The Red Jackets travel to Hungary on Friday, where they will aim to end their season-long losing streak in away playoff games on Saturday and extend their lead in the quarterfinal series against Fehérvár AV19.
With one 2:1 lead in the “best-of-seven” quarter-final series behind him EC-KAC on Saturday March 21st 2026, in the fourth duel with Fehervar AV19. The Hungarians once again enjoy home advantage on the small playing field at the MET Aréna, the Red Jackets still want to be one of the last two Austrian teams in the competition to achieve their third victory and thus set the course for the semi-finals. The opening faceoff takes place at 7:15 p.mthe game can be seen in the live stream at.
The EC-KAC has completed half of his quarter-final task against Székesfehérvár, and on Thursday he achieved the second of four necessary victories on his own ice. After an error-filled starting third (3:3), the Klagenfurt team dominated the action from the first break at the latest and ultimately scored one clear 8:3 home windem Nick Petersen left his mark with six scorer points. In the third duel with Fehévár AV19, the Red Jackets acted very purposefully on offense and recorded no less than 21 shots on goal from the slotwhich for them (after the home game against Ferencvárosi TC at the beginning of October). second highest value of the current season represented. As outstanding proved to be the red and white in game three Outnumbered gamewhich only allowed three shots on goal in six minutes with a numerical disadvantage and at the same time cleared its own zone an impressive 16 times. The current one 2:1 series lead should be for the record champions good omen his: The Carinthians found themselves in a “best-of-seven” duel 19 times so far in such a situation again, In 14 cases, the knockout confrontation ended positively for themthey made it 3-1 twelve times in the fourth encounter. For the EC-KAC, game four on Saturday will also be about its current weakness away from home to overcome: The Red Jackets conceded across all seasons Five defeats away from home in a row in the playoffsin these games in Linz and Salzburg (twice each) and this year in Székesfehérvár they also scored in total just an alarming two hits (with a total of 15 goals conceded).
In addition to the long-term failures Jordan Murray, Thomas hundred pounds and Luka Gomboc The Red Jackets also have to play in the fourth quarterfinal game Clemens Unterweger waive. The defender is still ill and will not travel to Székesfehérvár on Friday. Accordingly, the EC-KAC lineup in the away game on Saturday evening can be assumed to be unchanged compared to the home game on Thursday. In addition to the regular staff, the Red Jackets are as usual in the playoffs Michael Sure as an additional goalkeeper part of the delegation.
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