Frank Nazar III (Mount Clemens, Mich.) knotted the game up for the U18s when he found the back of the net off a nice set-up in front of the net from Jack Devine (Glencoe, Ill.). Defenseman Ty Murchison (Corona, Calif.) spurred the two forwards to a 2-on-1 with a nice offensive-zone entry pass and collected the secondary helper on the 1-1 goal. 

Chaz Lucius (Grant, Minn.) continue his impressive start to the season as he netted his sixth goal in six games to give Team USA a 2-1 lead at 2:22 of the second period. Lucius led a give-and-go with Isaac Howard (Hudson, Wis.) who returned a pass for a Lucius one-timer and the U18s first lead of the night. Tyler Boucher (Haddonfield, N.J.), making his return to the lineup, picked up a helper on the score to give him 13 points in 12 games this season.

Chicago's Mackie Samoskevich tied the game at 2-2, but Team USA found a pair of goals to take a 4-2 lead after two periods. Sean Behrens (Barrington, Ill.) restored the lead with a rocket of a shot from the right circle on the power play.  He was assisted by Lucius and Luke Hughes (Canton, Mich.) at 13:12 of the second period.

Hrescuk doubled the Team USA lead less than three minutes later with a heavy wrister of his own on an offensive-zone rush. Hughes picked up his second point of the night with a helper and Pastujov picked up an assist to set the program's all-time point streak mark. 

The Steel scored twice in the final period of regulation to force the game to overtime. After neither side netted in the five-minute session, the contest concluded with a shootout.