HC Sparta Praha took a 4-2 decision over HC Motor Ceske Budejovice in regulation, and the third period did the work: three goals after trailing through the opening twenty. Sparta scored once in the second and three times in the third after a 0-1 first.
Nick Olesen opened it at 13 for Motor, set up by Robert Lantosi, and that 0-1 line held into the second until Michael Spacek tied it at 32 off a Filip Chlapik feed. Tomas Hyka made it 2-1 at 42 with Ondrej Najman assisting, and the turning point came at 54: Filip Ahl levelled at 2-2 from Renars Krastenbergs, and Devin Shore answered in the same minute, Pavel Kousal credited, for 3-2.
The number that matters is the three-goal third, with Shore's immediate response the swing. Sparta's scoring came from four different names, all five listed goals assisted, and Motor never led after the first intermission.