Behind a great game by Tristen Elie, who had two goals and one assist, the xLondon Nationals defeated the Lambton Shores Predators, 6-0.

Elie found the back of the net on the power play 18:05 into the first period to make the score 1-0 xLondon and again while 26 seconds into the second to make the score 2-0 xLondon.

Justin Tugwell frustrated Lambton Shores' offense all game, and stopped 26 shots en route to a shutout. Tugwell certainly lowered his goals against average, which was 5.37 entering the contest.

Referees had their hands full with a major incident at 15:48 into the third period. Four fighting penalties were dished out along with two game misconducts.

xLondon was often in penalty trouble, totaling 12 minors and two majors for 54 minutes in penalty time. The Nationals surpassed its season average of 27.0 penalty minutes per game. xLondon excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in nine chances. The Nationals' offense rang up 51 shots on the Predators' net. xLondon outdid its season average for goals scored. The Nationals average 3.9 goals per game.

xLondon additionally got points from Matt Fuller, who also finished with one goal and two assists and Mike Whaley, who also tallied one goal and one assist. Nik Passero also scored for xLondon. In addition, xLondon received assists from Matt Wildman, who had two and Austin Kemp, Jeff Bauer, Scott Lombardi, and Drew Worrad, who each chipped in one.

Lambton Shores forced its penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up 10 minors and two majors for 50 minutes in penalty time. The total exceeded the 29.0 minutes per game the Predators had been spending in the box. Lambton Shores' offense operated below it season average. The Predators average 2.7 goals per game.

xLondon registered two goals on six power play opportunities. Team's Matt Doty and Keaton Ratcliffe were slapped with misconducts and ejected from the game. Justin Fazio recorded 45 saves for Lambton Shores. For the Predators, Kirk Dorman and Brent Hammett were ejected from the contest.