Behind a great game by Jim Pearson, who had two goals, the Ottawa Senators defeated the Brockville Braves, 7-3.

Pearson's tallies came at 16:27 into the first period to make the score 3-2 Ottawa and 1:34 into the second to make the score 4-2 Ottawa.

Ottawa excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in four chances. The Senators surpassed their usual scoring output this season. Ottawa averages 3.5 goals per game.

Ottawa additionally got points from Alexandre Way, who also registered one goal and one assist and Jody Sullivan, who also finished with two goals and one assist. Ottawa also had goals scored by Daniel Sarracco and Louis-Charles Croteau, who scored one goal each. Other players who recorded assists for Ottawa were Mitchell Gibson, who had three, Isaac Anderson, Brett Van Stralen, and Luke McCaw, who contributed one each, and Greg Meireles and Jaren Burke, who each chipped in two.

Brockville was led by Liam Folkes, who had two goals. Folkes scored the first of his two goals at 10:01 into the first period to make the score 2-2. Stuart Fierheller picked up the assist. Folkes' next tally made the score 5-3 Ottawa with 19:08 left in the third period. Michael Murray also scored for Brockville. In addition, Brockville received assists from Tre Folkes, who had one.

Ian Andriano recorded 27 saves for the Senators. Ottawa incurred 10 minutes in penalty time with five minors. The Braves' Henry Johnson stopped 19 shots out of the 26 that he faced. Brockville incurred six minutes in penalty time with three minors.