Rouen Dragons took the Ligue Magnus road game 5-0 in regulation, and the margin was built almost entirely in two short bursts. Nice never led, never tied, and never got a puck past the Rouen goaltender across 60 minutes.
The first period decided it: three Rouen goals between the 13th and 18th minutes made it 0-3 after 20. Nice steadied things through a scoreless middle frame, but the reprieve ended quickly in the third, when Rouen scored twice in the 48th and 49th minutes to close it out at 0-5.
The telling number is the clustering: five goals inside a combined seven minutes of game time, with 28 scoreless minutes in between. A shutout for Rouen's goaltender finishes the night, and Nice leaves without a goal to show for it.