Native El Pasoan Jake Clement, with the help of Noah Decker, gave El Paso a 1-0 lead only 1:36 into the game.
Unfortunately, the Rhinos’ defense was thwarted, and Oklahoma City scored four unanswered goals.
In the final two and a half minutes, Noah Easterson’s and Wyatt Allan’s consecutive goals cut the Blazers’ lead to one with, but the Rhinos ran out of time to overcome the deficit and fell to Oklahoma City with a final score of 4-3.
El Paso looks to split the series with a win on Saturday at 6:05 pm (MT).
