HERSHEY, Pa. — The Portland Pirates (33-22-3-1) capped off a successful road weekend on Sunday night with a dominant 5-1 win over the Eastern Conference leading Hershey Bears (36-16-5-2). It was the Pirates third win in as many games over the weekend.

The first period provided most of the action, as the two teams combined for three goals. Hershey took the first one on the power play when Stanislav Galiev scored at the 3:02 mark, while being assisted by Andre Burakovsky and Chris Conner.

The Pirates evened the score 10 minutes later on a goal from Dylan Reese, assisted by Greg Miller and Tyler Gaudet. Portland later took a 2-1 lead at 15:21 with a powerplay goal from Joel Hanley, with help from Jordan Martinook and Henrik Samuelsson.

Portland started the second frame with a man advantage, but were unsuccessful in converting. Not long after the Bears returned to even strength, Chris Brown went to the box for holding the stick and the Pirates were awarded another power play, but were unable to capitalize once again. The Pirates received two more power-play chances on a Brown holding penalty and a Connor Carrick delay of game penalty that led into the third period.

The Pirates hit the ice hard in the third and stopped the high caliber Bears offense while tacking on their final three goals.

Portland goaltender David Leggio (8-13-0) blocked 23 of the 24 shots he faced.

The Pirates return home for a four-game homestand at the Cross Insurance Arena where they will take on the Norfolk Admirals on Friday at 7 p.m. and once more on Saturday.