The Ottawa Senators were firing on all cylinders against the Kanata Stallions, and when the final buzzer sounded Senators emerged with an 8-1 win.

Ottawa got the win behind a great game by Justin Charbonneau, who had two goals and one assist. Charbonneau scored the first of his two goals short handed at 14:04 into the first period to make the score 2-0 Ottawa. The Senators found themselves down a man on Luc Deschamps's cross checking. Charbonneau's next tally short handed made the score 6-1 Ottawa with 11:58 left in the third period. Joey Champigny assisted on the tally.

Ottawa racked up the penalties in the contest, and ended with seven minors and two majors for 24 minutes in penalty time. The Senators surpassed its season average of 19.0 penalty minutes per game. Ottawa surpassed its usual scoring output this season. The Senators have scored at the pace of 4.2 goals per game during the current campaign.

Ottawa also got points from Deschamps, who also registered one goal and one assist and Champigny, who also had one goal and one assist. Ryan Collins also scored for Ottawa. More assists for Ottawa came via Eric Clitsome and Michael Evelyn, who contributed one a piece and Mike Martin, Yannick Crete, Deric Boudreau, and Matthew Dupont, who each chipped in two.

Kanata was often in penalty trouble, totaling seven minors and two majors for 24 minutes in penalty time. The Stallions had been averaging 17.0 minutes in penalties per game. Kanata was held below its usual level of production. The Stallions put an average of 3.2 pucks into the net per game.

Kanata was led by Chris Harper, who scored the team's only goal. Harper scored on the power play 15:26 into the second period to make the score 3-1 Ottawa. The Stallions had taken the advantage when Ottawa's Boudreau got sent off for tripping. Braedan Moffatt picked up the assist.

Ian Andriano made 20 saves for the Senators on 21 shots. Ottawa registered one goal on four power play opportunities. For the Senators, Shawn Lynch and Geoffrey Lawson were ejected from the contest. Cole Skinner recorded 18 saves for Kanata. The Stallions registered one goal on four power play opportunities. Team's Connor Cobbold and Kasey Kulczycki were slapped with misconducts and ejected from the game.