Fife Flyers suffered a 9-3 defeat at high-flying Nottingham Panthers after being blitzed by five goals in the opening 20 minutes.
The Kirkcaldy club bounced back to win the middle session 3-2 but lost the final period 2-0.
The 6,722 fans in the Motorpoint Arena saw their favourites outshoot Fife 38-30 and it took the home side only 4min 08sec to open their account when Hugo Roy beat Fife netminder Janis Voris.
On Saturday, Scott Conway netted the game-winner but Elite League pace-setters, Belfast Giants, had to hang on as basement club Fife Flyers took them to the wire at Kirkcaldy.
Conway’s goal came after 45min 25sec when he was set up by David Goodwin and Gabe Bast for a 4-2 scoreline, but Charles-Antoine Paiement scored Fife’s third to set up a grandstand finish against a club buzzing after winning the Challenge Cup in midweek.
Yes, Fife were outshot 33-14 over the 60 minutes, but interim head coach, Johnny Curran, felt his men put in a good performance after what he described as a slow start by both teams.
PICTURE: Michael Cichy battles for the puck v Belfast Giants at Kirkcaldy. Picture by Jillian McFarlane and courtesy of the Elite League
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