HC Skoda Plzen got past Mountfield HK 2-1 in regulation, and the margin came down to a second-period goal that never got answered. A scoreless third, with nothing on the board either way, was the tell: Plzen protected a one-goal lead for a full 20 minutes.
The opening period was traded evenly at 1-1. Ondrej Rohlik opened it at the fifth minute off a Christophe Lalancette feed, and Markus Nenonen replied at nine, set up by Viliam Cacho. Dylan MacPherson broke the tie at 23 minutes with Ville Petman assisting, and that 2-1 scoreline held through the middle and final frames.
MacPherson's goal was the only one scored after the first intermission by either side, and it decided the game. Petman and Lalancette each picked up the lone assist on a Plzen goal; Nenonen and Cacho accounted for the entire Mountfield output.