LAVALTRIE, Que. — Hunter Shinkaruk scored the eventual winner at 5:36 of the third period as the Laval Rocket hung on to beat the Belleville Senators 3-1 on Wednesday in American Hockey League action.

Nikita Jevpalovs opened the scoring in the second for the Rocket (10-14-3) while Alexandre Grenier added an empty-netter in the game's final minute.

Michael McNiven made 18 saves for Laval, with Andreas Englund ending his shutout bid at 19:18 of the third for the Senators (12-13-2).

Marcus Hogberg stopped 21-of-23 shots in a losing cause.

The Rocket went 0 for 4 on the power play while Belleville was 0 for 3 with the man advantage.