Phoenix Knights could not stop Fresno Monsters' Evan Ingram, who tallied a hat trick in a 12-1 win.

Phoenix Knights trailed by one after the first period, but Fresno Monsters went into the second intermission with a 6-0 lead and never looked back.

Phoenix Knights fell victim to a deadly Fresno Monsters power play, which ripped Phoenix Knights for four goals.

Fresno Monsters racked up the penalties in the contest, and ended with 11 minors and two majors for 42 minutes in penalty time. Fresno Monsters surpassed its season average of 26.0 penalty minutes per game. Fresno Monsters forced Phoenix Knights' goaltenders to work in net, ripping 55 shots and forcing 43 saves. Rett Rook made 25 stops and Colton Pankiw made 18. Fresno Monsters excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in 10 chances. Fresno Monsters surpassed its usual scoring output this season. Fresno Monsters has scored at the pace of 7.2 goals per game during the current campaign. The defensemen of Fresno Monsters were also effective in Phoenix Knights' zone, and came away with two goals.

Fresno Monsters additionally got points from Jacob Haynes, who also tallied one goal and one assist, Parker Olson, who also finished with one goal and one assist, Mark Shroyer, who also registered two goals and one assist, Mike Nolan, who also had two goals and two assists, and Patrick Meier, who also racked up one goal and one assist. Others who scored for Fresno Monsters included Corey Munro and Kyle Jelinski, who scored one goal each. In addition, Fresno Monsters received assists from Brantt Heble, who had four, Michael Freeman, Owen Sikich, and Austin Browning, who contributed one each, and Jonathan Bengtsson and Mitchell Dolman, who each chipped in two.

Phoenix Knights was often in penalty trouble, totaling nine minors and two majors for 58 minutes in penalty time. The total exceeded the 26.0 minutes per game Phoenix Knights had been spending in the box. Phoenix Knights' offense operated below its season average. Phoenix Knights puts an average of 3.7 pucks into the net per game.

Matthew Soldano made 22 saves for Fresno Monsters on 23 shots. Fresno Monsters ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Kyle Baker was ejected from the game.