Pre-game

Lineups

London Knights
M Rupert-R Rupert-Griffith
Domi-Horvat-Anderson
Broadhurst-Tierney-Welychka
Restoule-Platzer-Elie
*Scratches: Pawley, Nevins, Leroux, Jammes (knee)

Maatta-Hughes
Harrington-Ferry
Raine-Zadorov
*Scratches: Liberati

Bailie
Patterson
*Scratches: Herbst (knee)

Erie Otters
Crisp-Cairns-Labardo
Harper-McDavid-Brown
Hodgson-Evans-Betz
Corellessa-Pettit-McGuire
*Scratches: Fox, Olden, Eisenberg

Pelech-Glass
Donnay-Kuleshov
Felker-McDowell
*Scratches: Maaskant, Wood

Dansk
Williams
*Scratches: -

Keys to a London Knights victory

1. Contain 15-year-old phenom Connor McDavid
2. Rookies need to get the nerves out early
3. Roll all four lines and test Dansk often

Post-game

Knightly Watch

Max Domi, Forward, No. 16
1st period: 7 shifts (6 even-strength, 0 penalty kill, 1 power-play), 4:53.9 time-on-ice, 2 shots, 0 hits, 1-2 in faceoffs, 0 penalty minutes
— 1 goal, 0 assists, +1

2nd period: 5 shifts (4.5 even-strength, 0 penalty kill, 0.5 power-play), 5:31.2 time-on-ice, 0 shots, 0 hits, 3-0 in faceoffs, 0 penalty minutes
— 0 goals, 1 assist, +1

3rd period: 3 shifts (2 even-strength, 0 penalty kill, 1 power-play), 3:25.6 time-on-ice, 0 shots, 1 hit, 0-1 in faceoffs, 0 penalty minutes
— 0 goals, 0 assists, even

Total: 15 shifts (12.5 even-strength, 0 penalty kill, 2.5 power-play), 13:50.7 in time-on-ice, 2 shots, 1 hit, 4-3 in faceoffs, 0 penalty minutes
— 1 goal, 1 assist, +2

Note: Shifts, time-on-ice, shots, hits, and faceoffs are statistics gathered first-hand by Metro. They are not official OHL stats.

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