When these final five games are done and dusted, we'll have a complete Regular Season and know which 16 teams will be moving on to the Playoffs and which eight teams will be ending their 2023/24 Champions Hockey League journeys - it's time for the final five games of the Regular Season!
Oceláři Třinec will kick-start the second day of Game Day 6 when they take on the Aalborg Pirates in the Werk Arena at 18:00 CEST. Třinec are just points away from Playoffs qualification and will be looking to secure their spot with a regulation win on home ice.
HC Košice may be out of contention for the Top 16 but will be hoping to end their return to the pan-European competition with a solid performance against Adler Mannheim on home ice. Catch this game at 18:30 CEST!
HC Bolzano and the Stavanger Oilers both also stand without a chance of making the Playoffs, so it's a battle of honor between these two with a first, and only, win of the season on the line for one of them. 19:45 CEST is the time this battle's set to start!
20:00 CEST will see the Rouen Dragons end their fourth CHL season against already-qualified Ilves Tampere, while the Belfast Giants will look to secure maximum points to give them the best possible chance of making the Playoffs!
Here’s today's full schedule (all times CEST):
18:00 Oceláři Třinec vs. Lahti Pelicans
18:30 HC Košice vs. Adler Mannheim
19:45 HC Bolzano vs. Stavanger Oilers
20:00 Belfast Giants vs. Dynamo Pardubice
20:00 Rouen Dragons vs. Ilves Tampere
Click one each match-up to read a full game preview!
Tie-Breaking Rules
As decisive games get closer, here are the following tie-breaking rules to keep in mind: Greater number of wins in regulation time (3-point wins) is the first tie-breaker if two teams have the same number of points, followed by greater number of wins in total, better goal difference and then more goals scored.
Please note that the decisive tie-breakers will only be applied to the final standings once the Regular Season is completed. For the full tie-breaking formula, see the CHL Sport Regulations.
Playoff Seeding
After the last Game Day 6 game, the Regular Season Standings will be finalised and the top 16 teams seeded into the Playoff Tree according to their position in the overall standings. The “ideal bracket” approach will apply, which means the first ranked team will be seeded against the 16th, 2nd vs 15th, 3rd v 14th. etc. No more Playoff Draw needed.
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