Layne Ulmer levelled early in the second period
Cardiff Devils fought back from 5-1 down against Sheffield Steelers to go into Sunday's Elite League quarter-final second leg with hope of reaching the Play-off finals weekend.
Robert Dowd opened the scoring for the hosts and, after Layne Ulmer replied, Dowd added a second.
Jordan Owens added Steelers' third and John Armstrong's brace stretched their lead to 5-1.
Devils hit back through Sean Bentivoglio's double and Joey Martin.
That left the tie on a knife edge as the two teams head for Cardiff for Sunday's rematch (18:00 BST).
The aggregate winners will reach the finals in Nottingham on the weekend of 13 and 14 April.
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