The Bloomington Thunder had trouble finding ways to stop Mississippi Surge, which beat Thunder, 5-2.

Bloomington's power play was ineffective against Mississippi Surge's penalty kill, which allowed one goal while shorthanded.

The 34 shots that Mississippi Surge put on net surpassed Mississippi Surge's average of 28.3 shots per game this season.

Mississippi Surge was helped by Tommy Lange, who registered one goal and one assist. Lange scored on the power play 5:21 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Mississippi Surge. Mississippi Surge had taken the advantage when the Thunder's Tyler Noseworthy got sent off for holding. Jarkko Leppanen picked up the assist. Mississippi Surge additionally got points from Luke Greiner, who also grabbed one goal and two assists. Mark Thorburn also scored for Mississippi Surge. More assists for Mississippi Surge came via Justin MacDonald, who had one.

Mississippi Surge was unable to stop Bloomington from sending pucks towards the net, and the Thunder eventually piled up 33 shots on goal.

Bloomington was helped by Kyle Watson, who had one goal. Watson scored 16:45 into the second period to make the score 3-1 Mississippi Surge. Alexander Milley assisted on the tally. Bloomington also got a goal from Paul Arnott Jr as well. Other players who recorded assists for Bloomington were Travis Granbois, who had two.

Mathieu Dugas recorded 31 saves for Mississippi Surge. Mississippi Surge incurred 16 minutes in penalty time with eight minors. The Thunder's BJ OBrien stopped 29 shots out of the 33 that he faced. Bloomington incurred 12 minutes in penalty time with six minors.