BOISBRIAND, Que. — Xavier Bourgault scored twice, including the winner, and added an assist as the Shawinigan Cataractes fended off the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 5-4 on Friday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.
Maximilien Ledoux, Lorenzo Canonica and Mavrik Bourque added goals as Shawinigan (8-2-2) won its sixth straight game.
Charles-Antoine Lavallee made 33 saves for the win.
Anri Ravinskis and Simon Pinard scored in the final three minutes of play to pull the Armada (7-5-0) within one. Alexis Brisson and Alexis Gendron also found the back of the net.
Charles-Edward Gravel stopped 16 shots in net for Blainville-Boisbriand.
The Cataractes went 1 for 3 on the power play and the Armada were 1 for 2 with the man advantage.
Elsewhere in the QMJHL, Charlottetown edged Saint John 4-3, Gatineau topped Halifax 3-2, Moncton bested Cape Breton 6-4, Sherbrooke downed Drummondville 3-1, Val-d’Or sailed past Rimouski 4-1, Baie-Comeau beat Acadie-Bathurst 6-4, and Victoriaville eked out a 3-2 shootout win over Chicoutimi.
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