Cody Lindsay scored three times Friday night and his rookie linemate Sean Monahan had a goal and three assists to lead the Ottawa 67's to a 7-4 victory over the Barrie Colts in Ontario Hockey League action.
OHL scoring leader Tyler Toffoli notched his league-best 43rd goal of the season and added two assists to give him 83 points on the year and the 67's (30-15-2) won for the second time in three games.
Ryan Martindale also added a goal and two assists and Dalton Smith, filling in for the injured Shane Prince with Toffoli and Martindale on Ottawa's top line, had the other marker.
Lindsay scored twice in the third period to break open a 4-3 hockey game and record his second career OHL hat trick.
"It's always nice to score goals, but to get three and help the team win is big," Lindsay said. "Our first line is always putting the points up there, but we've got to take the pressure off of them."
Shayne Campbell made 17 saves for East Division-leading Ottawa.
Barrie, the OHL's worst team, managed to beat the 67's 6-4 on New Year's Eve for one of just its eight wins on the season, but that wasn't the case Friday as it slumped to its ninth loss in a row.
Norm Ezekiel and Colin Behenna had a goal and an assist apiece for the Colts (8-35-4), who have just two road wins all year.
Trent Hawke and Steven Beyers had the other goals for Barrie and Clint Windsor stopped 35 shots.
Elsewhere in the OHL it was: Guelph 6 Sarnia 2; Niagara 6 Plymouth 5 (SO); Oshawa 4 Saginaw 1; Peterborough 3 Kingston 2; Windsor 7 Kitchener 1; Erie 6 London 4; Mississauga 4 Brampton 1 and Belleville 5 Sudbury 3.
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Storm 6 Sting 2
At Guelph, Ont., Taylor Beck had back-to-back goals and added an assist as the Storm tripped up Sarnia.
Captain Michael Latta had a goal and set up one other for Guelph (22-19-5), while Richard Panik and Francis Menard added markers. Peter Holland scored an empty-net goal for some insurance.
Nick Latta and Alex Galchenyuk replied for the Sting (18-22-6).
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IceDogs 6 Whalers 5 (SO)
At Plymouth, Mich., Jason Wilson scored the winner in the shootout, the only goal among the 14 total shooters, as well as two goals in regulation time as Niagara topped the Whalers.
Darren Archibald scored twice and Freddie Hamilton had the other for the IceDogs (30-11-6).
Jamie Devane scored at 15:17 and 16:30 of the third period for Plymouth (26-18-4). Austin Levi, Stefan Noesen and Garrett Meurs scored the others for the Whalers
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Generals 4 Spirit 1
At Saginaw, Mich., Andy Andreoff had a goal and an assist to lead Oshawa past the Spirit.
Nicklas Jensen, Emerson Clark and Lucas Lessio added singles for the Generals (25-13-8) .
John McFarland scored the lone goal for Saginaw (32-12-4) as the Spirit dropped their third game in their last four tries.
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Petes 3 Frontenacs 2
At Kingston, Ont., Derek Mathers scored the game winner as Peterborough defeated the Frontenacs.
Matt Puempel and Alan Quine were the other goal scorers for the Petes (15-30-2).
Nathan Moon and Ryan Davidson both scored for Kingston (23-19-5).
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Spitfires 7 Rangers 1
At Kitchener, Ont., Alexander Khokhlachev scored four times in Windsor's rout of the Rangers.
Captain Ryan Ellis had a goal and set up five others for the Spitfires (27-15-4), while Tom Kuhnhackl and Kerby Rychel chipped in as well.
Ben Thomson was the lone scorer for Kitchener (27-14-4).
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Otters 6 Knights 4
At London, Ont., Greg McKegg's hat trick paced Erie to a win against the Knights.
McKegg, who is a Toronto Maple Leafs prospect picked in the third round of the 2010 amateur draft -- scored once in each period for the Otters (25-21-2), while Mac McDonnell, Shawn Szydlowski and Brett Appio also tallied.
London (25-18-3) received goals from the Rupert twins, Matt and Ryan, and a pair from Dane Fox.
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Majors 4 Battalion 1
At Mississauga, Ont., Justin Shugg and Chris DeSousa each scored a goal and added an assist to propel the Majors past Brampton.
Jordan Mayer and Devante Smith-Pelly also scored for Mississauga (35-8-2).
Barclay Goodrow replied with the lone goal for the Battalion (20-20-6).
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Bulls 5 Wolves 3
At Sudbury, Ont., Luke Judson scored two goals as Belleville defeated the Wolves.
Michael Curtis, Austen Brassard, and Scott Simmonds also scored for the Bulls (14-28-3), while Stephen Silas added two assists.
Frank Corrado had a goal and an assist for Sudbury (17-26-3), while Josh McFadden and Eric O'Dell chipped in with a goal each.
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