Mael St-Denis's power-play goal at 19:03 of the second period ended up being the winner as the Rimouski Oceanic edged the visiting Baie-Comeau Drakkar 3-2 in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Saturday.
Alexandre Blais and Mathys Dube also scored for the Oceanic, who outshot the visitors 29-26.
Justin Poirier and Anthony Lavoie scored for the Drakkar.
The Oceanic went 1-for-7 on the power play, while the Drakkar went 0-for-2.
Elsewhere in the QMJHL on Saturday:
FOREURS 2, CATARACTES 1
VAL-D'OR, Que. — Nathan Baril scored at 1:35 of the third period to give the Val-d'Or Foreurs a 2-1 victory over the visiting Shawinigan Cataractes.
Benjamin Cossette-Ayotte also scored for the Foreurs.
Vince Elie scored for the Cataractes, who outshot the hosts 34-29.
TIGRES 5, HUSKIES 2
ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. — Mael Lavigne scored twice as the visiting Victoriaville Tigres beat the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 5-2.
Mathis Aguilar, Eliott Simard and Alexis Bourque also scored for the Tigres.
Thomas Verdon and Bill Zonnon scored for the Huskies.
SEA DOGS 5, TITAN 4
SAINT JOHN, N.B. — William Yared scored the lone goal of a three-round shootout to lift the Saint John Sea Dogs to a 5-4 win over the visiting Acadie-Bathurst Titan.
Zachary Morin, Nate Tivey and Ben Cross also scored for the Sea Dogs.
Louis-François Belanger scored twice for the Titan, while Tyler Wood and Tyson Goguen netted singles.
PHOENIX 3, VOLTIGEURS 0
DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. — Kyan Labbe stopped 22 shuts and earned the shutout as the visiting Sherbrooke Phoenix defeated the Drummondville Voltigeurs 3-0.
Hugo Marcil, Lewis Gendron and Maxime Cote scored for the Phoenix.
Netminder Riley Mercer kicked out 28 of 30 shots for the Voltigeurs.
REMPARTS 4, SAGUENEENS 2
QUEBEC CITY, Que. — Loic Goyette and Justin Cote each scored twice as the Quebec Remparts beat the visiting Chicoutimi Sagueneens 4-2.
Félix Gagnon and Maxim Masse scored for the Sagueneens, who outshot the hosts 25-21.
The Remparts led 3-0 after the first period and the second was scoreless.
OLYMPIQUES 4, ARMADA 3 (OT)
GATINEAU, Que. — Jeremie Minville scored at 2:29 of overtime as the Gatineau Olympiques edged the visiting Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 4-3.
Nolan Ling, Julien Paille and Lukas Kral also scored for the Olympiques, who outshot the visitors 36-33.
Jonathan Fauchon scored twice for the Armada, while Zachary Wheeler netted a single.
WILDCATS 7, EAGLES 2
MONCTON, N.B. — Markus Vidicek scored twice and Caleb Desnoyers had a goal and two assists as the Moncton Wildcats whipped the visiting Cape Breton Eagles 7-2.
Etienne Morin, Alex Mercier, Vincent Collard and Juraj Pekarcik also scored for the Wildcats, who outshot the Eagles 41-34.
Cam Squires and Romain Litalien scored for the Eagles.
MOOSEHEADS 3, ISLANDERS 1
HALIFAX, N.S. — Lou Levesque had a goal and an assist as the Halifax Mooseheads beat the visiting Charlottetown Islanders 3-1.
Brady Shultz and Braeden MacPhee also scored for the Mooseheads, who were outshot 30-26.
Ross Campbell scored for the Islanders.
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