The Salem Ice Dogs fell behind early, and the South Shore Kings kept piling on the points on the way to an 8-1 victory.

Beau Starrett was all over the ice for South Shore, as he tallied two goals and one assist in the win. Starrett scored the first of his two goals at 1:37 into the first period to make the score 1-0 South Shore. Brian Cahalane provided the assist. Starrett's next tally made the score 2-0 South Shore with 10:43 left in the first period. Paul Wagner assisted on the tally.

Salem's power play was ineffective against the Kings' penalty kill, which allowed zero goals while shorthanded.

South Shore's penalty kill was spotless, allowing no goals on seven Salem power plays. The Ice Dogs were unable to stop the Kings from sending pucks towards the net, and South Shore eventually piled up 47 shots on goal. The Kings surpassed their usual scoring output this season. South Shore has scored at the pace of 4.8 goals per game during the current campaign.

South Shore also got points from Daniel Clifford, who also racked up one goal and two assists, Philip Falkof, who also finished with two goals and one assist, Wagner, who also racked up one goal and one assist, and Evan Jacques, who also tallied one goal and one assist. South Shore also got a goal from Dylan_P Burns as well. Other players who recorded assists for South Shore were Stephen Rocchio, who had two, Paul Marino, who had three, and Kyle Peterson and JB Sweeney, who each chipped in one.

Salem struggled to stay out of the sin bin throughout the game as it finished the game with 24 penalty minutes for seven opposing power plays.

Kory LeBlanc rejected 20 shots on goal for the Kings. South Shore incurred 14 minutes in penalty time with seven minors. Bradley Radin made 28 saves for the Ice Dogs on 35 shots.