Playoffs DEL EHC Red Bull München: Voices and Stats after Final 1

Saturday, 15. April 2023 | Playoffs DEL EHC Red Bull München: Voices and Stats after Final 1

Why Niederberger finds it easier to keep the rhythm at the hot danceVoices & Stats for the first final game// DEL - CURRENTGame 1 of the 2023 finals series was hard-fought and showed that the Red Bulls can also be successful when they are more defensive. That also helped Mathias Niederberger's sense of rhythm. The voices & stats.

Don Jackson: "We started well with the two goals, but then had to play six minutes shorthanded, which took a lot of energy. You could see that in the shot statistics in the second and third period. But we defended well and got the puck out of our own zone when we were under pressure. Mathias in goal was really strong."

Maximilian Kastner: "We came out the way we wanted to. We didn't give them any time or space and played very well the first two periods. In the final period we didn't get into our forecheck as well."

Frederik Tiffels: "We started really well, then Ingolstadt had a bit more share. At the end it became exciting, but Mathias was there for us. Our motto is full attack. We didn't always succeed today because Ingolstadt played well."

Mathias Niederberger: "We saw that we can also win if we play more defensively. When you get a lot of shots, it's more physically demanding but mentally easier. It's easier to stay in rhythm then. We have to stay disciplined and be compact even under pressure."

Pressekonferenz: Red Bull München vs. ERC Ingolstadt (14.04.2023)

// DEL - INTERVIEW

Mark French (Coach, ERC Ingolstadt): "We knew that Munich is the best team in the first period and they showed that in this game. In the second period we came in better. We had good opportunities and took one of them, but we weren't going to get the equalizer."

Leon Hüttl (defenseman, ERC Ingolstadt): "We spent a lot of time in the offensive zone from the second period on and played brutally well in the third period. After the tying goal, we gave everything again, but unfortunately it wasn't enough for the equalizer. We want to start in the next game where we left off today."

Highlights: Red Bull München vs. ERC Ingolstadt (14.04.2023)

// DEL - HIGHLIGHTS

Statistics

19:29 shots on goal: For the first time in these playoffs, the goal-scoring record did not favor the Red Bulls.

But the efficiency was right: Because the Red Bulls put 10.5 percent of their shots on goal into the net and Ingolstadt only 3.5 percent, our boys were jubilant after Game 1.

Mathias Niederberger saved 28 of the 29 shots on goal. His save percentage in now eight DEL finals games is an outstanding 94.9 percent.

Munich won almost two-thirds of the bullies in Game 1. The Red Bulls had the puck in their end after 35 of 53 face-offs (rate: 66 percent).

The power play is not yet a factor in this final series: both teams remained without a goal in six minutes of overtime each.

Frederik Tiffels scored for the first time in the current playoffs. It was also our forward's 50th DEL goal.

Game 2 on Sunday in Ingolstadt

On Sunday (14:15), the Red Bulls want to follow up in Ingolstadt. You can follow the game LIVE on our blog and on MagentaSport as well as on free TV on ServusTV.