After a wild back-and-forth, 12-goal affair on Wednesday night, the Laval Rocket and Rochester Americans were set to square off once more at Place Bell.
There was one major change to the Rocket lineup, with Nate Schnarr having been traded to Los Angeles for Frédéric Allard earlier in the day. With Allard not yet available, and down a forward, J.-F. Houle opted for an 11 forward, seven defenceman lineup with Mattias Norlinder serving as the seventh defender, while the fourth line was Riley McKay and Jan Mysak. In net was once again Cayden Primeau for the Rocket, and opposite of him was Michael Houser for the Americanss.