Leigh are the first to get through elimination weekend, and are heading toward a milestone semi-final next week.
Three second-half tries from Edwin Ipape, Gareth O'Brien and Josh Charnley - whose night was ended when he suffered a neck injury - has Leigh just 80 minutes away from the Grand Final.
Salford, a side lauded as entertainers throughout the season, have been left stunned as their season ends in front of a packed home crowd.
While that's all for the Red Devils this season, we have only just got started with the Super League play-offs.
Tomorrow, Warrington Wolves host St Helens in the second eliminator.
It's a match you can follow right here, and live on BBC Two, iPlayer and various BBC radio stations.
I am so proud of them as they just got bombarded in that first 40 minutes. But the courage that we showed to keep turning up – I am just so happy for the whole town.
The team are very connected as a group and I love them dearly. Yes we are losing a lot of them at the end of the year but they are playing for each other now.
