Evan Buitenhuis made 37 saves to complete the shutout and led the Oakville Blades to a 12-0 win against the Burlington Cougars.

Referees had their hands full with a major incident at 7:19 into the third period. Four fighting penalties were dished out along with four game misconducts.

Oakville was often in penalty trouble, totaling 10 minors and two majors for 40 minutes in penalty time. The Blades surpassed its season average of 17.0 penalty minutes per game. Oakville forced Burlington's goalies to work in net, getting 44 shots and forcing 32 saves. Alex Murray made 19 stops and Brock Novak made 13. The Blades' defensive play was more effective than usual against the Cougars. Oakville allows 2.3 goals per game. The Blades surpassed their usual scoring output this season. This season, Oakville averages 4.3 goals per contest. The defensemen of the Blades were also effective in Burlington's zone, and came away with two goals.

Oakville was helped by Kyle Jenkins, who racked up two goals and one assist. Jenkins scored the first of his two goals at 3:51 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Oakville. Jonah Renouf assisted on the tally. Jenkins' next tally made the score 6-0 Oakville with 6:56 left in the second period. The Blades had taken the advantage when the Cougars' Gavin Shantz got sent off for unsportsmanlike conduct. Eli Berg provided the assist. Oakville additionally got points from Nathan Renouf, who also grabbed two goals and one assist, Matt Alvaro, who also finished with one goal and one assist, Jimmy Cusan, who also had two goals and one assist, and Patrick Chore, who also finished with two goals and two assists to lead the team in points. Oakville also got a goal from Kris Bennet as well. More assists for Oakville came via Sean Perichak and Greg Campbell, who contributed one a piece and Aidan Orbinski, Harrison Domagala, Len Fabbri, and Rory Bell, who each chipped in two.

Burlington forced its penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up 18 minors and two majors for 76 minutes in penalty time. The Cougars had been averaging 25.0 minutes in penalties per game. Burlington's offense operated below it season average. The Cougars put an average of 3.8 pucks into the net per game. Oakville was unable to stop Burlington from sending pucks towards the net, and the Cougars eventually piled up 37 shots on goal.

The Blades registered six goals on 14 power play opportunities. For Oakville, Orbinski, Domagala, and Alvaro were ejected from the contest. Burlington registered zero goals on one power play opportunities. Team's Adam Ostemiere, Jeremy Gottzmann, and Tyler Lepore were slapped with misconducts and ejected from the game.