Bílí Tygři Liberec put away Graz 99ers 6-2 in regulation, and the margin was built almost entirely in the third period. A one-goal game for 40 minutes turned into a rout once Liberec scored four times in the final frame.
Liberec took the opening period 1-0 and carried that lead to the first intermission. The middle period was split 1-1, leaving it 2-1 after 40, and the turning point was the third: four unanswered-in-pace goals against one for Graz made it 6-2.
The number that defines it is the third-period split, 4-1 — Liberec's entire cushion came after the second intermission, having managed just a one-goal edge through two.