSC Lions - Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 7:0 (2:0, 4:0, 1:0).
Ranking: 1. Davos 20/52. 2. Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 20/39. 3. Lausanne 21/37. 4. Genève-Servette 20/36. 5. Zug 20/34. 6. Fribourg-Gottéron 20/33. 7. ZSC Lions 20/31. 8. Lugano 20/31. 9. SCL Tigers 20/27. 10. Biel 19/26. 11. Kloten 21/24. 12. Bern 19/20. 13. Ambri-Piotta 20/19. 14. Ajoie 20/11.