The Edinburgh Capitals have moved back onto level points with the Excel Hull Stingrays as the battle for the final playoff spot intensifies with just 11 games remaining.
The Capitals beat the sixth placed Cardiff Devils 7-4 at their Murrayfield rink with Slovakian forward Martin Cingel notching himself an important hat trick.
The win takes the Capitals onto 29 points, level with the Stingrays, with a game in hand against the Devils in Cardiff. Perhaps crucially the Stingrays have six home games remaining to the Capitals five, whilst the sides face each other at the Hull Arena on the final day of the season, rendering a point difference of two points or less prior to the final day of the season irrelevant.
As it stands:
7th- Newcastle GP44, W 17, OTL4, L22, GF119, GA142, GDIFF -23, PTS 38
8th- Edinburgh GP42, W 12, OTL5, L25, GF127, GA200, GDIFF -73, PTS 29
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9th- Stingrays GP43, W 12, OTL5, L26, GF112, GA187, GDIFF -75, PTS 29
10th-BasBison GP43, W 08, OTL3, L32, GF111, GA211, GDIFF -100, PTS 19
Remaining games:
Edinburgh (12 games remaining)
18/02 @ Cardiff
21/02 v Coventry
22/02 @ Coventry
28/02 @ Manchester
01/03 v Newcastle
07/03 @ Cardiff
08/03 v Belfast
14/03 @ Nottingham
15/03 @ Coventry
21/03 v Manchester
22/03 @ Stingrays
Stingrays (11 games remaining)
21/02 v Cardiff
22/02 @ Sheffield
28/02 @ Belfast
01/03 v Nottingham
07/03 v Manchester
08/03 @ Manchester
14/03 @ Cardiff
15/03 v Basingstoke
21/03 v Cardiff
22/03 v Edinburgh
TBA @ Coventry
