The Acadie-Bathurst Titan used the powerplay to their advantage with four powerplay goals in a 4-2 win over the P.E.I. Rocket Friday night at the K.C. Irving Regional Centre.
Christophe Lalancette scored the game-winning goal at 13:45 in the second period and added another goal at 14:23 in the third period.
Scoring for the Rocket were Victor Provencher and Alex Noel early in the second period.
Sebastian Trudeau added a late first period goal and Etienne Salvail added a goal for the Titan.
The Titan went 4-for-6 on the powerplay, as the Rocket were shutout on three attempts.
Antoine Bibeau made 20 saves on 23 shots through two periods before being replaced by Maxime Lagace who made nine saves.
Titan goaltender Robert Steeves was 21-for-23.
The Rocket host the Saint John Sea Dogs tonight at 4 p.m.
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