There’s a full schedule of games on the penultimate Saturday night of the 2025/26 Regular Season in the Elite Ice Hockey League.
With the league championship now decided and in the hands of Belfast Giants, it’s all about playoff seeding heading into the final games of the season.
For Guildford and Glasgow, there is a chance to climb a place higher when they meet at the Spectrum tonight at 6pm. The Flames’ win on Friday in Manchester makes finishing fifth a realistic possibility, while Clan moved level in seventh on Friday night with a home win over Fife.
At 7pm, Cardiff Devils host Manchester Storm with both sides needing a win to keep themselves in different races. The Devils can still finish second and have a game in hand on Nottingham and Sheffield above them. Storm have just a one-point cushion over Guildford after Friday’s loss, but have two games in hand. Both sides will play again tomorrow ahead of the final week of the season.
League champions Belfast Giants face Nottingham Panthers in part two of their double-header. With the league title now secured and the Giants guaranteed to finish first, the pressure is off for Adam Keefe’s men with five games to spare. Nottingham realistically need to come out of this weekend with something if they are to push for second.
Sheffield Steelers and Dundee Stars meet again, this time at the Utilita Arena, as the sides face off for the second time in 24 hours. It was a 3-1 win for the Steelers on Friday night, a result that saw them move into second.
Finally, the day ends with Coventry’s trip to Fife. The Flyers were shut out in Glasgow on Friday night, while Coventry did not play. The Blaze have five games to go to make up the five-point gap to Guildford in sixth, but are also now wary of being overtaken by Glasgow and dropping to eighth.
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