Angers handled Bordeaux 4-1 in regulation, and the game was effectively settled before the second intermission. A two-goal opening period gave the Ducs a cushion they never had to defend under pressure.
Angers led 2-0 after twenty minutes and pushed it to 3-0 through forty, controlling the middle period with the only goal of the frame. Bordeaux finally got on the board in the third, but the Ducs answered in the same period for the 4-1 final.
The number that matters is the shutout through two periods: Bordeaux needed until the third to score, by which point they were chasing three. Angers scored in all three periods, which is the simplest explanation for a comfortable night.

