By Justin Pelletier,Staff Writer

RIMOUSKI, Quebec — The 17-year-old scoring machine?

He’s now present and accounted for.

And the shaky goaltending from Game 1 vanished faster than you can say Cedrick Desjardins.

Held to just one point in Friday’s wild 6-3 win, Rimouski phenom Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists and Desjardins stopped 38 shots leading the Oceanic to a 3-0 victory on Saturday and a 2-0 edge in the best-of-seven series.

“We started (down) 2-0, but it’s not done,” sad Maineiacs coach Clem Jodoin. “I was talking to the boys after the second period, and we were playing with discipline against Shawinigan in the first series, and we have to bring it back. That’s how we will stay in this series.”

Crosby set up a first-period, even-strength goal with a blind, behind-the-back pass from the left boards. In the second, he flew up the right side and around Maineiacs defenseman Bobby Gates, creating space in front for a Dany Roussin tally, and later scored his own on the power play with a slap shot from the high slot.

“The layoff certainly hurts a little bit,” said Crosby, “I think by the end of the game we had a bit more in the legs than they did, and we were starting to skate better, too”

Crosby and Lewiston’s Alexandre Picard also started to throw punches at one point in the third period, but the linesman quickly moved in to break them up and each was assessed a two-minute minor.

“It’s never good to retaliate,” said Crosby, “but emotions were running high out there, and sometimes those things happen.”

Desjardins, meanwhile, stopped everything the Maineiacs threw his way.

“We owe a very big thanks to Cedric Desjardins,” said Oceanic coach Doris Labonte. “We did the right things in the first and second periods, but they could have opened it up in the third if not for Desjardins.”

The game was much more physical than its predecessor, with the teams combining for 119 penalty minutes (there were seven 10-minute misconducts, which the league doesn’t count in its official totals.)

After the Oceanic went to the box for nearly 10 straight minutes in the first, the Maineiacs followed suit in the second. The difference? Rimouski went 2-for-14 with an extra attacker, while Lewiston didn’t score once on 13 power play chances.

“We have to be physical, but we have to stay on the ice,” said Jodoin. “It’s not an easy situation right now. You have two teams that don’t like each other.”

Labonte, meanwhile, all but placed the blame on the Maineiacs for the altercations.

“Everyone uses their own tactics in the playoffs,” said Labonte. “I don’t like the way they are playing this, but it is not up to me to coach their team. We will play our own game and worry about that.”

Lewiston netminder Jaroslav Halak was again stellar, stopping 35 of 38 shots.

“It’s no secret for anybody,” said Jodoin. “Halak played a good game, but we have to stay on the ice.”

Crosby recorded his second point of the playoffs in grand style, setting up defenseman Patrick Coulombe in front with a highlight-reel-quality, blind pass from the right boards after a quick feed from Marc-Antoine Pouliot left him wide open there. Facing just a bit of pressure, Crosby wheeled and spun the pass through two sets of legs to Coulombe, who pinched in from the left point unchecked.

“I saw out of the corner of my eye,” said Crosby. “I know he likes to cut in a lot, so I threw it out there. He did a good job finishing it off.”

The Maineiacs had four power plays in the first 10 minutes of play, including more than three minutes with two separate 5-on-3 advantages, but the Oceanic were able to kill each one off. As the period drew on, the Maineiacs took three trips to the box themselves, but in the first, the penalty-kill unit stymied the powerful Rimouski attack.

Halak was again critical for Lewiston in the opening frame, stopping a 2-on-1 and a breakaway and allowing the Maineiacs to escape down just one.

Rimouski got a rebound goal from Roussin before Crosby netted a slap shot to put the game away.

Brandon Roach, meanwhile, left the game in the first period with an undisclosed injury and did not return, and Nick Cowan received a five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct for a high stick, so his status for Tuesday is also questionable.

The teams will have two days off to rest and travel, before squaring off Tuesday at the Colisee at 7 p.m.