Fuchse Duisburg handled Hannover Scorpions 5-2 in regulation, and the margin was built in the middle 20 minutes. A 2-0 second period turned a one-goal game into a two-score cushion the Scorpions never got back inside.
Duisburg took the first period 2-1 to lead after 20, then closed the second ahead 4-1. Hannover scored once in the third, but Duisburg answered in the same frame for the 5-2 final.
The number that defines it: Duisburg scored in all three periods and were only outscored in none of them, winning the first 2-1, the second 2-0 and splitting the third 1-1. With scoring details unavailable, the shape of the game is the story — control, period by period.