Friday: Clan and Giants aiming for third

Photo: Al Goold

Glasgow Clan host Belfast Giants in the only Friday night action of Week 11 in the 2023/24 Elite Ice Hockey League.

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The teams meet six days after the Giants ran out 5-1 winners at the SSE Arena in Belfast. With both sides then having landed a win each on Sunday, they go into this fixtures tied on points for fifth place overall - both having 14 points from 13 games played. Whoever wins tonight will end the evening in third place.

Clan continue to have the league's hottest powerplay, striking 33.33% of the time; Belfast's meanwhile sits at just 16.67%, good for ninth overall.  Clan's biggest issue this season is goals against - at an average of 4.46 a game, they concede more than any other in the EIHL.

Belfast have won the three meetings between the teams this season. Aside from their meeting last weekend, the Giants took both wins in the Challenge Cup. Clan's last regular season victory over the Giants in Braehead was in January 2022, with six straight games going the Giants' way since there (playoffs excluded).