Overview
- Nathan Brown and Nathan Free each scored twice for Portland, with Alex Weiermair, Carter Sotheran, Kayd Ruedig, Sam Spehar and Finn Spehar adding singles.
- The Winterhawks erupted for four goals in both the second and third periods after trailing 2-1 through one; Hurricanes captain Logan Wormald scored twice in the loss.
- Portland goaltender Ondrej Štěbeták made 21 saves, while Lethbridge’s Koen Cleaver stopped 28 of 37 shots.
- Portland outshot Lethbridge 37-25 and went 4-for-6 on the power play, compared with the Hurricanes’ 1-for-4.
- The result moved Portland to 3-3-0 and dropped Lethbridge to 2-6-0, as coach Matt Anholt criticized his team’s penalty kill and the number of odd-man rushes conceded.