The Ottawa Senators had a four-goal lead after two periods and cruised the rest of the way en route to a 10-1 win over the Gloucester Rangers.

Ottawa got the win with help from a great game by Luke McCaw, who had one goal and two assists. McCaw scored 52 seconds into the first period to make the score 1-0 Ottawa. Brett Van Stralen provided the assist.

The Senators forced Gloucester's netminders to work between the pipes, getting 68 shots and forcing 58 saves. Cedric Hansen made 14 stops and Georgis Rentopoulos made 44. Ottawa surpassed its usual scoring output this season. The Senators average 3.5 goals per game.

Ottawa also got points from Daniel Sarracco, who also registered one goal and two assists, Van Stralen, who also grabbed two goals and one assist, Jody Sullivan, who also finished with one goal and three assists to lead the team in points, and Mitchell Gibson, who also finished with one goal and two assists. Others who scored for Ottawa included Alexandre Way, who had two and Cameron White and Jaren Burke, who each put in one. In addition, Ottawa received assists from Isaac Anderson, Greg Meireles, Dean Hewines, and Elie Boulerice, who contributed one each and Sean Rappleyea, Zacharie Car, and Zachary Cross, who each chipped in two.

The Rangers were led by Paul Vella, who scored the team's only goal. Vella scored 16:07 into the first period to make the score 3-1 Ottawa. Sander Boroczky picked up the assist.

Ottawa's Ian Andriano stopped 20 shots out of the 21 that he faced. The Senators finished the contest with no penalties and went 2-for-4 with the man advantage. Gloucester incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors and had no power play opportunities.