Course of the game
The Red Bulls came out of the dressing room full of pressure even without forward Ben Smith, who will have to rest for two to three weeks due to an upper-body injury. However, the visitors scored the first goal with their first shot at the Munich box. Cameron Brace scored to make it 1:0 for the Lions (8th). The answer of the champions followed only 101 seconds later: Abeltshauser from an acute angle - 1:1. Then the first power play for Frankfurt, which the Hessians used to take the lead again. Brace scored again (13.). And also this time Munich answered - with a dream combination. Austin Ortega to Ehliz, and he to DeSousa, who pushed the puck into the goal at the far post for 2:2 (19.). That was also the score at the break after 20 minutes.
In the middle period, both teams defended hard and concentrated. Clear chances had rarity value, Überzahlsituationen on both sides remained unused. If the Lions got through, Munich's goalie Mathias Niederberger was on the spot. And so the score remained unchanged at 2:2 going into the second period.
Also in the last period, the fans initially saw an even match. Then the Munich double strike: First Parkes scored after a no-look pass behind Patrick Hager's goal (49th) to make it 3:2, 51 seconds later the Red Bulls celebrated the 4:2 through Krämmer (50th). The Lions tried to come back, but Niederberger made an outstanding stop. In the 57th minute, Ehliz increased the lead for coach Toni Söderholm's team to 5:2 and scored his 99th PENNY DEL goal for the Red Bulls.