Travis Mitchell slung a wrist shot from the left side boards that snuck inside the near post to give the Islanders a 1-0 lead with 9:28 remaining in the first period. 

Just 1:07 later, Matthew Highmore collected the puck behind the net and wrapped it around on the backhand, before tucking it across the goal line to extend the Bridgeport lead to 2-0. 

Michael Callahan fired a wrist shot from the point that Joey Abate redirected from the slot inside the right post to cut the Islanders’ lead to 2-1 with 4:45 to play in the first frame. Jake Schmaltz received a secondary assist. 

Poitras collected a turnover in the slot and slid the puck over to Merkulov at the left post, where he patiently flipped it past the diving goaltender to tie the game at 2-2 with 1:21 left in the first period.  

Nearing the end of the power play, Patrick Brown slid the puck across the ice to Tufte at the bottom of the right circle, where he hammered a one-timer into the open side of the net to give the P-Bruins a 3-2 lead with 6:13 remaining in the second period. Wolanin was credited with a secondary assist. 

On the rush, Tufte skated the puck into the right circle and attempted to slide it across the crease, where it deflected off a diving defender and across the goal line to extend the Providence lead to 4-2 just 57 seconds after his previous tally. Poitras received an assist.  

Tufte dished the puck to Hagens at the bottom of the right circle, where he hammered a one-timer inside the near post for a power play goal to give the P-Bruins a 5-2 lead with 11:34 to play in the third frame. Wolanin was credited with a secondary assist.

Cole Eiserman cut down the slot and redirected a feed from Matt Luff inside the left post for a power play goal to cut the Providence lead to 5-3 with 7:07 left in the third period.

Poitras fired a cross-crease pass to Tufte cutting towards the crease, where he redirected it into the net for his third goal of the game to give the P-Bruins a 6-3 lead with 5:16 remaining in the third period. Merkulov received a secondary assist. 

Cole McWard’s slap shot from the point found the back of the net to shrink the Providence lead to 6-4 with 2:53 to play in the third frame.  Â