Fresno Monsters relied on the scoring touch of Anthony Pena, who netted two goals, to beat El Paso Rhinos, 4-1.

El Paso Rhinos was stymied by Fresno Monsters netminder Jerry Kaukinen, who stopped 27 shots during the victory. Kaukinen managed to improve on his goals against average, which stood at 2.72 prior to the game.

Fresno Monsters stifled El Paso Rhinos' power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man. Fresno Monsters' offense rang up 34 shots on El Paso Rhinos' net. Team's forwards weren't the only contributers offensively, and the team's defensemen showcased their scoring touch with two goals.

Fresno Monsters additionally got points from Filip Winkler, who also racked up one goal and one assist. Austin Browning also scored for Fresno Monsters. More assists for Fresno Monsters came via Conner Osborne, who had two and Gunnar Dircks, Mark Shroyer, Mike Nolan, Evan Ingram, and Nico Wilton, who contributed one a piece.

El Paso Rhinos was held below its usual level of production. El Paso Rhinos puts an average of 7.0 pucks into the net per game. El Paso Rhinos' defense let in more goals than it usually has this year. El Paso Rhinos gives up 1.9 goal per game.

El Paso Rhinos was led by Andrew Bradford, who scored the team's only goal. Bradford scored 15:03 into the first period to make the score 1-1. David Nelson assisted on the tally.

Fresno Monsters incurred six minutes in penalty time with three minors. El Paso Rhinos' Oliver Gervais stopped 30 shots out of the 33 that he faced. El Paso Rhinos incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors.