The Lewiston Maineiacs faced the same hole Sunday that seemed insurmountable Friday and Saturday.

This time, things were different.

Despite being outshot 36-23, Lewiston overcame a 2-0 deficit and scored four unanswered goals in a 4-2 win over Prince Edward Island at the Charlottetown Civic Center.

“Last night, even though we lost 5-0 for the first 45 minutes, we played a hell of a game,” said Maineiacs coach Clem Jodoin. “I have to give credit to the goalie. He played a pretty good game, but we played a really good overall game.”

The Maineiacs avoided a three-game sweep in the Maritimes thanks to three goals in the second period, the final two coming on the power play to take the 3-2 lead.

Eric Castonguay had two tallies for Lewiston while Chad Denny had a goal and an assist. Alexandre Picard had three assists. Goaltender Jaroslav Halak earned his 10th win of the year, stopping 34 P.E. I. shots.

“Last night, we just couldn’t score,” said Jodoin. “We just couldn’t finish. We couldn’t get any momentum.”

PEI took a 2-0 lead in the first period on two goals by Maxim Lapierre. The first came at 11:09 while the second was on the power play just over four minutes later.

Some scraps late in the first period helped ignite the Maineiacs and a tongue-lashing from Jodoin only fueled the fire.

“I was mad,” said Jodoin. “I talked to the boys between the first and the second period. I was like Come on, I want you to compete. If you compete, we’re going to help ourselves.'”

Lewiston got on the board with Pier-Luc Champagne’s third goal of the year at 7:59 of the second period. The Maineiacs then got a pair of power play tallies in the span of a minute to take the lead. It was the same kind of late surge in the second that broke the backs of the Maineiacs in Saturday’s 5-0 loss.

“We didn’t get down,” said Jodoin. “I was like Guys, we have to battle. We have to fight.’ We have to be stronger in some areas of the game, and we have to play desperate hockey. We were doing that. We finished our checks and our guys did well.”

Penalties by Viatcheslav Trukhno and Pierre-Andre Bureau opened the door for the Maineiacs power play.

Denny, who set up Champagne’s goal, scored with 4:01 left in the period. It was his third of the year.

Then a minute later, Castonguay scored a second power play goal. Castonguay added his second of the game, ninth of the year, late in the third period to seal it.

“We want to be stronger on the power play,” said Jodoin. “So it was nice to get those. We’re pretty good on the PK, but we want to improve on the power play.”