LEWISTON — Alex Beaton picked a perfect time to play one of his best games as a Lewiston Maineiac.

Beaton, who welcomed new linemate Etienne Brodeur to his wing Sunday, scored a goal, added a pair of assists, stood up for a teammate in a tussle and won 13 of 21 faceoffs to lead the Maineiacs to a convincing 7-1 victory over the Chicoutimi Sagueneens at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee on Sunday.

“That felt pretty good,” Beaton said. “That might have been my best game of the year, for sure. The whole team played well, too, and we got the win.”

“I’m very proud of this team, it was a character win,” Maineiacs’ coach Don MacAdam said. “We used all four lines, we used them all a lot, and they all performed well.”

Brodeur added a pair of assists, and Pier-Olivier Morin, the other forward on that line, had a goal and a helper. The addition of Brodeur, Beaton said, made it a bit easier to move around out on the ice.

“It’s kind of similar to last year, when I had Danick (Paquette) on my line,” Beaton said. “The physical play, Etienne brings that and it opens up the ice a lot.”

Alexis Piette had a pair of goals late in the third period, and Francis Beauvillier, whom the Maineiacs drafted at No. 3 overall in last June’s draft, recorded his first career goal, also in the third period.

“Henley won the faceoff, and I just shot the puck,” Beauvillier said. “I was trying to get a rebound off the goalie for (Jean-Francois) Plante, but it went in.”

While Lewiston’s power play has struggled to begin the season (the Maineiacs were 1-of-4 Sunday, and are 5-of-35 on the season), the Maineiacs’ penalty kill has been spot on. That unit held the Sagueneens to no goals on nine power-play opportunities, and at 90 percent, the Maineiacs’ PK is tied with Drummondville for the best in the league.

“The advantage we have is that we have a lot of guys who are good on the PK,” MacAdam said. “It lets us stay more rested.”

One night after Chicoutimi upended Quebec in a shootout, the Sags were flat from start to finish.

“Our best players were invisible,” Chicoutimi coach Richard Martel said. “Our goalie was only average, and our power play was nothing.”

Morin got things going early, slipping a feed from Beaton through the 5-hole on Chicoutimi starter Christopher Gibson to put Lewiston on top 1-0 just 3:33 into the contest. Brodeur ran hard into the right corner to dislodge the puck, which squirted out to Beaton near the right post. Beaton slid the puck backwards to Morin in the slot, who fought off two Chicoutimi sticks to notch his first of the game.

The Maineiacs struck again at 10:05 on the power play. Beaton won the faceoff, and after a couple of bounces, the puck landed on Samuel Carrier’s stick at the point. Carrier shifted to the left and fired a slapper toward the cage. Officials originally credited Morin with a tip-in tally, but after reviewing the play, Carrier earned his second of the season and gave Lewiston a two-goal cushion.

Michael Chaput made it 3-0 at 15:50 on a great give-and-go with Stefan Fournier. Fournier’s backhand saucer pass from the left circle fed Chaput in the low slot, where he beat Gibson with a snipe to the top left corner.

In the second, the teams became better acquainted through a series of minor altercations, resulting in a choppy period with little flow. When the Maineiacs broke free into open ice, they notched their fourth of the game. This time, it was Beaton taking a drop pass from Brodeur in the left circle and firing the puck through a defender’s legs into the top left corner of the cage, past a screened Gibson.

Beauvillier sniped the top left corner off a faceoff at 5:42 of the third to give Lewiston a 5-0 cushion.

Steve Lebel rained on Lewiston keeper Adrien Lemay’s parade at 9:40 of the final frame, banking in the Sags’ lone goal from behind the net to break up his shutout bid.

“It was a little unlucky, I didn’t think he was going to shoot it right away,” Lemay said. “We got the win, that’s what matters.”

Piette netted his third and fourth of the season at 14:50 and 16:59 of the final frame to round out the scoring.

One glaring omission from the Maineiacs’ lineup Sunday was Eric Gelinas. The NHL-drafted defenseman sat out Sunday’s game after missing the start of practice Sunday.

“The rules are for everybody, and it was unfortunate,” MacAdam said. “I’ve seen this a lot at the AHL level, too, where guys who are sent down have to get adjusted to where they are, but there will be no problems here, none at all.”

Two of the league’s best — Drummondville and Quebec — are the Maineiacs’ next opponents. The Voltigeurs visit the Colisee on Thursday, and the Remparts roll into town Sunday, Oct. 4.