xEl Paso Rhinos had a three-goal lead after two periods and cruised the rest of the way en route to a 7-1 win over xDallas Ice Jets.

xEl Paso Rhinos' Bryce Fink was a brick wall in net, as he came up with 32 saves and let only one puck past him. Fink managed to improve on his goals against average, which stood at 3.84 prior to the game.

xEl Paso Rhinos forced its penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up 20 minors and one major for 65 minutes in penalty time. xEl Paso Rhinos had been averaging 29.0 minutes in penalties per game. xDallas Ice Jets was unable to stop xEl Paso Rhinos from sending pucks towards the net, and xEl Paso Rhinos eventually piled up 37 shots on goal. xEl Paso Rhinos managed to hold xDallas Ice Jets' power play largely in check, allowing only one goal while on the disadvantage. The defensemen of xEl Paso Rhinos were also effective in xDallas Ice Jets' zone, and came away with two goals.

xEl Paso Rhinos was led by Tom Bartel, who registered one goal and two assists. Bartel scored on the power play 15:26 into the first period to make the score 2-0 xEl Paso Rhinos. A slashing penalty on Alex Smith had put xEl Paso Rhinos on the power play. Krisztian Nagy provided the assist. xEl Paso Rhinos also had goals scored by Jiri Pestuka, who had two and Peter Plesa, Roman Konecny, Jack Strusz, and Matthew Plesa, who scored one goal each. More assists for xEl Paso Rhinos came via Kalvis Ozols, who had two and Dakota Beaulieu and Chris Wilhite, who each chipped in one.

xDallas Ice Jets could not produce up to it normal offensive output. xDallas Ice Jets puts an average of 4.5 pucks into the net per game. xDallas Ice Jets' offense rang up 33 shots on xEl Paso Rhinos' net. xDallas Ice Jets could not stay out of the penalty box, as the team accrued 48 minutes in penalties during the game.

xEl Paso Rhinos registered two goals on 13 power play opportunities. For xEl Paso Rhinos, Nick Wright was ejected from the game. xDallas Ice Jets' John Groth stopped 30 shots out of the 37 that he faced.