Nottingham won 6-3 in Guildford, taking the game in regulation without ever trailing after the first intermission. Three goals in the opening period set the terms, and the Panthers answered every push that followed.
Guildford scored twice in the first but Nottingham's three put the visitors up 3-2 after 20 minutes. The middle period was the separator: a 2-1 edge made it 5-3, and a single third-period goal closed it out at 6-3.
The decisive number is the period-by-period count — Nottingham won all three frames, 3-2, 2-1 and 1-0, and Guildford was scoreless over the final 20 minutes.