Mountfield HK took it 4-3 over HC Sparta Praha in regulation, and the game was effectively decided inside the opening five minutes. Three goals in that stretch gave the hosts a cushion they never fully surrendered.
Anders Koch opened it at 3 on a Robert Kousal feed, Alex Tamasi made it 2-0 a minute later from David Mudrak, and Lukas Radil pushed it to 3-0 at 5 with Radovan Pavlik assisting. Filip Chlapik got one back at 19 for 3-1, and when Dominik Masin scored at 31 to close it to 3-2, Radek Pilar answered two minutes later off David Sykora for 4-2 — the turning point. Jiri Sekac's goal at 46 trimmed it to 4-3, but the third period ended there.
Chlapik finished with a goal and an assist, the only multi-point night on the sheet. Sparta won each of the last two periods on the scoreboard by a goal, 1-1 in the second and 1-0 in the third, but the 3-1 opening frame was the difference.