The story of night one stood true in night two for MSU hockey against Notre Dame: keep a lead heading in the final period. 

That's just what the Spartans did.

MSU closed out its weekend against Notre Dame on a high note after a victorious night one, winning 4-3 on Saturday night and moving to 4-0 in conference play with the sweep. 

"It's obviously super challenging to sweep in college hockey," MSU head coach Adam Nightingale said postgame. "We have a ton of respect for Notre Dame and we knew they were going to push."

The first matchup of the series Friday between Notre Dame and MSU was back and forth for the first 20 minutes. The Spartans took off in the waning minutes of the second period, ending night one with a landslide 8-3 victory. It was the first time they scored eight goals against a Big Ten opponent.

After allowing six goals on Friday, Notre Dame goaltender Owen Say was benched for Saturday. Nicholas Kempf stepped into the crease for his fourth game of the season.

From the drop, the Spartans were all over the puck and created plays across the ice. 

"I thought we played north, we played behind them, we changed early and we weren't extending shifts," Nightingale said.

For the first five minutes of the first period, MSU limited Notre Dame to just a single shot on goal while firing five shots on goal. The relentlessness and the depth of the lineup was clear as the forward third line of seniors Red Savage, Tanner Kelly and junior Tiernan Shoudy were hot off the first draw of the game.

Continuing this depth trend, freshman forward Shane Vansaghi got the Spartans on the board first. He was quick to dodge around Notre Dame opponents just in front of the crease and ripped one to the back of the net for a lead.