San Diego Gulls could not stop Lake Tahoe Blue's Nick Anderson, who tallied a hat trick in a 6-3 win.

Lake Tahoe Blue forced its penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up seven minors and one major for 59 minutes in penalty time. Lake Tahoe Blue had been averaging 25.0 minutes in penalties per game. Lake Tahoe Blue made San Diego Gulls' goaltenders to work without much rest, getting 41 shots and forcing 35 saves. Brody Cavataio made 28 stops and Eric Eidessen made seven.

Lake Tahoe Blue also got points from Edgars Homjakovs, who also had one goal and two assists. Lake Tahoe Blue also got a goal from Evan Brown as well. In addition, Lake Tahoe Blue received assists from Sebastian Forslund, who had two and Kyle Blondin and Jack Norling, who contributed one a piece.

San Diego Gulls forced Lake Tahoe Blue goalie Jakub Novotny to work between the pipes, taking 36 shots.

San Diego Gulls was helped by Drew DePalma, who tallied one goal and one assist. DePalma scored on the power play 13:29 into the second period to make the score 4-1 Lake Tahoe Blue. A high sticking penalty on Brown had put San Diego Gulls on the power play. Eric Baldwin assisted on the tally. San Diego Gulls additionally got points from Baldwin, who also grabbed one goal and one assist. Michael Leone also scored for San Diego Gulls. Other players who recorded assists for San Diego Gulls were Kalvis Ozols and Mark Birchall, who each chipped in one.

Novotny rejected 33 shots on goal for Lake Tahoe Blue. Lake Tahoe Blue registered zero goals on two power play opportunities. For Lake Tahoe Blue, Matt Broman, Jonathon Robinson, and Forslund were ejected from the contest. San Diego Gulls totaled 29 minutes in penalty time with two minors and one major and went 2-for-7 on the power play. Team's Henri Scottschack and Ozols were slapped with misconducts and ejected from the game.