Starbulls Rosenheim took a 2-1 decision in Bad Nauheim, settled in regulation on the strength of a single second-period goal. In a game with three total goals, the margin came down to which team got the next one after the opening frame.
The first period ended level at 1-1, each side converting once. Rosenheim scored the only goal of the second to go up 1-2, and that stood as the turning point: the third period produced nothing on either side, leaving the visitors to protect a one-goal lead for twenty minutes.
The defining number is the scoreless third. Bad Nauheim did not solve the Rosenheim structure after the second-period go-ahead goal, and the visitors' goaltending and defensive layers closed it out at 1-2.