Erich Jaeger had two goals to lead Missoula Maulers to a 5-2 victory over Salt Lake City Moose.

Missoula Maulers excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in three chances. Missoula Maulers kept Salt Lake City Moose's goalie busy throughout the game, and Brad Robertson made 26 saves on 31 shots.

Missoula Maulers also had goals scored by Nikita Sheptytskyy, Jordan Wheatly, and Austin Azzinnaro, who scored one goal each. Other players who recorded assists for Missoula Maulers were Derek Griffin, Max Rebholz, Anders Nord, and Corey Schafer, who contributed one a piece and Tanner Todd and Edward Pollon, who each chipped in two.

Salt Lake City Moose forced its penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up six minors and one major for 27 minutes in penalty time. The total exceeded the 20.0 minutes per game Salt Lake City Moose had been spending in the box. Salt Lake City Moose's offense operated below it season average. Salt Lake City Moose puts an average of 4.7 pucks into the net per game. Missoula Maulers was unable to stop Salt Lake City Moose from sending pucks towards the net, and Salt Lake City Moose eventually piled up 41 shots on goal.

Salt Lake City Moose was helped by Cole Corson, who had one goal. Corson scored 5:34 into the second period to make the score 1-1. Jacob McMullen assisted on the tally. Salt Lake City Moose also got a goal from Pat Dwyer as well. In addition, Salt Lake City Moose received assists from Brett Meyer and Jurijs Moiseicenko, who contributed one a piece.

Michael Mcdaniel made 39 saves for Missoula Maulers on 41 shots. Missoula Maulers incurred six minutes in penalty time with three minors. Salt Lake City Moose ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and David Barnes was ejected from the game.