Gary Gait scored eight goals, while Paul Gait and Paul Cantabene dished out five assists each, as the Washington Power defeated the Calgary Roughnecks, 19-15, Saturday evening at Capital Centre.

Ben Prepchuk scored five goals, including three on the power play, for the Roughnecks.

Calgary dug itself into a 5-2 hole after one quarter, allowing Gary Gait two of his eight goals in the opening period. At intermission, the deficit was five goals, at 10-5, by which time Paul Gait had scored of his own.

"It was a tough matchup for us but we knew that going in," Calgary head coach Chris Hall said of the twins he has occasionally coached in Victoria, BC, since they were fifteen years old. "We tried a few different ways to diminish the Gaits but they just played their normal game."

Near the end of the third quarter, the Roughnecks made a bit of a run at the Power, finding two goals from Kaleb Toth and one each from Prepchuk and Shawn Cable in less than a three-minute span. Down by four goals heading into the final period of play, Calgary could not narrow the deficit.

Devin Dalep stopped 36 shots in the win, while Matt King's 39 saves could not avert defeat.

The Power improves to an NLL-best 7-2 this season, while Calgary falls to 4-8 in its debut campaign.

BOX SUMMARY
                                      1  2  3  4     TOT
Calgary Roughnecks (4-8)              2  3  6  4  --  15
Washington Power (7-2)                5  5  5  4  --  19

CALGARY ROUGHNECKS            WASHINGTON POWER
               G - A   PTS                   G - A   PTS
Prepchuk       5 - 1     6    G Gait         8 - 4    12
Toth           3 - 2     5    Cantebene      2 - 5     7
Wulder         3 - 2     5    P Gait         2 - 5     7
Katanchik      1 - 3     4    Halladay       3 - 1     4
Panos          1 - 2     3    F Jenner       1 - 3     4
K Goundrey     0 - 3     3    Shearer        2 - 0     2
Cable          1 - 0     1    Horsey         0 - 2     2
Green          1 - 0     1    S Radebaugh    0 - 2     2
R Campbell     0 - 1     1    Reese          0 - 2     2
J Phillips     0 - 1     1    Donovan        1 - 0     1
                              Gallant        0 - 1     1
                              Sims           0 - 1     1

Shots on goal           51    Shots on goal           58
Saves made by           39    Saves made by           36
   King              39          Dalep             36
Penalties               14    Penalties               13
Penalty Minutes         29    Penalty Minutes         42
Power Play Chances       6    Power Play Chances       5
Power Play Goals         6    Power Play Goals         5
   Prepchuk           3          Halladay           2
   Cable              1          G Gait             1
   Toth               1          F Jenner           1
   Wulder             1          Shearer            1
Shorthanded Goals        0    Shorthanded Goals        2
   (None)                        Donovan            1
                                 G Gait             1
Loose Balls            136    Loose Balls            101
   Bysouth           27          Dalep             24
   J Phillips        18          Cantabene         12
   King              17          Donovan           10
                                 G Gait            10
Faceoffs Won            20    Faceoffs Won            19
   Sundher      (18-16)          Cantabene    (12-12)
   Katanchik    ( 2- 3)          Brothers     ( 7- 8)

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