Swiss ice hockey club Fribourg-Gottéron (a francophone club from western Switzerland) claimed a 3–2 victory away at HC Davos in the opening game of the National League's best-of-seven championship final. Goals from Jan Dorthe, Henrik Borgström, and Samuel Walser gave Gottéron a commanding 3–0 lead, before Davos mounted a dramatic fightback with two goals in just 12 seconds late in the third period. Davos had a goal disallowed in the frantic closing stages, leaving Fribourg-Gottéron with the early series advantage ahead of Game 2, to be played in western Switzerland on Monday.