Mississauga struck first on the power play halfway through the first period as a point shot was thrown at the net and went off Dean Loukus for a 1-0 lead. That score would remain going into the second.
The Steelheads struck again early in the period, similarly to their first. Another point shot was redirected, this time by Luke Misa and slipped by Petes goaltender Liam Sztuska for a 2-0 lead.
Peterborough erased the deficit quickly as Chase Lefebvre snapped one from close inside the faceoff circle and made it 2-1. The Petes tied the game after getting an odd-man rush chance and made no mistake. Nico Addy opted to pass it to Quinton Pagé and got the one-timer through for a 2-2 game.
Mississauga regained the lead on the powerplay as Peterborough’s Porter Martone dished the puck out in front for a tap-in one-timer from Loukus, his second score of the game for a 3- 2 lead.
Peterborough answered late in the period as Johnathan Melee threw one at the net and hit the post. It bounced fortuitously for the Petes and Braydon McCallum scored on a wide-open net to tie it up at 3-3 going into the third.
The Pete had an early powerplay, but unfortunately a turnover caused a 2-0 breakaway for Mississauga. Misa scored his second of the game on a shorthanded goal for a 4-3 lead.
Peterborough battled hard to tie the game but Misa put the game on ice with an empty-net goal and a hat trick, resulting in a 5-3 Steelheads win.
The Petes hit the nation’s capital on Friday to take on the Ottawa 67’s at 7 p.m. at the TD Place.
