Quality > Quantity

While the first period went to the Anchorage Armada, who scored the lone goal 3 and a half minutes in, this was the only period in which the team that got more shots off scored more goals than their opponent. The Armada out-shot the Outlaws in the second period as well, and saw Petrikov shooting them to a two - zero lead, but the team from Anaheim scored the connecting goal with a little under five minutes to play in the period. In the second period, Achorage's shots dwindled a little, while Anaheim stuck to their pace and scored on their second power play of the game. Over the course of the game, the Anaheim Outlaws found themselves out-shot by 24 to 30 shots but managed to hang in there until the shootout. Better quality of shots, and a higher efficiency ultimately got them the win in this thight game.

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Squad depth

For this game, Anchorage Armada chose to play with only three forward lines, versus the four lines that tied their laces and stepped onto the ice for Anaheim Outlaws. While the Boats pressed hard in the first two periods of the game, out shooting the Outlaws by 22 to 15, their lack of depth saw their offensive effort grind to a halt in the third period and OT. Anaheim actually managed to turn the tide, shut down the Anchorage shooting to tie them in the last period of regulation and register 2 shots versus 1 shot for the Armada in overtime.

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Power play efficiency

 Neither team took a lot of penalties during this close game, they kept the penalty boxes clean until late in the second period. And while skating with a man down, especially the Anaheim team did a good job of shutting down the two equally strong Anchorage power play units on all three occassion. The Armada however gave up a goal on one of their two penalty kills. Though Anaheim chose to play with one really strong power play unit and put them on the ice for 70% of the time, it was the less experienced second unit that eventuall converted a power play and scored the game tying goal for the Anaheim Outlaws.