Nottingham Panthers kept their slim title hopes alive with a thrilling 7-6 victory over Hull Stingrays on Sunday night.
Corey Nielson's men, who were leading 6-2 at one point, held on to the spoils to ensure they remain just four points behind Elite League leaders Coventry Blaze.
Blaze remain three points clear at the league summit after Belfast Giants missed a golden opportunity to reduce the gap with a 4-3 reverse at Edinburgh.
Nottingham travelled to Hull Arena without number one goaltender Kevin St Pierre, so Geoff Woolhouse was forced to fill in between the pipes.
But Panthers were in no mood to hang around are were 2-0 up almost immediately through Jade Galbraith and Cameron Mann.
Stingrays pulled one back at 14.31 through George Halkidis, but Panthers regained their two-goal advantage by the end of the period with Mann firing in his second at 16.45.
Enthralling
Stingrays made it a one-goal game only 56 seconds into the second period through Halkidis' second, however that strike spurred the Panthers on and they motored 6-2 ahead through Mann, Marty Gascon and fan-favourite Bruce Richardson.
If Panthers thought it was game over then they were wrong as Stingrays roared back.
Adam Knight and Jason Silverthorn reduced the deficit before Curtis Huppe had the Hull fans off their feet to make it a one-goal game.
However, Panthers crucially struck next through Jay Henderson, although there was still time for Konstantin Kalmikov to fire in a 13th goal of an enthralling encounter.
A bad tempered affair in Scotland saw Belfast Giants' league title hopes almost ended as Edinburgh Capitals snatched a 4-3 victory in Scotland.
The hosts claimed the spoils courtesy of two late goals from skipper Martin Cingel.
Sunday evening's other game saw Cardiff Devils come from 3-0 down to overcome Newcastle Vipers 7-4 at Bay Arena.
The home side completely turned the game on its head in the third period as they hit Newcastle with a six-goal blitz to take the points.
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