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The Belleville Senators banked two points in an early start on Tuesday in Winnipeg, securing 5–2 win over the Manitoba Moose.
The seats at Canada Life Place were filled with energetic children as part of the Moose’s school day game, and the Sens did their part to spoil the atmosphere early.
An offensive-zone faceoff win helped generate a point shot from Carter Yakemchuk, creating a rebound with Jamieson Rees on the doorstep to make it 1-0.
Just under three minutes later, the Senators, after drawing multiple penalties, extended their lead. After a point shot, a digging Xavier Bourgault and Philippe Dauost helped pop a puck out to Arthur Kaliyev for his eleventh goal of the season and a 2–0 advantage.
Belleville’s pressure continued, as they were not done adding to their first-period push. Arthur Kaliyev and Jan Jenik picked up assists as Oskar Pettersson crashed the net and buried his fourth goal of the year, widening the lead to 3-0.
The second saw the Moose waste no time getting on the board, scoring just forty-nine seconds in. In a battle behind the net, Mason Shaw and Walker Duehr forced a turnover in front, and Parker Ford beat Mads Sogaard to cut the game to 3–1.
The third and final period started off with the Moose scoring for the second time in a row. Sustained pressure allowed Jaret Anderson-Dolan to connect with Kale Clague, adding his first point in eight games, trimming the deficit to 3–2, but Manitoba could not pull even.
Keean Washkurak helped force a turnover, leading to Mark Duarte feeding Pettersson in front for his second of the game to extend Belleville’s lead back to two.
Jorian Donovan added in an empty tally to close out the game and seal the victory.
Mads Sogaard earned his first win of the 2025-26 AHL season with 31 saves.
The Senators will continue this matchup against the Moose Wednesday night at 8:00 p.m. ET to finish off their back-to-back and a four-game road trip.
