JT Smith tallied two points to lead M2 Boise State University to a 5-2 victory over M2 Loyola Marymount University.

In the losing effort, M2 Loyola Marymount University was paced by Kyle Martins, who had two goals. Martins scored the first of his two goals at 7:01 into the second period to make the score 1-1. Martins' next tally made the score 2-2 with 10:40 left in the second period. M2 Loyola Marymount University found itself down a man on Parker Costin's slashing. Trevor Tracy picked up the assist.

M2 Boise State University managed to stay out of the box better than usual, racking up one minor for two minutes in penalty time. M2 Boise State University ended up below its season average of 13.0 penalty minutes per game. M2 Boise State University forced M2 Loyola Marymount University goalie Taylor Spesak to work between the pipes, taking 32 shots.

M2 Boise State University additionally got points from Zach Steyer, who also registered one goal and one assist and Matt Sanford, who also finished with one goal and one assist. Taylor Crawford also scored for M2 Boise State University. In addition, M2 Boise State University received assists from Justin Videen, who had two and Drew Punnett, who had three.

M2 Loyola Marymount University forced its penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up six minors and one major for 17 minutes in penalty time. M2 Loyola Marymount University had been averaging 14.0 minutes in penalties per game. M2 Loyola Marymount University was held below its usual level of production. M2 Loyola Marymount University averages 4.1 goals per game. By firing 16 shots on goal, M2 Loyola Marymount University exceeded the 0.4 shots it averages per game this year.

Josh Benton made 14 saves for M2 Boise State University on 16 shots. M2 Boise State University registered two goals on seven power play opportunities. M2 Loyola Marymount University's Spesak stopped 27 shots out of the 32 that he faced. M2 Loyola Marymount University registered zero goals on one power play opportunities.