G L Lightning was within striking distance after one period, but Bloomington Blaze put the pedal down in the second en route to a 10-3 victory.

Joseph Clemente was all over the ice for Bloomington Blaze, as he tallied two goals and one assist in the win. Clemente scored the first of his two goals on the power play at 7:21 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Bloomington Blaze. A holding penalty on Austin Postek had put Bloomington Blaze on the power play. Anton Thompson picked up the assist. Clemente's next tally on the power play made the score 4-0 Bloomington Blaze with 12:47 left in the second period. Bloomington Blaze had gained a power play chance when Jacob Bradley was whistled for tripping. Patrick Anaruk provided the assist.

Bloomington Blaze racked up the penalties in the contest, and ended with six minors and two majors for 32 minutes in penalty time. Bloomington Blaze had been averaging 20.0 minutes in penalties per game. Bloomington Blaze made G L Lightning's goaltenders to work all game long, racking up 48 shots and forcing 38 saves. Jeff LaBaere made 22 stops and Garrett Avery made 16. Bloomington Blaze's penalty kill was spotless, allowing no goals on five G L Lightning power plays. Bloomington Blaze bested its season scoring average. This season, Bloomington Blaze averages 4.7 goals per contest. Bloomington Blaze got an offensive boost from its blueliners, who contributed two goals during the game.

Bloomington Blaze additionally got points from Drew Daley, who also finished with three goals and one assist, Cody Philips, who also grabbed one goal and two assists, Edgars Ozolinsh, who also had two goals and three assists, and Steven Smoltz, who also registered one goal and four assists. Bloomington Blaze also got a goal from Tanner Vallon as well. In addition, Bloomington Blaze received assists from Steven Butler, who had one and Kyler Schmor, who had two.

G L Lightning forced its penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up seven minors and two majors for 24 minutes in penalty time. The total exceeded the 15.0 minutes per game G L Lightning had been spending in the box.

G L Lightning was led by Andrew Shalawylo, who finished with two goals and one assist. Shalawylo scored the first of his two goals at 9:54 into the second period to make the score 4-1 Bloomington Blaze. Bradley assisted on the tally. Shalawylo's next tally made the score 9-2 Bloomington Blaze with 8:20 left in the third period. G L Lightning also got points from Bradley, who also grabbed one goal and one assist. More assists for G L Lightning came via Andrew Defauw, who had one.

Travus McDonald recorded 23 saves for Bloomington Blaze. Bloomington Blaze registered three goals on six power play opportunities.