Tornado Niesky gutted out a close 5-3 win against EHV Schönheide.

No lead was more than two goals during the contest, and the winning goal was scored by Andreas Brill at 11:00 of the third period.

Tornado Niesky was paced on offense by Daniel Bartell and Brill, who combined for four points. Bartell tallied two goals and Brill also added one goal and one assist.

Tornado Niesky was often in penalty trouble, totaling nine minors and one major for 43 minutes in penalty time. The total exceeded the 24.0 minutes per game Tornado Niesky had been spending in the box.

Tornado Niesky also got points from Marcel Linke, who also finished with one goal and two assists and Sebastian Greulich, who also registered one goal and one assist. More assists for Tornado Niesky came via Sven Becher, Daniel Wahne, Mojmir Musil, and Marco Noack, who contributed one a piece.

EHV Schönheide's offense operated below it season average. EHV Schönheide puts an average of 5.7 pucks into the net per game. EHV Schönheide struggled to stay out of the sin bin throughout the game as it finished the game with 16 penalty minutes for six opposing power plays.

EHV Schönheide was led by Mike Losch, who grabbed two goals. Losch scored the first of his two goals at 20:00 into the first period to make the score 2-2. Martin Sekera picked up the assist. Losch's next tally made the score 3-2 EHV Schönheide with 17:58 left in the second period. Roy Hähnlein provided the assist. Christian Heumann also scored for EHV Schönheide. In addition, EHV Schönheide received assists from Petr Kukla, who had two.

For Tornado Niesky, Musil was ejected from the game. EHV Schönheide registered three goals on eight power play opportunities.