MONCTON — Egor Shilov’s power-play goal at 17:26 of the third period snapped a 3-3 deadlock and lifted the visiting Victoriaville Tigres to a 5-3 Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League victory over the Moncton Wildcats on Friday.

Alexis Bourque scored twice for the Tigres (5-5-0-0), while Thomas Paquet had a goal and two assists and Shilov added an empty-net goal with 16 seconds left in the game at the Avenir Centre.

Niko Tournas scored twice for the Wildcats (5-3-2-0), while Simon Binkley netted a single.

The Tigers led 1-0 after the first period and 3-2 heading into the third.

The Wildcats outshot the Tigres 48-23 but couldn’t solve netminder Anthony Catanzariti, who stopped 45 of 48 shots.

The Tigres went 3-for-4 on the power play, while the Wildcats were 0-for-4.

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