Dresdner Eislöwen skated away with a 5-3 regulation win over Lausitzer Füchse, putting together the sharper offensive night in a game decided by sustained pressure in the opening and closing frames. The visitors grabbed the early edge and never surrendered it.
Dresdner won the first period 2-1, matched Lausitzer with a 1-1 second, then closed the game with another 2-1 third to make the scoreline 2-3 after two periods and 3-5 at the final horn. Lausitzer scratched out single goals in each period but could not erase the deficit.
The numbers tell the story: each side scored in all three periods, but only Dresden produced multiple goals in a frame, and they did it twice. That extra punch in the first and third was the difference in a game that stayed competitive throughout.