10 seconds!

Puck gets cleared again. Deschamps gave it away.

One minute remaining!

A huge mess infront of aus den Birken, but the puck gets cleared.

Visiting team timeout.

1:35 to go with an offensive faceoff for Oulu.

Another shot towards aus den Birken, who gave away a big rebound, but Oulu's striker could not connect.

Slapshot saved by aus den Birken. Another wrist shot just went wide. Now it's Oulu trying everything.

Köln is trying to play this safe. No more aggressive forechecking.

Now it's Kärpät who are trying to get the puck towards aus den Birken. This is a real nail-biter!

Tjärnqvist shots one. Saved by Karhunen. Johnson got blocked. Köln is just firing it!

The crowd turns loud and nobody is sitting anymore. They want this win, but Kärpät is still dangerous and can turn this back around with only one shot.

This time it's Oulu shooting a slapshot towards Danny aus den Birken, but he stops it under his pad. Powerbreak!

Köln finds their powerplay formation. Good passes and a hard slapshot by Tjärnqvist. But he misses the net.

Another redirect by Minard is saved by Karhunen. Things are heating up.

Köln is back in full strength and they hammer it towards Karhunen. The puck almost slipped through, but the whistle was blown. Powerbreak.

Köln with good penalty killing. They clear it twice and change their lines.

The game is getting a bit slower, but more exciting. Every mistake can lead to an important goal.

Philip Riefers with a slapshot from over 30 meters, misses the net – Icing is called.

Kärpät Oulu with a better start into the last period. Offensive faceoff for them.

First few shots of the period are easily turned away by aus den Birken.

Köln wants to play it physical. Stephens even finishes the check on the forechecking behind the net of Karhunen.

A giveaway from Adam Masuhr right to Chris Minard, but his slapshot is stopped by Karhunen.

Oulu back in full strength.

Philip Riefers goes coast to coast and tries a desperate but nice backhander in the last second – gets denied by Karhunen.

Gogulla to Tjärnqvist with a beautiful backdoor pass and Tjärnqvist fires it right away but only hits the post.

Jamie Johnson with a bad angle shot and the rebound gets cleared out of play, but this should be a penalty against Oulu!

Patrick Davis with another good chance for Kärpät Oulu, Falk gets the rebound and pushes the puck back to his goaltender who freezes it.

Mirko Lüdemann fires it twice towards the Finnish goaltender who saves them yet again. Strong goalie performance on both ends of the ice!

Odd-man-rush for Oulu, but the passes are not as perfect as they have to be. Aus den Birken saves another bounce and we will have a quick powerbreak.

Good Powerplay, but Stephens misses the net again with a hard slapshot.

Offensive face-off for Cologne, who are now playing with a one-man-advantage.

Big scramble in front of Danny aus den Birken, who works hard tonight. Penalty against Oulu coming up.

Lüdemann clears the puck to the neutral zone after Oulu found their Powerplay formation.

Fabio Pfohl sits in the penalty box.

Riefers fires one wide, Minard misses the net – Köln is trying an trying.

A first good try by Junttila who tries to cross the crease in front of aus den Birken, but could not beat him.

A shot by Ivan Huml is blocked by Köln. Kärpät stays in the zone of Köln though. No dangerous shot in this period yet.

Köln with aggressive forechecking and more puck possession during the first minute of the second period.

Empty net for Cologne with an offensive faceoff and 3.7 seconds on the clock.

First punches are traded in a fairly physical game, no penalties though with 11 seconds remaining in the first period.

Köln complete.

The entire LANXESS Arena goes "BOO" while Kärpät is trying to score in another 5-on-3 situation.

Big save by Danny aus den Birken, but another delayed penalty coming up!

5-on-5 again!

Oulu with high pressure in Powerplay, but Köln fires the puck out of their zone.

