On Sunday, the Vienna Capitals will play their last regular season game of the 2025/26 season. The Viennese will be guests at league leaders EC-KAC in the Heidi Horten Arena. For both teams it is still about a better starting position in the post-season. The Caps could secure seventh place and thus the pick in the pre-playoffs, the EC-KAC is aiming for the basic round victory. The game starts at 5.30 p.m. and will be broadcast on sporteurope.tv.
With yesterday’s 4:3 shootout win over Hydro Fehérvár AV19, the Vienna Capitals secured home advantage in the pre-playoffs, but the loss of points prevented them from reaching seventh place, which entitles them to choose their opponents in the pre-playoffs. In order to be in seventh place after the regular round, the Capitals need a point win of their own today or a point lost by the EC iDM Heat Pumps VSV, which is hosting HC Falkensteiner Pustertal at the same time. The recent past shows that the people of Klagenfurt don’t like the people of Vienna, to say the least. The KAC won the last 12 competitive games against the capital city team.
The Caps last won in the Heidi Horten Arena on March 15, 2022 to make it 3-1 in the playoff quarterfinals. From the team back then, only Armin Preiser, Christof Kromp and Dominic Hackl are still part of the Vienna Capitals. The latter scored his second goal of the season yesterday against Fehérvár. Captain Linden Vey also played an important role against the Hungarians. The Canadian prepared the goal to make it 1-0 and scored the game winner in the shootout. As against Hydro Fehérvár AV19, Erik Kirchschläger, Nelson Nogier and Marco Richter will be missing due to injury. A decision on whether Scott Kosmachuk will be used will be made on match day.
After 47 of 48 games played, the EC-KAC is at the top of the table in the win2day ICE Hockey League with exactly 100 points. The Klagenfurt team have already booked their ticket for the Champions Hockey League; in the last game of the regular season it is still a matter of retaining the top position. The EC-KAC only has to score the same points against the Caps as the Moser Medical Graz99ers did against the Steinbach Black Wings Linz. The Styrians, who won the direct duel against the Red Jackets, are the only competitors for first place. The EC-KAC also suffered its only defeat in the last six games against the Murstadt team. Yesterday the team of Kirk Furey and David Fischer won 6:3 at HCB Südtirol Alperia.
In the Heidi Horten Arena at home, the Red Jackets have been undefeated for four games in a row. Mathias From is the talisman of the Klagenfurt offensive. With 55 scorer points, the Dane has 19 points more than Jan Mursak and Nick Petersen, who follow with 36 points. From also leads his team in goals (27) and assists (28). From an official 1,372 shots on goal, the Red Jackets scored 170 goals. According to official statistics, the Klagenfurt team has the most efficient offense in the win2day ICE Hockey League with a hit rate of 12.39 percent.
Statement Kevin Constantine, head coach of the Vienna Capitals
The game is very important for both teams. For us it’s about seventh place after the basic round, Klagenfurt wants to come first. Accordingly, this will be a challenge for us. It’s generally difficult to survive in Klagenfurt, even more so when you still have a goal in mind. However, we can also use this last game as preparation for the pre-playoffs.
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