Just 24 hours after a dominant 6-1 victory at Place Bell in Game 1, the Laval Rocket and Rochester Americans squared off again. Given the way the previous game ended, there were expectations of fights and other nonsense, but neither lineup reflected that. Mattias Norlinder was out for the Rocket after the cheapshot from Ben Holmstrom, and the Rocket went with a traditional 12/6 alignment. Lucas Condotta drew in as the 12th forward, while the six defencemen did not change, Cayden Primeau again got the start for the Rocket.
The two sides had a brief feeling-out period through the opening minutes, and then the Rocket kicked into a second gear while the Amerks held on for dear life.