Växjö Lakers HC won 3-1 at HK Nitra in regulation, erasing a one-goal deficit with three unanswered goals in the third period. The result was decided in the final frame after a scoreless opening period and a Nitra lead through two.
Nitra struck first at 33:00 when Martin Vitalos scored from Tomas Chrenko, making it 1-0. Växjö answered quickly in the third: Karl Henriksson tied it at 46:00, Brian Cooper put the visitors ahead at 47:00, and Lucas Elvenes sealed it at 50:00 with an assist from Peter Cehlárik.
The difference was Växjö's third-period burst, outscoring Nitra 3-0 in a decisive stretch. Elvenes's insurance goal capped the comeback and secured the road regulation win.