Fribourg-Gottéron poured it on against Genève-Servette, pilling one goal after another in this Round of 16 First Game. The game grew increasengly tense, even with a flurry of penalties - including some 20-minute long sanctions. Fribourg ultimately blew past Genève with a 6-1 win to take a very comfortable lead into next week's Return Game at home.

Midway through the opening frame, Fribourg's Ludvig Johnson opened the scoring, netting his first of the season to put the visitors 1-0 up. A few minutes later, Fribourg almost doubled their lead, but the goal was eventually waived off following a video review. Undeterred, they kept the pressure up and Marcus Sörensen finally made it 2-0 for Fribourg with three minutes still left on the clock. Despite chances, no more goals came in the remainder of the first period, sending the Swiss team from Fribourg into the first intermission carrying a well-earned two-goal advantage and Geneva scratching their heads on what's going wrong.

Carrying the momentum into the second frame, Fribourg seemed unstoppable, adding yet another two goals to their tally, but Geneva finally broke through as well. Matthew Verboon converted on a powerplay, picking the top left corner to make it a 4-1 game. The game also turned physical near the end of the period, resulting in 20-minute Cross-checking penalties for both sides.

Fribourg stuck to the script in the final frame, adding two more goals through Sandro Schmid and Kevin Nicolet, who netted his second of the night. Tensions expectedly spilled over even further, leading to penalties for Fribourg's Simon Seiler, while Genève's Jimmy Vesey was called for Interference leading to a penalty shot that Fribourg failed to convert - not that they really needed to, as when the final buzzer sounded, the 6-1 scoreline mean Fribourg are definitely heading the right way towards the Champions Hockey League Quarter-Finals.