The Dresden Kings' Taylor Sisson scored 2:29 into overtime to beat the Lakeshore Canadiens, 5-4 (OT).

With the win, Dresden evened the series at 2-2 in the best of seven showdown.

Although the Kings was up by as many as two goals in the second period, Lakeshore kept the game interesting by staging a comeback that ultimately fell short. The Canadiens pulled to within 4-3 on a power play goal by Nick Tavolieri-Essex at 10:07 in the third period.

Dresden was led by Ross Krieger, who finished with two goals. Krieger scored the first of his two goals at 10:07 into the second period to make the score 3-2 Dresden. Will Tetzlaff picked up the assist. Krieger's next tally made the score 4-2 Dresden with 1:49 left in the second period. The Kings earned a power play opportunity when Logan Percy was put in the box for slashing. Tetzlaff assisted on the tally. Dresden also had goals scored by Dillon Liberty and Steven Funk, who scored one goal each. In addition, Dresden received assists from Austin Bentley, who had two, Jim McKinlay, who had three, and Derrick VanEvery and Justin Melo, who contributed one each.

Others who scored for Lakeshore included JJ Percy and Luke Sanko, who each put in one. More assists for Lakeshore came via Hunter Corp, who had two and Colin Sartor, Sebastian Kanally, and Liam MacDougall, who each chipped in one.

Scott Tricker recorded 21 saves for Dresden. The Kings incurred 14 minutes in penalty time with seven minors. John Jeffries rejected 24 shots on goal for Lakeshore. The Canadiens incurred 10 minutes in penalty time with five minors.