Mike Nolan had two goals and one assist to lead Fresno Monsters to a 9-1 victory over Long Beach Bombers.

Fresno Monsters forced Long Beach Bombers' goalies to work without much rest, totaling 56 shots and forcing 47 saves. Austin Alarcon made 21 stops and Lucas Paulsen made 26. Fresno Monsters excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in five chances. Fresno Monsters surpassed its usual scoring output this season. Fresno Monsters averages 5.5 goals per game. Fresno Monsters' defensemen played an important role in the offense, chipping in three goals.

Fresno Monsters also got points from Justin Plate, who also racked up one goal and two assists and Kyle Jelenski, who also tallied one goal and one assist. Others who scored for Fresno Monsters included Alex Schwartz, who had two and Gunner White, Gunnar Dircks, and Carter Dahl, who scored one goal each. More assists for Fresno Monsters came via Mark Shroyer, who had three, Dan Fitzgerald, Michael Freeman, and Conner Osborne, who contributed one a piece, and Cory Kachel and Evan Ingram, who each chipped in two.

Long Beach Bombers was often in penalty trouble, totaling seven minors and one major for 39 minutes in penalty time. Long Beach Bombers had been averaging 24.0 minutes in penalties per game. Long Beach Bombers was held below its usual level of production. Long Beach Bombers puts an average of 4.2 pucks into the net per game.

Austin Piquette made 19 saves for Fresno Monsters on 20 shots. Fresno Monsters totaled 25 minutes in penalty time with five minors and one major and went 3-for-7 on the power play. Long Beach Bombers ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Konstantin Kotkov was ejected from the game.