Statistical data before the matches of the 4th round of the Tipsport extra league:
HC Vítkovice Ridera (3rd) – HC Oceláři Třinec (8th).
Start of the match: 17:30.
Most productive players: Marek Kalus 3 matches/5 points (2 goals + 3 assists) – Libor Hudáček 3/3 (0+3).
Goalkeeper statistics: Lukáš Klimeš average 2.22 goals conceded per match, save success rate 94.83 percent – Ondřej Kacetl 0.48, 98.21 and kept a clean sheet once, Marek Mazanec 3.00, 88.00.
Points of interest:
– Vítkovice scored points in all three games in the new season – after losing at home to Pilsen 2:3 in overtime, they won 4:2 in Liberec and outclassed Olomouc 7:1 on their own ice.
– Mistrovský Třinec defeated České Budějovice 4:0 at home after the initial defeat at Sparta 0:3 and lost to Kometa Brno 1:2 after separate raids in front of their audience.
– Třinec won five of the last six Moravian-Silesian derbies with Vítkovice in the extra league.
– Vítkovice played against Třinec in August in preparation and won at home 5:1.
– Defender Bohumil Jank can return to the Třinec lineup after serving a one-game disciplinary penalty for a foul.
HC Energie Karlovy Vary (12th) – Mountfield Hradec Králové (13th).
Start of the match: 17:30.
Most productive players: Tarmo Reunanen 3/2 (1+1) – Jakub Pour 3/2 (2+0).
Goalkeeper statistics: Dominik Frodl 1.34 and 95.00 – Filip Novotný 2.54 and 90.91, Stanislav Škorvánek 2.77 and 86.36.
Points of interest:
– Karlovy Vary, after defeats in České Budějovice 0:3 and at home with Mlada Boleslav 0:2, broke through the poor shooting luck at Sparta on Sunday after 153 minutes and 39 seconds and won 2:1.
– After losing 2:4 in Litvínov and 1:2 at home with Kometa Brno, Hradec Králové won the first point on Sunday after defeating Liberec 3:4 after separate raids.
– Mountfield have won four of their last six head-to-head matches and have won eight in a row on Energie ice. Karlovy Vary beat Hradec Králové at home for the last time on February 28, 2020 (4:3 after separate raids).
HC Škoda Plzeň (10th) – HC Sparta Prague (9th).
Start of the match: 17:30.
Most productive players: Olivier Archambault 3/3 (0+3) – Aaron Irving 3/2 (2+0).
Goalkeeper statistics: Nick Malík 1.45 and 94.81, Dávid Hrenák 9.00 and 62.50 – Josef Kořenář 1.69, 90.57 and kept one clean sheet.
Points of interest:
– Plzeň lost to Litvínov 1:3 at home and in Mladá Boleslav 1:2 in extra time after winning on the ice of Vítkovic 3:2 in extra time.
– After a 3:0 victory over the champion Třinec, Sparta did not succeed in Kladno (2:4) or at home with Karlovy Vary (1:2).
– The Prague team won four times in a row in the extra league duels and did not lose a single point.
– Plzeň played against Sparta in August in preparation and won 1:0 at home after separate raids.
– Striker Kryštof Hrabík from Sparta will celebrate his 25th birthday on Tuesday.
White Tigers Liberec (7th) – HC Verva Litvínov (1st).
Start of the match: 18:00.
The most productive players: Róbert Lantoši 3/4 (2+2) – Ondřej Kaše 3/3 (3+0).
Goalkeeper statistics: Petr Kváča 2.62 and 91.49 – Matej Tomek 1.88 and 93.67.
Points of interest:
– After winning 2:1 in Brno, Liberec lost to Vítkovice 2:4 at home and won in Hradec Králové 4:3 after raids.
– Litvínov is the only one not to have lost a point thanks to victories over Hradec Králové 4:2, in Pilsen 3:1 and over Kladno 3:2.
– The White Tigers beat Litvínov three times in a row at home and did not lose a single point.
– Litvínov faced Liberec twice in August in preparation and won 4:1 at home and 3:2 away.
– Slovak striker Róbert Lantoši from Liberec will celebrate his 29th birthday on Tuesday.
HC Olomouc (14th) – Banes Motor České Budějovice (4th).
Start of the match: 18:00.
Most productive players: Petr Fridrich 3/2 (2+0) – Nick Olesen 3/3 (3+0).
Goalkeeper statistics: Matěj Machovský 4.00 and 84.62, Jakub Sedláček 6.60 and 83.58 – Jan Strmeň 1.00 and 95.65, Milan Klouček 2.00, 93.10 and kept a clean sheet once.
Points of interest:
– Olomouc is the only team that has not yet scored – it lost in Mladá Boleslav 2:4, at home with Pardubice 2:4 and on the ice of Vítkovic 1:7.
– After a 3:0 home win over Karlovy Vary, České Budějovice lost 0:4 in Třinec and won over Pardubice 6:1 in front of their own audience.
– Hanáci beat Motor four times in a row at home.
– Forward Lukáš Anděl from Olomouc will celebrate his 27th birthday on Tuesday.
– Forward Filip Přikryl from České Budějovice can play his 200th match in the extra league.
HC Dynamo Pardubice (5th) – BK Mladá Boleslav (2nd).
Start of the match: 18:00.
Most productive players: Martin Kaut 3/4 (2+2) – Adam Jánošík 3/3 (2+1).
Goalkeeper statistics: Roman Will 2.98 and 90.28, Tomáš Vomáčka 3.00 and 87.50 – Dominik Furch 0.97 and 95.00.
Points of interest:
– After victories over Kladno 5:1 and in Olomouc 4:2, Pardubice lost 1:6 in České Budějovice.
– Mladá Boleslav won all three games at the start of the season – beating Olomouc 4:2 at home, Karlovy Vary 2:0 away and Pilsen 2:1 in overtime on their own ice.
– Defender Andrej Šustr can return to the Pardubice lineup after serving a one-game disciplinary penalty for a foul.
– Finnish defender Alex Lintuniemi from Mladá Boleslav celebrates his 29th birthday today, and forward Vojtěch Hradec will turn 19 on Tuesday.
Rytíri Kladno (11th) – HC Kometa Brno (6th).
Start of the match: 18:00.
Most productive players: Tomáš Hanousek 3/3 (0+3) – Lukáš Cingel, Jakub Flek, Jakub Kos, Martin Zaťovič all 3/1 (1+0).
Goalkeeper statistics: Štěpán Lukeš 2.52 and 91.53, Adam Brízgala 5.00 and 82.14 – Michal Postava 1.30 and 94.67.
Points of interest:
– After losing in Pardubice 1:5, Kladno defeated Sparta 4:2 at home and lost in Litvínov 2:3.
– After defeating Liberec 1:2, Kometa won 2:1 in Hradec Králové and 2:1 in Třinec after separate raids.
– After six wins in a row in mutual matches, the Brno team lost at home to Kladno 2:3 in overtime.
– Attacker Jaromír Pytlík from Kladno will celebrate his 23rd birthday on Wednesday, and Canadian defender Rhett Holland from Kometa will turn 31 on the same day.
– Slovakian defender Marek Ďaloga from Brno can play his 400th game in the Czech Extraliga.
Table:
1.Litvínov3300010:592.Mladá Boleslav321008:383.Vítkovice3201013:674.České Budějovice320019:565.Pardubice3200110:966.Brno311015:457.Liberec311018:858.Třinec310115:549. Sparta310026:6310.Plzen301115:7311.Kladno310027:10312.Karlovy Vary310022 :6313.Hradec Králové300126:10114.Olomouc300035:150
