Behind a great game by Branislav Kost, who had two goals and one assist, Lake Tahoe Blue defeated Texas, 6-3.

Texas' power play was ineffective against Lake Tahoe Blue's penalty kill, which allowed zero goals while shorthanded.

Lake Tahoe Blue stifled Texas' power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man. Lake Tahoe Blue was forced to rely heavily on their penalty kill unit throughout the game, as it racked up 34 penalty minutes.

Lake Tahoe Blue additionally got points from Tom Doverhjelm, who also racked up one goal and one assist. Martin Vachal also scored for Lake Tahoe Blue. Other players who recorded assists for Lake Tahoe Blue were Sebastian Forslund, who had two, Edgars Homjakovs, who had four, and Jonas Gronlund and Mattia Bortolotto, who contributed one a piece.

Texas could not stay out of the penalty box, as the team accrued 38 minutes in penalties during the game.

Texas was helped by Dalton Foster, who registered one goal. Foster scored 17:18 into the first period to make the score 2-1 Texas. Michael Brown provided the assist. Others who scored for Texas included Landyn Howze and Nikita Salnikov, who scored one goal each. In addition, Texas received assists from Austin Murray, who had one.

Lake Tahoe Blue's Jakub Novotny stopped 19 shots out of the 22 that he faced. Lake Tahoe Blue registered one goal on five power play opportunities. Ryan Mulka made 20 saves for Texas on 26 shots.