The league-leading Knights had a 15-game winning streak entering the game. On Jan. 26, goaltender Easton Rye got his first career win against London in a 3-2 shootout victory to stop their 14-game winning streak. He had the start again for Peterborough.
London struck first in four-on-four play as William Nicholl received an outlet pass and had a step on the Petes defense. After some stickhandling, he beat Rye on the backhand and made it 1-0 for London. The Knights continued their goal-scoring ways as Sam O'Reilly tipped a point shot from Blake Montgomery that beat Rye to make it 2-0 going into the second.
Nicholl struck again as he was left a soft drop-like pass to the high slot and slapped it past Rye for a 3-0 lead. The Knights kept their foot on the gas as Landon Sim, on the power play, was able to tip an Oliver Bonk point shot to make it 4-0 after two.
The Knights would not let up and kept pressuring Peterborough in the third. Montgomery was left alone in front of the net as the Petes had previously broken up his shot attempt. London forced a turnover in the offensive zone, and Sim helped Montgomery ring off a one-timer for a 5-0 lead. Noah Aboflan added a late goal and the Knights extended their winning streak to 16 with a 6-0 shutout over the Petes.
Peterborough heads to the nation’s capital on Friday to face the Ottawa 67’s at TD Place. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m.
