Fresno Monsters opened up a five-goal lead after the first period and did not look back en route to a 18-3 over Lake Tahoe Blue.

Mike Nolan had four goals and four assists to lead Fresno Monsters. Nolan's first goal came 1:54 into the first period. He then added goals at 4:24 into the first, at 15:22 into the first, and at 8:47 into the third.

Lake Tahoe Blue's eight penalties came back to haunt it, as Lake Tahoe Blue let up four goals while on the penalty kill.

Fresno Monsters forced Lake Tahoe Blue's goalies to work without much rest, finishing with 75 shots and forcing 57 saves. Frankie Mcclendon made 18 stops and Troy Turpin made 39. Fresno Monsters surpassed its usual scoring output this season. Fresno Monsters averages 5.0 goals per game. Fresno Monsters struggled to stay out of the sin bin throughout the game as it finished the game with 38 penalty minutes for six opposing power plays.

Fresno Monsters additionally got points from Corey Sikich, who also grabbed one goal and three assists, Filip Winkler, who also finished with one goal and three assists, Jacob Haynes, who also had four goals and two assists, and Conner Osborne, who also finished with one goal and two assists. Nico Wilton also scored for Fresno Monsters. In addition, Fresno Monsters received assists from Alex Schwartz, who had three, Thomas Peach and Gunnar Dircks, who each chipped in one, and Michael Freeman, Anthony Pena, and Kyle Jelenski, who contributed two a piece.

Lake Tahoe Blue did not challenge the opposing netminder, only getting 13 shots on net to force 10 saves. The defensemen of Lake Tahoe Blue were also effective in Fresno Monsters' zone, and came away with three goals. Lake Tahoe Blue was forced to rely heavily on their penalty kill unit throughout the game, as it racked up 46 penalty minutes.

Lake Tahoe Blue was led by Jack Norling, who registered three goals. Other players who recorded assists for Lake Tahoe Blue were Branislav Kost, who had two and Mattia Bortolotto and Mark DeVaughn, who each chipped in one.

Fresno Monsters' Austin Piquette stopped 10 shots out of the 13 that he faced. For Lake Tahoe Blue, Bench (Coach) was ejected from the game.