Comets 7, Monsters 5
First Period
1. Utica, Clarke 6 (Talvitie) 5:45.
2. Utica, Schnarr 13 (Zetterlund, Walsh) 8:21 (pp).
3. Utica, Greer 9 (Gauthier) 12:16.
4. Utica, Holtz 15 (Zetterlund, Walsh) 14:34 (pp).
5. Utica, Greer 10 (unassisted) 18:41 (sh).
Penalties — Mullin Cle (tripping) 7:34; Meyer Cle (boarding) 13:39; Christiansen Cle (cross-checking) 14:58; Bahl Uti (holding) 18:34.
Second Period
6. Cleveland, Scott 7 (Clayton, Mullin) 5:55.
7. Utica, Groleau 1 (Holtz, Gauthier) 10:36.
8. Cleveland, Fonstad 5 (Berni, Sikura) 19:35.
Penalties — Sweezey Cle, Foote Uti (fighting) 10:57; Foote Uti (misconduct, instigating; instigating) 10:57.
Third Period
9. Cleveland, Scott 8 (Mullin, Christiansen) 2:13 (sh).
10. Cleveland, Fonstad 6 (Scott) 9:19 (pp).
11. Cleveland, Payne 1 (Christiansen, Schemitsch) 14:37.
12. Utica, Foote 8 (Greer) 19:53 (en).
Penalties — Meyer Cle (cross-checking) 2:27; Clarke Uti (tripping) 9:17; Sikura Cle (high-sticking) 9:44; Vukojevic Uti (slashing) 16:08.
Shots on goal by
| Cleveland | 11 | 18 | 15 | _ | 44 |
| Utica | 12 | 5 | 7 | _ | 24 |
Goal — Cleveland: Berube (L, ), Greaves (0:00 second, 1 shots, 1 saves), Berube (5:55 second, 7 shots, 6 saves). Utica: Schmid (W, ).
Power plays (goals-chances) — Cleveland: 1-4; Utica: 2-4.
Referees — Nicolas Loyer, Mason Riley. Linesmen — Tory Carissimo, Rob Sauda.
Attendance — 3,917 at Utica.
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