National League Servette clinches playoff ticket - SC Bern reaches play-in

After two disappointing years - at least in the Swiss league - Servette is back in the playoffs. These are the facts from Thursday's full round.

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05.03.2026, 22:51

05.03.2026, 23:38

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The Servettiens took the final step with a 5-3 home win against Biel, meaning they can no longer be ousted from the top 6 in the last two rounds. For once, not only Suomi players scored. Since the Olympic break, all the goals had been scored by Finns, the ninth at 1:1 against Biel by Jesse Puljujärvi. After that, however, Marco Miranda scored to make it 2-1 and Josh Jooris, Simas Ignatavicius and Noah Rod from 1-1 to make it 5-2. Servette's third win in a row means they've hit form in time for the playoffs, but Biel remain in 10th place above the bottom line.

Lausanne's crawl

Brilliant qualification winners and then play-off finalists, but Lausanne's form curve is pointing in the wrong direction this season. After the 2:6 home defeat against the sovereign leader Davos, the Vaud team has only won five out of seventeen games since December 20. As a result, direct playoff qualification is not yet certain, and the lead over the seventh-placed Rapperswil-Jona Lakers is only five points. With three goals and one assist, HCD captain Matej Stransky took a significant step towards becoming the top scorer - he would be the first Davos player to top the scoring charts in the National League or NLA since Lonny Bohonos 25 years ago.

Special Teams

If the SCL Tigers miss the play-in, then the "Special Teams" are to blame. The Langnau team has been playing too inefficiently in overtime and short-handed situations all season. This was particularly evident in the 3:4 home defeat against Fribourg-Gottéron: Langnau played eight power plays and only scored one goal. Gottéron made three goals out of their first four chances on the powerplay.

Two-goal scorers

The Rapperswil-Jona Lakers won the spectacular game with ten goals against Kloten 6:4. After this victory, the Lakers can no longer fall back to 9th place and have two chances in the play-in. Nicklas Jensen and Yannick-Lennart Albrecht scored two goals each. Jensen, an Olympic starter with Denmark, scored his 5th and 6th goals of the season.

The SCB is alive

Schlittschuhclub Bern defeated Zug 2:1 after a penalty shootout and has secured a play-in spot. After home defeats against Kloten (1:2) and Biel (2:3), the Bernese forced luck on their side this time. Sandro Zurkirchen (28 saves) won the goalie duel against Leonardo Genoni (24 saves), also because Zurkirchen saved three penalties, while Genoni was beaten with three penalties.

Playoff dress rehearsal

Ambri-Piotta won the main rehearsal for the relegation play-off 3-2 on penalties against Ajoie in Pruntrut. Ambri led twice, Ajoie equalized twice, Ambri won the penalty shootout. Ambri would still need a miracle to avoid the relegation play-off. The gap to Kloten is five points with two rounds to go.

Andrighetto's brace

Without shining, the ZSC Lions won 4:1 in Lugano. The game was tied 1:1 until the 37th minute, with Lugano gaining the advantage after the equalizer. Within two and a half minutes, Sven Andrighetto made everything clear with a brace to make it 3:1 (and his 16th and 17th goals of the season).

Bern - Zug 2:1 (0:1, 1:0, 0:0, 0:0) n.P.

15'553 spectators. - SR Lemelin/Staudenmann, Altmann/Duc. - Goals: 3rd Diaz (Senteler, Eggenberger/power play goal) 0:1. 28th Scherwey (Marchon, Iakovenko) 1:1. - Penalty shootout: Häman Aktell -, Künzle -; Bemström 1:0, Senteler -; Ejdsell -, Tatar -; Sgarbossa 2:0, Kovar 2:1; Aaltonen 3:1. - Penalties: 3 times 2 minutes each. - PostFinance top scorers: Ejdsell; Kubalik.

Bern: Zurkirchen; Loeffel, Kreis; Untersander, Häman Aktell; Iakovenko, Rhyn; Kindschi; Bemström, Aaltonen, Lehmann; Ejdsell, Sgarbossa, Vermin; Marchon, Müller, Scherwey; Levin Moser, Alge; Schild.

Zug: Genoni; Bengtsson, Tobias Geisser; Diaz, Sklenicka; Stadler, Riva; Schlumpf; Hofmann, Tatar, Kubalik; Künzle, Senteler, Vozenilek; Eggenberger, Kovar, Lindemann; Wey, Leuenberger, Antenen.

Remarks: Bern without Baumgartner, Füllemann, Graf, Lindholm, Simon Moser (all injured), Merelä and Reideborn (both surplus foreigners), Zug without Guerra, Herzog, Martschini, Wingerli (all injured) and Lilja (surplus foreigner).

