The Penguins came into the second period on a thunderous start, going on a 10-0 shooting run 10:19 minutes into the frame where they scored their second goal by forward Aidan McDonough and also what turned out to be the game-winning power play goal by defenseman Owen Pickering. Afterwards, Hershey outshot Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 9-2 for the rest of the frame with the first of these shots resulting in a goal by AHL All-Star forward Ilya Protas to cut the lead 3-1.
