Neither club wanted a repeat of what happened on their first night of the 2021/22 CHL season, as Eisbären Berlin welcomed Skellefteå AIK to the Mercedes-Benz Arena for their second game of the campaign. Each suffered defeats at the hands of their Group E counterparts on Game Day 1 and both were looking to climb back into the competition.

Despite not having met since 2015/16, the rivalry between Berlin and Skellefteå hadn't waned. The Germans and Swedes skated hard and pushed the pace but with 3 minutes gone in the period, it would be Berlin's Matthew White who found twine first.

The lone goal-scorer from Thursday's match managed to put Berlin up early when Skellefteå's Gustaf Lindvall couldn't handle the puck cleanly, allowing White to slip it in during a goal-line scramble. 1 goal on 1 shot and the Germans were up and running.

White would continue his magic with a spectacular breakaway goal. After a miscue between the away side's defencemen, White found himself all alone and wristed one under the bar for his second tally of the night.

Already down by two, Skellefteå wouldn't waste time in making their presence known. An unforced turnover by Mathias Niederberger allowed Rickard Hugg to tuck one in shortside, and then a nifty backhand from Stefan Loibl knotted the game at 2 apiece only 4:15 into the second period.

Berlin kept their composure, though, and mustered their own momentum swing. A perfect pass courtesy of Zach Boychuk to a streaking Giovanni Fiore gave the forward just enough time to label one top corner past Lindvall. After allowing two goals, the Germans answered with one of their own, and Skellefteå's frustration began to show.

This was no more apparent than the yardsale in front of Lindvall following Fiore's tally.

With over ten minutes to go, Skellefteå had a chance to tie on a breakaway of their own but Niederberger stood his ground and kept the Germans ahead 3-2.

This would be just one of many ten-bell saves the Berlin backstop would make, including one that knocked his helmet off, to help carry Berlin's lead into the third.

After 40 minutes of non-stop back and forth between these two clubs, the third promised to continue the excitement.

And it delivered.

Shot after shot and save after save was made as Berlin and Skellefteå reignited a rivaly six seasons in the making.

Five minutes and change into the final frame, the Swedes would make the game interesting. Oskar Nilsson launched a harmless looking shot from the right circle and Jonathan Jonsson deflected it past a surprised Niederberger.

Moments later, Niederberger would be in the spotlight again, this time making a huge glove save and keeping Berlin's game alive. But his glory would be short-lived as Albin Sundsvik skated down mainstreet, changed his shooting angle slightly, and buried one to boost Skellefteå's lead.

Skellefteå went on the powerplay where Rickard Hugg would fire in an empty-netter to close out the game. The Swedes scored three unanswered goals in the third as they secured three points in their 5-3 win over Berlin.