WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Ticker) -- Philippe Boucher and Alex Vasilevski both supplied three assists to lead the Long Beach Ice Dogs to a 5-2 victory over the Manitoba Moose in the first game of their best-of-three series. Boucher set up Scott Thomas with 2:31 left in the opening period to tie the score at 1-1. Vasilevski assisted second-period goals by Nils Ekman and Mike Crowley as Long Beach took a 3-1 lead. Nikolai Khabibulin, who led all of minor league hockey with a 1.83 GAA in the regular season, made 39 saves for the Ice Dogs. Bill Bowler notched a shorthanded goal and an assist for Manitoba, which will travel to Long Beach for Game Two on Friday.