Dynamo Pardubice took it 4-2 in regulation, and the whole thing turned on a seven-minute stretch of the middle period. Three goals between the 31st and 38th minutes flipped a one-goal deficit into a 3-1 lead Plzen never recovered from.
The first period produced nothing on the scoreboard, 0-0, before Adam Mechura opened it for Plzen at 25 minutes off a Christophe Lalancette feed. Milos Kelemen answered at 31 (Tomas Nosek), Matej Stransky made it 2-1 at 34 with Lukas Sedlak assisting, and Roman Cervenka finished the burst unassisted at 38. Dominik Simon pulled Plzen to 3-2 at 42 on a Filip Matyas assist, but Pardubice closed it out with a fourth at 58.
The number that matters: 3-1 on the period, Pardubice's second-period margin and the only period either side won. Cervenka's unassisted goal at 38 was the one that gave the hosts room, and the 58th-minute insurance ended any late push.