Ottawa Canadians had a three-goal lead after two periods and cruised the rest of the way en route to a 6-1 win over Stittsville Royals.

Ottawa Canadians' Dominic Plaschy was a brick wall in net, as he came up with 31 saves and let only one puck past him. Plaschy managed to improve on his goals against average, which stood at 2.47 prior to the game.

Ottawa Canadians was led by Eric Ferguson, who had one goal and one assist. Ferguson scored 17:23 into the first period to make the score 2-0 Ottawa Canadians. Stephen Fullum picked up the assist.

Ottawa Canadians stifled Stittsville Royals' power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man. Ottawa Canadians kept Stittsville Royals' goalie busy throughout the game, and Patrick Kealey made 35 saves on 41 shots. Ottawa Canadians found the back of the net more times than it usually has this season. Ottawa Canadians has scored at the pace of 3.9 goals per game during the current campaign.

Ottawa Canadians additionally got points from Mitch Parker, who also tallied two goals and one assist to lead the team in points, Matt Crozier, who also registered one goal and one assist, Scott MciLroy, who also finished with one goal and one assist, and Fullum, who also grabbed one goal and one assist. Other players who recorded assists for Ottawa Canadians were Casey Doner, Nick Izgerean, and Connor Devereaux, who contributed one a piece and Jamie Molinski and Josh Hartley, who each chipped in two.

Stittsville Royals was relatively well disciplined in the game, receiving only 13 minors and one major for 31 minutes in penalty time. Stittsville Royals ended up below its season average of 42.0 penalty minutes per game. Stittsville Royals' penalty kill was spotless, allowing no goals on eight Ottawa Canadians power plays. Ottawa Canadians was unable to stop Stittsville Royals from sending pucks towards the net, and Stittsville Royals eventually piled up 32 shots on goal.

Ottawa Canadians ended with 21 minutes in penalty time with eight minors and one major. For Ottawa Canadians, Colton Pickett was ejected from the game. Stittsville Royals registered zero goals on three power play opportunities. Team's Blake Martyniuk and Matt Veaudry were slapped with misconducts and ejected from the game.