Hc05 Banska Bystrica took a 5-4 decision in Zvolen, the game settled in a shootout after the sides couldn't be separated through regulation and overtime. The visitors banked an early two-goal cushion and then survived a middle-period push to get the extra point.
Bystrica opened 2-0 in the first, and Zvolen answered with a 3-1 second to lead 3-3 on the running score heading to the third. Each side scored once in the final frame for 4-4, and a scoreless overtime sent it to the skills competition, where the visitors converted the only goal.
The number that matters: Zvolen's three-goal second period, the swing that erased the deficit but not the result. Without an individual goal ledger, the separator was the shootout, won 1-0 by Banska Bystrica.