This bout between the Belfast Giants and Lausanne HC started with a bang and went out with a whisper as the Swiss secured their first victory of the season in a ten-goal game that saw each side exchanging tallies within seconds before Lausanne took over in the latter half and never let up. 

Just 1:16 into the contest, each side had already solved their opponent's netminder as both clubs had their legs going early in a first period that saw Belfast and Lausanne manufacture multiple goals within the span of the first seven minutes. 

The Swiss found themselves on the board first after Drake Caggiula skated into a loose puck and let it rip from between the hashmarks to net his first of three tallies on the night 56 seconds in. That momentum was gone 20 seconds when Patrick Grasso authored his second of the season on a breakaway.

Moments later, the teams traded goals in quick succession again. First, Lausanne's Austin Czarnik converted on a penalty shot, beating Alexis Gravel far side.

Then the visitors scored twice in under a minute to make it a 3-2 game. David Goodwin secured his club's second breakaway tally for his third of the campaign and Marcus Eriksson notched his first when he whistled it over the stick of Connor Hughes.

First period scoring concluded with Lausanne tying things at 3-3 when Ken Jäger deflected a shot from just above the blue paint.

The middle stanza started with Ahti Oksanen putting his team ahead at 25:32. Czarnik followed up with his second of the night and then, with less than seven minutes to play in the period, Caggiula found twine for a second time as the Swiss fashioned themselves a three-goal cushion after 40 minutes of play.

The 31-year-old cemented his hat-trick, and with it Lausanne's first victory, on the powerplay as he whacked home a loose puck for his team's seventh tuck.