Reprezentacia SR took this one 7-5 in regulation, and the margin traces back to a four-goal opening period that bought them enough cushion to survive a wobble. Zilina answered twice in the first and twice more in the second, but the hosts had the better of the third.
It was 4-2 after twenty minutes, then Zilina's 2-0 middle frame wiped out the lead and made it 4-4 heading to the third. The hosts settled it from there, winning the final period 3-1 to close at 7-5 — a stretch that doubled as the turning point.
Twelve goals in a game that never went past regulation tells the story of two leaky defensive structures. The cleanest number for Reprezentacia SR is their first-and-third split: 7 goals across those two periods, none in the second.