Manglerud Star took it 5-3 in regulation, and the middle period was the difference. A 2-0 second frame turned an even game into a two-goal cushion they never surrendered.
The teams traded goals in the opening period to sit 1-1 after twenty minutes. Manglerud Star then scored twice in the second to lead 3-1, and though Stjernen Hockey matched them 2-2 in the third, the gap held at the buzzer.
The number that matters is the second-period margin: 2-0. Stjernen Hockey outscored nobody over the final forty — they went even at 2-2 in the third — and that left them chasing a deficit built while they were shut out.