Early mistakes cost Genève-Servette their fifth Champions Hockey League victory as Lukko Rauma held on to defeat the Swiss 3-2. Daniel Lebedeff faltered twice but managed to stop 39 of 41 shots, including making several timely saves, to help lead his team to their fifth victory.

A fortunate bounce gave the home team the lead 29 seconds into the contest as Brayden Burke picked up a loose puck at the top of the crease and put it past Robert Mayer to make it 1-0. Burke then found the net again off a giveaway from Mayer. The netminder slung an errant pass up center ice which was immediately intercepted by the Canadian who wasted no time in wristing it past the Swiss backstop to extend his club's lead.

Still in the first, Lukko were sent in on a 2-on-1 that eventually ended with Luka Tiihonen taking advantage of an unsettled Genève defence and a sprawling Mayer to secure his first of the competition at 12:28.

After 20 minutes, it was poor execution by the Swiss side that propelled Lukko to a three-goal advantage with the Finns controlling the pace in the opening frame despite being outshot 13-9.

Things started to settle down for Genève in the second stanza as they found themselves on the board five minutes in. Teemu Hartikainen converted on a partial 2-on-1, elevating a backhand feed from Tim Berni to cut Lukko's lead to two goals.

But Hartikainen's would be the only tally of period number two with both netminders denying every subsequent opportunity from the opposition. Lebedeff was particularly busy as Genève peppered the Finnish goalie with 11 more shots, but the backstop succeeded in making several key saves to maintain his team's two-goal edge.

Genève's comeback bid continued in the third when Berni picked up his second point on the night as he scored on the club's third powerplay attempt to bring his team to within one with over 12 minutes still to play in regulation.

The Swiss would go on another powerplay before period's end, but Lukko - highlighted by Lebedeff's play - managed to survive the extra attacker leaving the Finns with 15 points through six Regular Season games while the Swiss concluded theirs with 11.

Both will represent their respective countries when CHL Round of 16 action picks up in November.