This was as comprehensive a win and performance from the Belfast Giants as the scoreline suggests.

With the victory the Giants can clinch the Elite League title on home ice tomorrow night with a win over the Manchester Storm and a Guildford Flames loss in Dundee.

It's now a two-horse race - the Elite League champions will be Belfast or Guildford which means the Giants by finishing at least second have also clinched Champions League Hockey next season as Guildford's arena doesn't meet CHL requirements.

So it could all end on Saturday night.

We'll be back from 6.45pm with updates from both games....

Join me then

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Giants awarded a penalty shot and the players nominate Sean Norris who calmly scores his second of the game.

Game has gotten nasty. Huge hit by Sam Jones on Matt Foley leaves the Giants defenceman flat out on the ice - Jones gets 5+Game for cross checking

As players square off and exchange punches Brandon McNally, Steve Owre and Ciaran Long all get 2+10 for continuing the altercation.

Giants with a three minute powerplay

Nicely worked goal as Mark Cooper and Scott Conway play catch and Cooper gets the easy finish for his second of the game

Well Sheffield certainly aren't giving up and Brendan Connolly has too much time from a Giants perspective to score in front of the Giants net

The action is back underway in the final period with the Belfast Giants 20 minutes away from taking another step towards a third Elite League title in a row.

How will Sheffield approach this - surely they can't comeback...

Giants in total control and will want to waste as little energy as possible in the final 20 minutes with Manchester coming to town tomorrow night.

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Shot from David Goodwin is saved but the puck bounces of a Sheffield leg and Steve Owre, circling the net, is there to tap it in

What a goal from Sean Norris for the Giants - his biggest moment in his short Elite League career. He started the move in his own zone, took the return pass from Mark Cooper and then provided a sublime backhand finish

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It's been a quiet second period - Scott Allen hit the post for the Steelers, both sides have blown powerplay opportunities - Steelers go close again but Beskorowany makes a couple of solid stops

11:16 left in the second period

Puck dropped on the second period - Giants begin on the powerplay

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What a period that was - the Giants started fast but at 2-1 it's game on but a couple of poor Sheffield turnovers have contributed to their downfall so far but plenty of time remaining for the visitors to mount a comeback.

33 seconds later Ben Lake leads the rush up ice and picks out the trailer in the shape of Matt Foley and he buries the puck past Matt Greenfield.

Giants on the powerplay again....

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Horrible turnover in their own zone by the Steelers, puck intercepted by Mark Cooper who goes top corner

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Steelers back in the game after a really neat backhand finish from Brett Neumann

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Steelers bringing the physicality but overstep the mark with Brandon McNally taking a penalty and Steve Owre pockets a rebound

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The Giants had a little purple patch after scoring but couldn't get a second goal and the Steelers have come back into the game and the Giants Matty McLeod suffered what looked like a nasty check to the head and has gone down the tunnel.

10:18 to go in the first period and the Giants heading to the powerplay

What a start for the Belfast Giants...Steve Owre finds Scott Conway and his shot beats Matthew Greenfield from the right circle. Brilliant strike...

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Another massive game in the Elite League title race is underway in front of another packed house at the SSE Arena in Belfast...

So a Giants win tonight would put them in a position to win the Elite League title tomorrow night if they beat Manchester and Guildford lose in Dundee because despite the fact that Belfast and Guildford could still end up on the same number of points the Giants have more wins in regulation than the Flames and so would retain the trophy.

It would also eliminate the Steelers and Devils from the title race.

However a Steelers victory throws the championship wide open especially as Guildford visit Belfast next Saturday while two of Sheffield's last three games are against Cardiff.

It's been such an exciting four-team race over the past two months who knows what might happen over the next two weekends.

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