The Monsters fell to the Stars in game one of a back-to-back weekend series. The Stars ended their lose streak while Sonny Milano extended his goal streak to four games.
Three minutes into the first, the Texas Stars jumped to a 1-0 lead on a Remi Elie breakaway to the forehand of Joonas Korpisalo. Moments later, Korpisalo was way out of the net sitting behind the goal line but managed to get back into position before the Stars could monopolize on a lateral crease play that was forming.
The Monsters wouldn't fire back with a goal until the 12:34 mark of the first period when Sonny Milano did Sonny Milano things and tied the game up.