Canberra Brave defeated Central Coast Rhinos 6-3 in regulation, taking control with a 2-0 second period. The Brave built a 3-2 lead through the opening 20 minutes and never trailed from there.
Canberra moved ahead 2-0 before the Rhinos answered with two goals to tie it at 2-2. A late first-period goal gave the Brave the edge, and two more in the second made it 5-2. After a traded goal in the third, Canberra closed out the 6-3 win.
Canberra scored five of the game's first seven goals, and the middle frame proved decisive. The Rhinos were kept off the board in the second period as the Brave stretched their lead to three, leaving enough cushion for a regulation result.