Lausanne - Davos 2:6 (1:1, 1:2, 0:3)

9600 spectators. - SR Borga/Stricker, Steenstra (CAN)/Humair. - Goals: 19th (18:15) Dahlbeck (Stransky, Nussbaumer) 0:1. 20th (19:59) Kahun (Baragano, Suomela) 1:1. 29th Stransky (Andersson/powerplay goal) 1:2. 34th Caggiula (Marti, Niku) 2:2. 38. Stransky (Nussbaumer, Andersson) 2:3. 41st (41:00) Stransky (Andersson, Asplund/powerplay goal) 2:4. 48th Tambellini 2:5. 53rd Fora (Asplund, Zadina) 2:6. - Penalties: 2 times 2 minutes each. - PostFinance top scorers: Rochette; Stransky.

Lausanne: Pasche (53. Hughes); Baragano, Brännström; Niku, Marti; Heldner, Sansonnens; Vouardoux, Fiedler; Riat, Rochette, Caggiula; Kahun, Suomela, Oksanen; Fuchs, Jäger, Zehnder; Prassl, Bougro, Douay.

Davos: Aeschlimann; Frick, Dahlbeck; Fora, Barandun; Andersson, Jung; Guebey; Kessler, Asplund, Zadina; Frehner, Ryfors, Tambellini; Stransky, Nussbaumer, Gredig; Knak, Egli, Parrée; Waidacher.

Remarks: Lausanne without Czarnik (extra player), Davos without Corvi, Gross, Hollenstein and Lemieux (all injured).

Genève-Servette - Biel 5:3 (2:1, 2:1, 1:1)

7135 spectators (sold out). - SR Hebeisen/Piechaczek, Gnemmi/Huguet. - Goals: 10th (9:27) Hofer (Dionicio) 0:1. 11th (10:45) Puljujärvi (Granlund) 1:1. 17th Miranda (Rod, Berni) 2:1. 23rd Sablatnig (Cajka) 2:2. 27th Jooris (underpaid goal!) 3:2. 31. Ignatavicius (Saarijärvi) 4:2. 44. Rod (Jooris) 5:2. 56. Hofer (Andersson, Rajala) 5:3. - Penalties: 5 times 2 minutes against Genève-Servette, 3 times 2 minutes against Biel. - PostFinance top scorers: Granlund; Andersson.

Genève-Servette: Charlin; Rutta, Berni; Saarijärvi, Chanton; Karrer, Le Coultre; Sutter; Puljujärvi, Manninen, Granlund; Praplan, Jooris, Vesey; Ignatavicius, Pouliot, Hischier; Miranda, Verboon, Rod; Akeson.

Biel: Säteri; Hultström, Zryd; Dionicio, Blessing; Luca Christen, Stampfli; Moser; Rajala, Andersson, Hofer; Sallinen, Haas, Sever; Sylvegard, Cajka, Neuenschwander; Sablatnig, Müller, Kneubuehler; Bärtschi.

Remarks: Genève-Servette without Mayer (sick), Bozon, Brassard and Richard (all injured), Biel without Grossmann (injured), Burren (sick) and Huuhtanen (supernumerary foreigner). Biel without a goalkeeper from 57:12 to 59:51.

SCL Tigers - Fribourg-Gottéron 3:4 (0:2, 2:0, 1:2)

6000 spectators (sold out). - SR Wiegand/Hungerbühler, Stalder/Francey. - Goals: 13. De la Rose (Rathgeb, Borgström/powerplay goal) 0:1. 16. Borgström (Wallmark, Kapla/powerplay goal) 0:2. 26. Malone (Rohrbach, Allenspach/powerplay goal) 1:2. 39. Julian Schmutz (Flavio Schmutz) 2:2. 47. Rattie (De la Rose, Kapla/powerplay goal) 2:3. 50. Nicolet (Rathgeb) 2:4. 58. Malone (Erni, Björninen) 3:4 (without goalkeeper). - Penalties: 6 times 2 minutes against SCL Tigers, 8 times 2 minutes against Fribourg-Gottéron. - PostFinance top scorers: Petersson; Schmid.

SCL Tigers: Boltshauser; Riikola, Baltisberger; Kinnunen, Mathys; Erni, Paschoud; Lehmann; Rohrbach, Björninen, Pesonen; Petersson, Felcman, Allenspach; Julian Schmutz, Malone, Flavio Schmutz; Petrini, Salzgeber, Lapinskis; Bachofner.

Fribourg-Gottéron: Berra; Rathgeb, Kapla; Glauser, Streule; Seiler, Nemeth; Johnson; Rattie, Wallmark, Schmid; Bertschy, Borgström, Biasca; Sprunger, De la Rose, Marchon; Nicolet, Walser, Reber; Dorthe.

Remarks: SCL Tigers without Meier (injured) and Mäenalanen (sick), Fribourg-Gottéron without Etter, Sörensen (both injured), Arola and Rau (both overtime). SCL Tigers without goalkeeper from 56:49 to 57:07 and from 57:28 on.

