ERC Ingolstadt filmed the third final game at EHC Red Bull Munich and thus remains in the championship race.
The Ingolstadt team defeated the EHC on Tuesday (04/18/23) 4:3 (2:2, 0:1, 2:0) and reduced the best-of-seven series to 1:2. In the first third, Ben Smith and Justin Schütz equalized the Ingolstadt openers from Wojciech Stachowiak and Frederik Storm.
Deep in the second period, Patrick Hager scored the Munich lead for the first time, which Stachowiak equalized with his second goal. Tye McGinn scored the winning goal just before the end of regulation time. Next Friday (April 21, 2023, 7:15 p.m.) Ingolstadt now have the chance to equalize in the fourth of seven possible games.
Ingolstadt strong from the start
The guests were a prime example of an efficient team in the first half of the game: the second shot on goal landed straight away, and after the interim equaliser, Ingolstadt used the first power play situation to put themselves in front again. But Munich couldn’t be shaken off and was eliminated before the third break.
The ERC dominated in period two, but it was the hosts who used one of their few opportunities to take the lead. Ingolstadt was the better team, but could not convert this into goals.
The last third was completely different: first Stachowiak scored the third goal for the Panthers before McGinn let the guests cheer completely.