Valencia Flyers survived a determined comeback attempt by Long Beach Bombers on the way to a 6-5 win.

Valencia Flyers took a 5-2 lead during the second period, only to have Long Beach Bombers storm back on a Filip Martinec goal 4:11 into the third period to pull to one goal down.

Valencia Flyers racked up the penalties in the contest, and ended with four minors and three majors for 23 minutes in penalty time. Valencia Flyers surpassed its season average of 16.0 penalty minutes per game. Valencia Flyers' penalty kill was spotless, allowing no goals on four Long Beach Bombers power plays. Valencia Flyers kept Long Beach Bombers' goalie busy throughout the game, and Jakub Krejci made 36 saves on 42 shots. Valencia Flyers found the back of the net more times than it usually has this season. This season, Valencia Flyers averages 3.9 goals per contest.

Valencia Flyers was led by Aharon Lara, who racked up three goals. Valencia Flyers additionally got points from Zach Paxman, who also tallied one goal and two assists to lead the team in points and Jakob Kranabetter, who also had one goal and one assist. Blake Aguilar also scored for Valencia Flyers. More assists for Valencia Flyers came via Austin Ehrlich, who had two, Niklas Giers, who had three, and Adam Papayoanou and Jared Waldman, who each chipped in one.

Long Beach Bombers was often in penalty trouble, totaling three minors and four majors for 36 minutes in penalty time. Long Beach Bombers had been averaging 24.0 minutes in penalties per game. Valencia Flyers was unable to stop Long Beach Bombers from sending pucks towards the net, and Long Beach Bombers eventually piled up 31 shots on goal. Long Beach Bombers struggled on the penalty kill, allowing Valencia Flyers to score four power play goals on four chances.

Long Beach Bombers also got points from Marcus Viitanen, who also registered one goal and one assist, Konstantin Kotkov, who also tallied one goal and two assists, and Tomas Nemeth, who also racked up one goal and three assists to lead the team in points. In addition, Long Beach Bombers received assists from Jack Kelly and Xavier Boissel-Dombreval, who contributed one a piece.

Valencia Flyers' Mark Becica stopped 26 shots out of the 31 that he faced. Long Beach Bombers ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Nicholas Short was ejected from the game.