Bili Tygri Liberec won 5-3 in Mlada Boleslav, never trailing across 60 minutes of regulation. Every time the home side drew level, Liberec answered — the last time within two minutes.
Filip Jansa opened it in the 6th off an Ondrej Prochazka feed, Petr Zamorsky tied it in the 9th, and Lukas Kachlir put Liberec back ahead in the 11th for a 1-2 first period. Adam Musil made it 1-3 in the 22nd before Jordan Martel's 40th-minute goal cut it to 2-3; the turning point came in the third, when Steven Jandric leveled at 3-3 in the 54th and Martin Fasko-Rudas restored the lead two minutes later.
The number that frames it: Liberec scored in all three periods, going 2-1-2 by frame, and led after each one (1-2, 2-3, 3-5). Fasko-Rudas, assisted by Layton Ahac, supplied the decisive goal in the 56th.