Glasgow Clan beat Fife Flyers 5-2 at Braehead in the Challenge Cup with five different players finding the net.
The home side edged the opening session 2-1 and won the middle stanza 2-0 before drawing the third.
Clan outshot Flyers 34-18 in the contest and it took the Braehead combine only 1min 14sec to open their account.
Lucas Chiodo levelled less than two minutes later but the home side moved to a 4-1 lead and saw the game out despite Tyler Heidt netting a second for Flyers.
Fife were awarded a penalty shot late on with the score at 4-2 but Phelix Martineau hit the crossbar and head coach, Tom Coolen, felt that if he had scored then that could have made a difference.
Elsewhere, Dundee lost 5-2 at home to Belfast Giants in the Elite League and Cardiff Devils hammered Manchester Storm 6-0 in the North West.
Guildford Flames lost 4-3 at home to in-form Coventry Blaze and Nottingham Panthers edged arch rivals Sheffield Steelers 4-2 in Yorkshire.
On Sunday, Nottingham host Dundee and Fife are at home to Steelers, face-off here is 17.15.
PICTURE: Right wing Drake Pilon (white shirt) fights for the puck with Liam Finlay at Braehead on Saturday. Picture by Al Goold and courtesy of the Elite League
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