Lugano - ZSC Lions 1:4 (0:1, 1:2, 0:1)

5640 spectators. - SR Tscherrig/Ruprecht, Obwegeser/Bichsel. - Goals: 4th Grant (Rohrer/underpaid goal!) 0:1. 31st Carrick (Fazzini) 1:1. 37th Andrighetto (Grant, Lehtonen) 1:2. 39th Andrighetto (Kukan, Balcers) 1:3. 60th (59:33) Lammikko (Frödén/underpaid goal!) 1:4 (into the empty net). - Penalties: 1 x 2 minutes against Lugano, 4 x 2 minutes against ZSC Lions. - PostFinance top scorers: Fazzini; Andrighetto.

Lugano: van Pottelberghe; Alatalo, Jesper Peltonen; Carrick, Brian Zanetti; Aebischer, Togni; Meile; Simion, Thürkauf, Emanuelsson; Fazzini, Sanford, Tanner; Perlini, Kupari, Sekac; Marco Zanetti, Morini, Bertaggia; Henry.

ZSC Lions: Hrubec; Kukan, Lehtonen; Ustinkov, Marti; Trutmann, Schwendeler; Niedermann; Andrighetto, Grant, Balcers; Frödén, Lammikko, Hollenstein; Rohrer, Baechler, Gruber; Baltisberger, Sigrist, Schreiber; Olsson.

Remarks: Lugano without Canonica, Dahlström, Müller, Aleksi Peltonen (all injured) and Valk (supernumerary foreigner), ZSC Lions without Bader, Geering, Malgin, Riedi, Weber (all injured) and Sundström (supernumerary foreigner). Lugano without a goalkeeper from 56:58 to 59:33.

Rapperswil-Jona Lakers - Kloten 6:4 (0:1, 3:1, 3:2)

4995 spectators. - SR Kaukokari/Gerber, Cattaneo/Bürgy. - Goals: 15. Simic (Meyer, Gignac/powerplay goal) 0:1. 22. Rask (Larsson, Jensen/powerplay goal) 1:1. 25. Jensen (Taibel) 2:1. 27. Morley (Gignac) 2:2. 31. Jensen (Larsson, Wetter) 3:2. 44. Albrecht (Hofer) 4:2. 49. Morley (Meyer, Gignac) 4:3. 52. (51:11) Albrecht (Moy/powerplay goal) 5:3. 53. (52:39) Aberg (Henry/powerplay goal) 5:4. 56. Lammer (Maillet, Moy) 6:4. - Penalties: 4 times 2 minutes each. - PostFinance top scorers: Moy; Lindroth.

Rapperswil-Jona Lakers: Nyffeler; Pilut, Maier; Capaul, Larsson; Henauer, Jelovac; Dufner; Zangger, Rask, Wetter; Moy, Maillet, Lammer; Fritz, Taibel, Jensen; Hofer, Albrecht, Graf.

Kloten: Waeber; Delémont, Lindroth; Wolf, Steve Kellenberger; Profico, Steiner; Hausheer; Meyer, Gignac, Morley; Simic, Leino, Puhakka; Aberg, Henry, Ramel; Weibel, Diem, Schäppi; Derungs.

Remarks: Rapperswil-Jona Lakers without Dünner, Quinn (both injured), Honka (supernumerary foreigner) and Strömwall (suspended), Kloten without Klok (supernumerary foreigner). Kloten without goalkeeper from 57:10.

Ajoie - Ambri-Piotta 2:3 (0:1, 1:1, 1:0, 0:0) n.P.

Pruntrut. - 3913 spectators. - SR Stolc/Dipietro, Urfer/Meusy. - Goals: 8. Formenton (Manix Landry, Virtanen) 0:1. 24. Nättinen 1:1. 35. Bachmann 1:2. 56. Honka (Mottet) 2:2. - Penalty shoot-out: Pestoni -, Devos -; Joly -, Nättinen -; Formenton 0:1, Honka -; De Luca 0:2, Hazen 1:2; Heed -, Mottet -. - Penalties: 4 times 2 minutes against Ajoie, 6 times 2 minutes against Ambri-Piotta. - PostFinance top scorers: Honka; Joly.

Ajoie: Keller; Reunanen, Honka; Nussbaumer, Fey; Berthoud, Christe; Pouilly; Robin, Bellemare, Nättinen; Cormier, Devos, Mottet; Cavalleri, Romanenghi, Pedretti; Hazen, Wick, Schmutz.

Ambri-Piotta: Philip Wüthrich; Dario Wüthrich, Virtanen; Heed, Bachmann; Zgraggen, Zaccheo Dotti; Isacco Dotti; Joly, Manix Landry, Formenton; Müller, Heim, De Luca; Bürgler, Tierney, Borradori; Grassi, Lukas Landry, Pestoni; Muggli.

Remarks: Ajoie without Bozon, Fischer, Friman, Garessus, Gauthier, Patenaude, Pilet, Sopa, Thiry and Turkulainen (all injured), Ambri-Piotta without Kostner and Zwerger (both injured). Ajoie without a goalkeeper from 64:59 to 65:00.