Josh Bloom kept up his hot streak with a goal at 12:42 of the first period to open the scoring, with assists going to William Dufour and Austin Magera.
In the second period, Blake Murray took a five-minute major penalty for slashing at 5:38, leading to Kansas City scoring twice. The Mavericks’ onslaught continued with three more goals in the period. Austin Magera got one back for the Komets with a score at 17:01 to make it a 5-2 game after forty minutes.
Jalen Smereck got the Komets on the board in the third period with his second of the playoffs at 9:40 to pull the Komets within two, but while skating four-on-four, the Mavericks scored again at 16:00. The Komets received a late power play resulting in William Dufour backhanding the puck past goaltender Jack LaFontaine to make the final score 6-4 giving Kansas City a 2-1 series lead. Nathan Day took the loss, making 23 saves.