Tyler Toffoli did a lot to clarify the Ontario Hockey League's scoring race on Wednesday night.
Toffoli started his evening with a natural hat trick and then added two more goals as the Ottawa 67's rocked the Kingston Frontenacs 9-0 in OHL action.
Before Wednesday's round of games Toffoli and Josh Shalla of the Saginaw Spirit were tied for the OHL's goal-scoring lead at 29 each.
Shalla's single goal in Saginaw's 4-2 win over the Erie Otters briefly gave him the lead in the race, but the five-goal outburst catapulted Toffoli to the top.
The 18-year-old winger now has 34 goals in 36 games. Last season, Toffoli scored 37 times in 65 games.
Petr Mrazek's 34-save performance was perfect for the 67's. It was his first shutout of the season.
Elsewhere in the OHL it was: Saginaw 4 Erie 2; Peterborough 6 Belleville 1; London 3 Guelph 2; Owen Sound 8 Barrie 5; Sarnia 4 Plymouth 2; Oshawa 4 Niagara 2; Kitchener 3 Windsor 1 and Sault Ste. Marie 6 Sudbury 3.
At Ottawa, Thomas Nesbitt had a pair of goals for the 67's (25-9-2), while defencemen Marc Zanetti and Ryan Shipley chipped in as well.
Franky Palazzese started in net for Kingston (17-13-4), making 10 saves on 15 shots. He was replaced after the first period by Blake Richard who turned aside 14 of 18 shots.
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Spirit 4 Otters 2
At Saginaw, Mich., Mavric Parks' 43-save performance lifted the Spirit over Erie.
John McFarland and Jordan Szwarz had a goal and an assist to lead the attack for Saginaw (23-7-4). Josh Shalla scored his 30th goal of the season, while Ryan O'Connor chipped in as well.
Matt Paton and Brady Austin scored eight seconds apart in the second period to tie the game for the Otters (17-18-2), but could not overtake the Spirit.
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Petes 6 Wolves 1
At Belleville, Ont., Austin Watson scored three goals as Peterborough finally solved the Bulls.
Joey West, Alan Quine and Justin Larson added singles for the Petes (11-21-2).
Luke Judson had the only goal for Belleville (12-22-2).
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Knights 3 Storm 2
At Guelph, Ont., Daniel Erlich's goal just 12:21 into the game stood as the winner as London edged the Storm.
Captain Michael D'Orazio opened scoring at the 3:52 of the first period for the Knights (16-14-3) followed 27 seconds later by Jared Knight.
Cody McNaughton replied for Guelph (15-15-5) on a power play in the first. Taylor Beck scored midway through the third period for the Storm.
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Attack 8 Colts 5
At Owen Sound, Ont., linemates Joey Hishon and Andrew Fritsch both had a pair of goals and two assists as the Attack rallied past Barrie.
Andrew Shaw scored twice for Owen Sound (23-11-2), while Matt Stanisz and Liam Heelis also found the back of the net.
Zach Hall struck twice for Barrie (6-26-4), while Colin Behenna had a goal and an assist. Dylan Smoskowitz and Tanner Pearson chipped in as well.
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Sting 4 Whalers 2
At Sarnia, Ont., Alex Galchenyuk had a goal and two assists as the Sting beat Plymouth.
Galchenyuk's first goal in 11 games, helped Sarnia (15-15-4) to its second-straight win. Brandon Francisco also ended a scoring drought, finding the back of the net for the first time in 15 games. Nail Yakupov and Brett Ritchie added goals of their own.
James Livingston and Max Iafrate scored for the Whalers (18-15-2).
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Generals 4 IceDogs 2
At Oshawa, Ont., Nicklas Jensen scored two goals for the Generals as they disposed of Niagara.
Alain Berger scored the winner just minutes before Jensen did, also on the power play. JP Labardo scored the other goal for the Generals (19-9-6).
Andrew Agozzino and Ryan Strome were the scorers for the IceDogs(21-9-4).
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Rangers 3 Spitfires 1
At Kitchener, Ont., Tyler Randell scored the game-winning goal on the power play as the Rangers skated past Windsor.
Ryan Murphy also scored for Kitchener (21-8-4), while Cody Sol added some insurance with an empty-net goal in the final 20 seconds of play.
Stephen Johnston was the lone scorer for the Spitfires (21-13-1).
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Greyhounds 6 Wolves 3
At Sudbury, Ont., forward Carson Dubchak had two goals as Sault Ste. Marie dropped the Wolves.
Brandon Archibald, Vern Cooper, Dan Catenacci and Brett Thompson added singles for the Greyhounds (12-18-5).
Mike MacDonald had a power-play goal and an assist for the Wolves (11-21-2) in the loss. Michael Sgarbossa also added a power-play goal and an assist for Sudbury, while Alex Racino scored his first goal for the club since being traded to the Wolves from the Saginaw Spirit four games ago.
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