Despite outshooting RPI to the tune of 41-25, the St. Lawrence University men's hockey fell 4-0 to the Engineers on Monday afternoon at Appleton Arena.

The Skating Saints fell to 5-11-4 on the season and 3-5-2 in ECAC play, while RPI improved to 10-12-3 and 5-5-0 in conference play.  

The Engineers started the game fast after a tough game the day before scoring one minute and 54 seconds into the game. Kyle Hallbauer sprung James McIsaac with a breakaway pass after causing a turnover at the RPI blueline. McIsaac beat Grant Adams on the breakaway to take the 1-0 lead.

After the first period the Engineers held the 12-4 edge in shots.

The Saints would catch up in the shot department tying the totals at 15 with 8:41 to go in the second period. However, St. Lawrence was unable to get a goal on the board.

The Skating Saints had a great chance five minutes into the second frame when the Saints caused a turnover and attacked on the transition. Kaden Pickering took a pass from fellow captain David Jankowski and dished it to Nicholas Trela. Trela entered the zone and fired a wrister through a screen, but was stopped on the play.

Trela once again had a chance with six minutes and 37 seocnds left in the period when a centering pass from Jankowski found his stick in front of Jack Watson. Watson turned away the effort to keep it a 1-0 game.

Moments later Hallbauer earned his second assist of the game as he found Reid Leibold open for a breakaway. Leibold snuck the puck under the pad of Adams to double the lead. Then with 16 seconds left on the clock in the second, Shane Sellar lobbed a puck over the Saints' defense that was caught by TJ Walsh. Walsh found Sellar entering the zone and was able to make it a 3-0 game with a well-aimed shot on Adams.

St. Lawrence blistered Watson and the RPI defense with 22 shots in the third period compared to the Engineers' four. On the Saints' power play in the third period the Scarlet and Brown had numerous chances getting eight shots onto Watson, but were denied each time.

Ryan Mahshie made it a 4-0 game at the buzzer with an empty-net goal to close the game.

Adams stopped 21 shots for the Saints in the contest, whiole Watson made 41 saves in the win.

Both teams went 0-for-3 on the power play in the game.

After playing in nine straight home games, the Skating Saints will head back on the road on short rest to take on Harvard on Friday, January 21 and Dartmouth on Saturday, January 22. Both games are slotted for 7:00 p.m. starts.