Dylan Schmidt had two goals and one assist to lead Nashville to a 5-2 victory over Cincinnati.

Schmidt's tallies came at 1:12 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Nashville and 4:02 into the second to make the score 2-0 Nashville.

Nashville additionally got points from Trent Kulczyk, who also tallied one goal and one assist and Colton Anderson, who also registered one goal and one assist. Dakota Wilson also scored for Nashville. More assists for Nashville came via Kristers Petraskevis, Nicholas Redmon, and Shane Dunsmore, who contributed one each and William Garrity and Brock James, who each chipped in two.

Cincinnati was led by Brenden Williams, who had one goal. Williams scored 11:27 into the third period to make the score 4-2 Nashville. Taylor Hamilton assisted on the tally. Cincinnati also got a goal from Marc Anderson as well. In addition, Cincinnati received assists from Andrew Kraska, Nicholas Lupacchino, and Shawn Moody, who contributed one each.

Nicholas Ottenbacher made 17 saves for Nashville on 19 shots. Nashville incurred 12 minutes in penalty time with six minors. Tyler Geloneck rejected 20 shots on goal for Cincinnati. Cincinnati incurred 22 minutes in penalty time with six minors.