Frölunda Gothenburg spilled out of the gates on fire, striking twenty-five seconds into the match. A wristshot rifled in by Christian Folin on the blueline put the Swedes up 1-0. Berlin faltered early giving the hosts their first powerplay of the night, which kept netminder Tobias Ancicka busy between the pipes. The Germans were lucky to come away unscathed as the team from Gothenburg unleashed pucks on net.

Berlin's Kevin Clark had a superb chance to equalise when he caught a breakaway chance, but was denied by Lars Johansson. With just under three minutes left in the period Berlin were successful in killing off penalty number two, but Frölunda would extend their lead before the intermission. Mats Rosseli-Olsen netted the tip, off a pass from Nicklas Lasu making it 2-0.

Frölunda continued their dominance in the second stanza sending bullets down every open lane, while the German visitors were largely kept to the perimeter. Ryan Lasch got in on the action at 26:27, feigning a pass to instead beat Ancicka short-side.

The Swedes had another man-advantage off a tripping call on Giovanni Fiore but had no luck despite a clinical succession of passes for almost two full minutes. Back on even strength Frölunda didn't take the foot off the pedal. Ryan Lasch skated down the left side drawing Ancicka wide, before feeding the puck to Jacob Nilsson who pulled the trigger from the high slot. Moments later Ancicka conceded goal number five, this time it would be Max Friberg who beat him on the glove side.

Success finally came Berlin's way 30 seconds into the third period when Korbinian Giebel wired the puck to the top right corner of the net, ending Johansson's chances of a shutout. Zach Boychuk nearly cut the deficit, but instead connected with the crossbar.

The pressure from Berlin continued, and netminder Johansson needed a maintenance break after his skate blade was shot out of place. After four unsuccessful powerplay chances, the Swedes finally ironed out their creases. A netfront scramble saw the puck reach the stick of Jere Innala who had a wide-open net.

Nicklas Lasu added to the tally with less than four minutes on the clock, and despite a duo of man-advantage chances for the Germans late in the period, a comeback was impossible. The final buzzer sounded with a final score of 7-1 in favour of Frölunda.