La Crosse had a two-goal lead after two periods and cruised the rest of the way en route to a 5-1 win over Rochester.

Rochester was doomed by its poor performance on special teams, as La Crosse was able to score four times while on the power play.

La Crosse was led by Ben Johnson, who grabbed one goal and one assist. Johnson scored on the power play 16 seconds into the second period to make the score 2-0 La Crosse. Dylan Goggin picked up the assist.

La Crosse was often in penalty trouble, totaling nine minors and one major for 53 minutes in penalty time. La Crosse surpassed its season average of 23.0 penalty minutes per game. La Crosse excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in five chances. Rochester was unable to stop La Crosse from sending pucks towards the net, and La Crosse eventually piled up 44 shots on goal.

La Crosse additionally got points from Matt Wolter, who also registered one goal and one assist, Goggin, who also finished with one goal and two assists to lead the team in points, and Ben Henderson, who also had two goals and one assist. La Crosse also got a goal from Mick Nisbet as well. In addition, La Crosse received assists from Jerame Schuetzle, who had two and Jared Bromberg, Daniel Toycen, and Hunter Breza, who each chipped in one.

Rochester forced its penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up 14 minors and two majors for 88 minutes in penalty time. The total exceeded the 32.0 minutes per game Rochester had been spending in the box.

Rochester was led by Dominik Bogdzuil, who scored the team's only goal. Bogdzuil scored 37 seconds into the third period to make the score 3-1 La Crosse. Trey McMillen assisted on the tally.

Garret Matz rejected 22 shots on goal for La Crosse. For La Crosse, JP Eykyn was ejected from the game. Zach Mains recorded 39 saves for Rochester. Team's Bogdzuil and Griffen Buck were slapped with misconducts and ejected from the game.