Flames took a table point with the game level through regulation, but despite a large shot and possession advantage over the visiting Coventry Blaze it was the road team who grabbed the win with a 2-1 penalty shootout result. 

Blaze took the lead against the flow of play with a Grant Mismash strike about 11 minutes in and a 17-9 shot advantage for the hosts didn’t change the one goal deficit through the opening set. 

Near the halfway mark, and Flames on a powerplay, a Blaze opportunity earned them a penalty shot but Jake Kupsky turned it away to keep the gap to a single.  A few minutes later, Nick Seitz took his opportunity to level and Flames then killed a shorthanded run of their own to take a tie game to the final frame and as it turned out the same score was still on the clock at the end of 60 minutes.   

In 3 on 3 overtime a Matt Alvaro minor penalty put Blaze on a powerplay for the final minute and 54 seconds, but the hosts were able to melt the time away to keep a chance for a win in order with penalties on the way. 

Across the first 5 shots, Adam Robbins, Elijiah Barriga and Jere Vertanen scored for Coventry with Jack Jacome, Jake Coughler and Seitz keeping it even. However, In the sudden death round a miss each followed another Flames miss before Vertanen’s 2^nd of the tiebreaker tilted the result their way. 

Kupsky made 27 saves on 28 shots in regulation and 3 of 7 penalties against Mat Robins who was 41 of 42 across 4 periods and 4 of 7 in tiebreakers.