HC Slovan Bratislava took a 1-0 decision in Zilina, settled in regulation on a single middle-period goal. One mistake was the whole margin.
The opening period went by scoreless, 0-0 after 20 minutes. Jan Petriska broke it at 26 minutes, with Fabian Andrej Licko credited for the assist, and that 0-1 line held through the second and a scoreless third.
Petriska's goal was the only one of the night, and Licko's feed the only assist on the sheet. Slovan's lead never grew and never needed to.