Steelers v Steelers
Sheffield Steelers
3 - 2
The Nottingham Panthers
Match Report
A short-benched Nottingham Panthers secured a point on the road in a 3-2 defeat by Sheffield Steelers after penalty shots.
The Panthers were without the injured trio of Mike Caruso, Carl Neill and Logan Neilson, while Jake Ryczek also missed out after picking-up an injury during Friday night's game in Dundee.
Former Steelers netminder Rok Stojanovic started between the pipes with Luca Sheldon as back-up.
No goals in quiet first period
A quiet opening period saw Sheffield have the majority of the pressure with Stojanovic making good saves to deny Josh Nicholls and Sam Jones.
For the Panthers, Otto Nieminen went close while Alexander Lunsjö saw his backhand shot saved by Matt Greenfield
Michaud equalises for Panthers
Another tight period saw few clear-cut chances but Sheffield went ahead when Marc-Olivier Vallerand put away his own rebound after initially being denied by a good save from Stojanovic (33:49).
Panthers hit back within 94 seconds as a broken play enabled Stephen Anderson to feed Westin Michaud in the slot (35:23).
Nieminen scores fourth goal of weekend
Nottingham went in-front when Nieminen cut across the zone and fired short-side from the left-circle on the powerplay (44:38) for his fourth goal of the weekend.
Sheffield equalised through Robert Dowd's top-shelf rebound from the slot (48:26) to take the game to overtime.
Panthers hit the post in overtime before Steelers win the shootout
Stojanovic made a brilliant save to stop Daniel Ciampini's shot in overtime while at the the other end, Alexander Lunsjö hit the pipes in the final few seconds.
Lunsjö scored in the shootout for the Panthers but Steelers netted twice to take the extra point.