Peoria had a six-goal lead after two periods and cruised the rest of the way en route to an 8-0 win over Chicago.

Andrej Buchko was all over the ice for Peoria, as he tallied two goals and two assists in the win. Buchko scored the first of his two goals short handed at 10:52 into the first period to make the score 2-0 Peoria. A hooking call on Thomas Kolaz put Peoria on the penalty kill. Buchko's next tally short handed made the score 3-0 Peoria with 5:00 left in the first period. Peoria had taken the advantage when Chicago's Matt Greco got sent off for slashing. Jason Hoehn assisted on the tally.

Peoria forced Chicago's goalies to work without much rest, finishing with 75 shots and forcing 67 saves. Alec Paloumpis made 28 stops and Sergey Markelov made 39. Peoria excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in four chances. Peoria's defensive play was more effective than usual against Chicago. Peoria allows 2.9 goals per game. Peoria surpassed its usual scoring output this season. Peoria averages 4.6 goals per game.

Peoria additionally got points from Levi Armstrong, who also registered one goal and one assist, Chance Homerin, who also grabbed one goal and one assist, and Hoehn, who also finished with one goal and one assist. Austin Wisely also scored for Peoria. More assists for Peoria came via Braden Stewart, who had two and Aaron Siegrist and Nathan Marlow, who each chipped in one.

Chicago was often in penalty trouble, totaling eight minors and one major for 41 minutes in penalty time. The total exceeded the 33.0 minutes per game Chicago had been spending in the box. Chicago found itself stymied offensively, and got off a mere 12 shots against Peoria's defense.

Ross Lipic rejected 12 shots on goal for Peoria. Peoria incurred 16 minutes in penalty time with eight minors. For Chicago, Greco was ejected from the game.