The Swiss spoiled the home side's season-opener in OT as EV Zug took down Luleå Hockey by a score of 3-2. Lukas Bengtsson, donning the Top Scorer sweater, found space in the slot before firing it past Matteus Ward at 62:30 to steal the extra point.

Luleå's powerplay made its debut near the midway mark of the first where they managed to convert on the opportunity thanks to a tap-in goal by Filip Eriksson. The puck slid across the crease and onto the stick of the 20-year-old who parked himself at the top of the blue paint as he deposited it past the right pad of Leonardo Genoni.

The Swiss found the equaliser early in the second on behalf of an excellent individual effort by Lino Martschini. Martschini intercepted the puck in the neutral zone before skating down the right wing and wristing it past the left pad of Ward.

A little over five minutes later, Tomáš Tatar gave Zug the lead during a delayed penalty call. The former NHLer's pass attempt ricocheted off an opponent's stick and into the net to make it 2-1 with ten minutes to play in the middle stanza.

Despite mounting pressure from the Swiss, the Swedes found themselves tied with Zug when Pontus Andreasson bulldozed his way past a pair of defenders before dishing a one-handed feed to Heikki Liedes, who promptly lifted the puck past Genoni to make things level at 2-2.

With both sides still tied at two apiece at the end of regulation, overtime ensued. With nearly half the session gone, Bengtsson got control of the puck in the slot, picked his spot, and shot it past Ward to earn his club two points at the start of the 2025/26 CHL campaign.