Garrett Festerling battles his way into the offensive zone thanks to some highlight-reel stick handling, but his shot is deflected wide.

Teemu Lassila is forced to make another save, it's not easy for the Tampere goalie even in the last minute of the game.

With not much time remaining, the home team is putting on a show and the whole arena is standing on its feet.

Marcel Goc's shot is deflected into the netting, there will be a face-off in front of Teemu Lassila.

After a hand pass by one of the home players, a face-off in the neutral zone will follow.

The Eagles deflect the puck into the offensive zone as the clock is slowly starting to wind down here in the third.

Plachta sends an opponent flying into the Tappara goalie but Lassila recovers immediately, so the play can continue.

Play is blown dead and another power break will follow.

Mathieu Carle joins the rush and tries to tap the puck home from a very sharp angle, but Lassila is there in time.

The smooth-skating Finns are finally able to put some pressure on their opponents but that doesn't lead to anything that would trouble Endras.

Icing Adler, play will continue in front of Dennis Endras.

Jere Karjalainen is left free in front of Endras but the Tappara forward misread the pass and fails to get a shot away.

Sinan Akdag skates around the net and gives the puck to Richmond whose attempt sails wide.

Ryan MacMurchy is back on the ice, Adler is playing at full strength.

Andrew Joudrey collects the puck by the boards and transitions it to the offensive zone as MacMurchy's penalty is approaching its end.

Adler's penalty-killing unit is at its best tonight, the Mannheim players forced another face-off in front of Lassila.

An icing by Tappara will return the puck to the reigning Finnish champion's zone.

Carle's slapper from the bullion doesn't trouble Lassila but the play is blown dead due to some pushing and shoving in front of him.

Daniel Richmond jumps on the attack and fires one from the right circle but his shot is blocked by Lassila.

The last frame started off quite slowly on both sides, with Wolf's wide attempt being the only shot so far.

The crowd-favourite Ronny Arendt does a great job to open himself up on the left circle but his shot is held by Lassila.

Endras ends up laying on the ice and his net gets loose, so the play is blown dead.

The home team players get hold of the puck after a few misjudged passes in the neutral zone but they are obviously in no rush.

Teemu Lassila keeps the puck in his glove until the face-off to calm things down.

Icing by Tampere, we will have another draw in Adler's offensive zone.

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Teemu Lassila holds on for the draw, a power break will follow.

Nikolai Goc calms the play down and waits behind his net so that his teammates can head towards the bench.

Rauhala's attempt flies wide of the right post but the guests playing in white and orange jerseys are still in the zone.

Icing Tampere, play will return into Lassila's vicinity.

Tardif is thrown at the boards by one of the Tappara defensemen but no penalty is being given this time.

David Wolf is hit by one of the opponents on Tappara's blue line but Sean Simpson's side is able to reorganise quickly.

Icing Tappara, there will be a face-off in front of Teemu Lassila.

Savinainen is bumped in the boards nicely by Jamie Tardif but the pressure still continues.

Ilomaki misses from the top of the right circle but the Tampere players are still keeping the puck in the opponent's zone.

MacMurchy's pass doesn't find anyone in a red jersey and the guests fire the puck to the neutral zone.

Plachta jumps on a breakaway right after returning on the ice but Lassila makes a shoulder save.

Nurmi's one-timer from the slot is held by the Adler goaltender but the pressure continues.

Jere Karjalainen shoots from a sharp angle but his attempt doesn't surprise Endras.

Vali-Matti Savinainen blasts one from the point but Endras is there to make a pad save.

Mannheim is at full strength as Raedeke jumps back on the ice.

Jarvinen's pass flies out of the zone, it seems like nothing else will happen before the buzzer.

The Eagles shoot the puck away with less than a minute remaining in the period.

Jamie Tardif has an opportunity to jump on the rush but opts not to and heads towards the bench instead.

Joudrey tries his luck from the right side but Lassila makes no mistake this time.

Both teams are switching lines with less than four minutes remaining in the first frame.

Peltola fights his way to a deflected puck but his attempt from a sharp angle is steered away by Endras.

There is some pushing and shoving after the whistle in front of Lassila but no penalties are given this time.

Dennis Endras takes no risks and keeps Roymark's attempt from the boards in his glove.

Teemu Lassila has to make yet another save, this time against Raedeke.

Nikolai Goc gets loose on the blue line but Lassila denies him and holds on. There will be a power break.

Johnson is back and Mannheim is playing at full strength!

Otso Rantakari shoots one from the point but Endras is there to make a pad save.

And again, Mathieu Carle angles the puck through the length of the ice.

The Eagles fire the puck to safety and the Finnish side will have to set up the attack from its own zone.

Wolf does a great job to skate around the offensive zone but his pass doesn't find anyone on the blue line.

Both teams are switching lines, Saravo is waiting behind his own net for his teammates.

Peltola gets a shot away again after a tic-tac-toe play by Tappara but Endras makes a shoulder save this time.

Marcel Goc fights his way from the corner and gives the puck to MacMurchy who is denied by Lassila.

Adler is at full strength, Nikolai Goc jumps back on the ice.

Otso Rantakari shoots a bullet from the blue line but Dennis Endras is there with his catching glove.

Offside Tappara, no chances for the guests so far on this man advantage.

Advantage for Tampere.

The guests do a great job to transition to the offensive zone but Ilomaki's pass doesn't get through the Adler defence.

The play is quickly blown dead in the Tappara zone, there will be a face-off in front of Teemu Lassie.

Both teams are on the ice, we are just a few minutes away from the opening draw!

Starting lineups:

Adler Mannheim: Endras (Proske) – Johnson, Richmond, Akdag, Carle, Reul, N. Goc, Bittner – Festerling, Kolarik, Wolf – M. Goc, MacMurchy, Ullmann "A" – Raedeke, Plachta, Tardif – Kink "C", Sparre, Arendt "A". Head coach: Sean Simpson.

Tappara Tampere: Lassila (Hrachovina) – Kemilainen, Elorinne, Saravo, Rantakari, Salonen, Sammalkangas, Rouhiainen, Honkanen – Lajunen "A", Haapala, Peltola "C" – Karjalainen, Roymark, Jarvinen "A" – Nurmi, Savinainen, Ilomaki – Rauhala, Heikkila, Jasu. Head coach: Jussi Tapola.

Referees: Linde (SWE), Krawinkel – Gossmann, Lajoie (All GER).

A home loss to HC Lugano in their first game means Adler Mannheim really need a win tonight against a team that has made it to the CHL Round of 16 in each of the past two seasons.
"We have a very tough opponent with Tampere, but after our opening loss we are looking for a reaction from our team to keep us in with a chance," said head coach Sean Simpson ahead of tonight's game.
For Tappara, tonight marks their first game of the competition, something forward Jere Karjalainen is looking forward to. "It's good to be back playing CHL games against a couple of really tough teams. Starting with away games we get to have a nice little trip with the guys and see more than just our home rink, and that gives us a boost for sure. I'm very eager to see the crowd in Mannheim – we've been hearing a lot about it beforehand," he said.

Welcome. Game starts at 18:00.