Despite GKS Tychy’s early goal in the first period, it was Djurgården Stockholm who controlled the match and who were able to put 6 goals past opposition goalie Kamil Lewartowski on the night.

Tychy knew what was ahead of them and they expected a very tough game, but what they probably didn’t expect was that they would score first. With 12 minutes played, defender Denis Akimoto utalized a powerplay and put the home team up unexpectedly. Djurgården were quick to react though, as just 2 minutes later Alexander Holtz, who ended with 2 goals and 1 assist, slotted home a goal to tie the score at 1-1. Djurgården kept up the pressure and forward Mattias Guter added his team’s second goal from a power play situation just seconds before the whistle. Powerplays proved to be the big differentiator between the two teams, as in the end 6 out of the 8 goals of the game came on the man advantage

Djurgården went down to 4 men three times in the second period, but Tychy just couldn’t seem to score, and with 40 minutes of game time up, the score was still 1-2 for Djurgården. Just 26 seconds into the third period, Alexander Holtz added his second on the night. Tychy reacted with a much more physical approach to the game. The penalties they gained through this, Christian Mroczkowski’s 2+2 minute penalty for charging and Jakub Witecki’s 2+2 minute penalty for elbowing, gave Djurgården too much space to create and three powerplay goals and one Bartłomiej Jeziorski strike later the score settled at 2-6.