Oklahoma City Blazers survived a determined comeback attempt by El Paso Rhinos on the way to a 5-4 win.

Oklahoma City Blazers made the score 5-3 on a goal by Kole Hudson at 10:07 in the third period, and El Paso Rhinos got as close as 5-4 when Jiri Pestuka scored 19:34 into the third period.

Hudson had two goals to lead Oklahoma City Blazers to victory.

Oklahoma City Blazers excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in five chances.

Oklahoma City Blazers additionally got points from Ivan Bukshevannyy, who also registered one goal and two assists and Victor Ekk, who also had one goal and two assists to lead the team in points. Oklahoma City Blazers also got a goal from Johan Sorkin as well. More assists for Oklahoma City Blazers came via Dylan Lamontagne, Sam Mancini, Luke Galatiuk, Petr Kobes, Miroslav Pokorny, and Lubos Vacek, who contributed one each.

El Paso Rhinos did not reach the goal total it has come to expect this season. El Paso Rhinos averages 6.1 goals per game. El Paso Rhinos' defense was uncharacteristically lax during the game. El Paso Rhinos gives up 2.1 goals per game.

El Paso Rhinos was helped by Jonah Pearson, who finished with one goal. Pearson scored 5:41 into the second period to make the score 2-2. Marek Langhammer provided the assist. El Paso Rhinos also got points from Jordan Cullum, who also grabbed one goal and one assist. Kendal Craig also scored for El Paso Rhinos. In addition, El Paso Rhinos received assists from David Brancik, who had two and Bryton Tomko, Lukas Znosko, and Sebastian Borg, who each chipped in one.

Jakub Krejci made 25 saves for Oklahoma City Blazers on 29 shots. Oklahoma City Blazers totaled 25 minutes in penalty time with five minors and one major and went 1-for-5 on the power play. Adam Vay rejected 18 shots on goal for El Paso Rhinos. El Paso Rhinos ended with 23 minutes in penalty time with four minors and one major.