It looks like Köln has changed their lines. Coach Uwe Krupp is trying to come back, but we have another delayed penalty against Cologne

The second powerbreak of the first period might give Köln a chance to catch a breath after what just has happened to them.

Kärpät plays it really hard in front of Köln's Danny aus den Birken. Köln seems to have more shots on goal, but Oulu just finds the back of the net better than Köln.

Köln hammers it to the net of Oulu, but can't find a way to score. Oulu survives the Powerplay again.

Yet another Powerplay for the Kölner Haie who have the chance to tie an interesting match.

The game continues with another faceoff infront of Danny aus den Birken.

First Powerbreak of the game interrupts a really fast-paced matchup between the German runner-up and the Finnish champion.

Stephens with another big chance for Köln, but he misses the net. We are back to 5-on-5!

Another slapshot by Torsten Ankert from the blue line was saved and went wide out of play.

Karhunen saves the first try with his glove hand. 1 minute remaining in Powerplay

The Haie are trying to bounce back in Powerplay, but could not get a shot on goal yet.

Köln survives the remaining penalty after a crazy start of the game

Huge chances for Oulu in Powerplay after a lot of shots on goal and we have a delayed penalty call coming up!

First real shot on goal comes from Köln, but is easily stopped by Karhunen. No rebound.

Two early icings on both ends and Oulu gets the first chance in a 2-on-2 with no shot on goal.

Red and white lines up at the blue line for the CHL anthem. The start of the game is just seconds away!

Köln is entering the frozen surface first with loud fan support on both ends of the rink. Oulu is still waiting for their entrance.

10 minutes to go until the first puck drop. Köln will play in their red home jerseys today, while Oulu wears a white uniform. The fans are waiting for their teams to hit the ice.

Cramo Top Scorers:

Kölner Haie: Philip Riefers
Kärpät Oulu: Patrick Davis

Both teams are already warming up in Cologne's LANXESS Arena. Kärpät Oulu will play with a full roster of four lines and has only replaced 16-year-old Jesse Puljujarvi and Mikko Niemela with Markus Nutivaara and Sebastian Aho. The Kölner Haie are starting with only 17 players and 2 goalies as they are missing Alexander Sulzer, Andreas Holmqvist, Marcel Müller, Alexander Weiss and Evan Rankin.

Starting lineups:

Kölner Haie: Aus den Birken (Stefaniszin) – Mo. Müller (A), Riefers – Tjärnqvist, Krupp – Lüdemann, Ankert – Zerressen – Minard, Johnson, Gogulla – Tripp (C), Stephens, Pfohl – Ohmann, Falk (A), Schmölz – Iggulden

Kärpät Oulu: Karhunen (Tarkki) – Kukkonen (C), Masuhr – Glenn, Spang – Vallin, Nutivaara – Alikoski, Eminger – Davis, Deschamps, Pyorala (A) – Aho, Komulainen, Huml (A) – Donskoi, Kemppainen, Junttila – Suoranta, Keranen, Maenalanen

Referees: M. Wiegand (SUI), M. Brill (GER) – E. Berger (GER), A. Kowert (GER).

This is the rematch of Friday's exciting game between the Kölner Haie and Kärpät Oulu. Kärpät is looking to maintain the lead in the Champions Hockey League Group A while Köln will try to take revenge after a bitter loss in Finland just two days ago.

The Haie gave away a 2-0 lead within the last period in Oulu and finally lost after an exciting shootout thriller. Both goalies, Finnish champion Tomi Karhunen and Germany's runner-up Danny aus den Birken showed a strong performance in regulation time, so that we can expect another breathtaking and physical game in Cologne on Sunday evening.

For your information: Kärpät Oulu leads the CHL Group A with 8 points overall and 2 points infront of Bili Tygri Liberec. The Kölner Haie are placed third infront of HC Kosice with 4 points overall and have to earn further points tonight to keep their playoff hopes alive. Coverage will start one hour before the game.

Welcome. Game starts at 17:45.