SP scores 25 seconds into the game and controlled play for the first six minutes widening the lead to 2-0. SP extends the lead to 3-0 at the halfway mark of the first period. A goal by NE saw them take the momentum for the last five minutes.

NE keeps the pressure on early in the second and cuts the lead to 3-2. Tie game halfway through the second. A tough second period ends in a 4-4 tie.

A back-and-forth third period ended in a 5-5 tie.