Albert Lea entered Monday’s game with Mankato West riding the high of winning seven of its past eight games, but the Scarlets killed that momentum with a 6-2 victory over the Tigers in Mankato.

Albert Lea (11-10-1, 6-2 Big Nine) outshot the Scarlets 26-21, but Tigers head coach Roy Nystrom said the difference was Mankato West outworked Albert Lea.

The Scarlets (10-11-1, 2-6 Big Nine) scored two goals in each period and put a damper on the Tigers’ chances of securing a top three seed for the section playoffs.

“All I know is we didn’t play very well,” Nystrom said. “We didn’t win a lot of one-on-one battles and we didn’t win races to the puck.”

Dillon Stolt scored a second period goal on an assist from Casey Marka and Mason Tuohy added a power-play goal in the third period from Tyler Haaland and Tyler Brackey.

Albert Lea plays Rochester Mayo Tuesday at City Arena.

Mankato West 6, Albert Lea 2

Albert Lea 0 1 1 — 2

Mankato West 2 2 2 — 6