In the end the scoreline reflected the game.

The Giants never really looked in danger of losing this one although for a few minutes in the final period the Clan looked like they just might make it interesting.

It didn’t happen and the Giants put a finishing gloss on the scoreline.

The Clan need goal scoring while the Giants will be happy at the end of the weekend that saw them clinch top seed in the Challenge Cup semi-finals and pick up two league points.

JJ Piccinich intercepts the puck at centre ice and has a clear run-in on Landon Bow and beats the Clan netminder.

Perfectly executed 2-on-1 as PO Morin sets up Bobo Carpenter for the goal that might have halted any Glasgow comeback in its tracks..

4:50 to go

Not much pushback from the Clan and the Giants looking a little fatigued and then from a game that was heading towards its conclusion a goal for the Clan with 9:17 to go from Michael Pelech.

Giants coach Adam Keefe not impressed as he calls his timeout to remind his players to play the full sixty minutes.

Do Glasgow have a third period comeback in them?

We’re about to find out….

The Clan are struggling offensively - they’re trying to be aggressive on the forecheck but conceding too many penalties as a result.

They are tough defensively and the Giants are having to work hard to create chances but that powerplay goal could be the crucial one.

We shall see with 20 minutes still to play

It wasn’t pretty.

Scramble in front of Landon Bow, he can’t find the puck to ice it and the Giants poke it home.

Grant Mismash the scorer.

Big goal late in the period but the Giants are now going to have to kill a penalty to maintain the three-goal lead at the second intermission.

Good pressure by the Clan but in their eagerness to win the puck they take another penalty and the Giants are back on the man advantage.

Most of the crowd saw that Glasgow had six men on the ice before the officials had done their maths.

Giants to the powerplay from which they don’t score

The visitors are throwing a few more hits in the second period and as a result are getting a little more offence from it.

11:13 to go in the second period

Back underway at the SSE Arena in Belfast.

The Giants have had some poor second periods this season.

The Clan need an early spark.

Off we go….

Bit more intensity from the Belfast Giants this afternoon than we saw last night and their reward is a two-goal lead.

The Clan aren’t playing badly, they’ll point to a lack of luck as Boudrais scores with his head and then Heard hits the crossbar.

Good response from the Clan and Mitchell Heard’s blast from the blueline rings the Giants crossbar

Turnover by Glasgow in the offensive zone leads to an odd man rush for the Giants and Scott Conway looks off the pass and beats Landon Bow.

4:50 left in the first period

Well there’s something you don’t see too often.

Karl Boudrais shows his speed taking the puck around the back of his own net and headed up ice.

He lays it of to Grant Mismash and his shot comes off the stick of goalie Landon Bow and hits Boudrais on the head and bounces in.

The Giants scorer pays a price going heavily into the boards but is up and celebrating.

This afternoon’s starting netminders are Tom McCollum for the Giants and the Clan go with Landon Bow.

The puck is dropped and the game is underway…

After clinching top seed for the Challenge Cup semi-finals, despite losing in overtime to Fife last night, the Belfast Giants will be looking to ignite a winning streak to get themselves going in the Elite League title race.

Even at this relatively early stage the Giants lie in fifth place and despite having three games in hand on leaders Cardiff they find themselves nine points behind and more ominously perhaps, three points behind Sheffield but having played a game more.

The Clan have qualified for the play-in game to the Challenge Cup semi-finals after finishing second in Pool B behind the Giants but own a 3-8 record in the league and so they need vital points to move up from their current position of ninth

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