Soo Greyhounds — Mississauga Steelheads: 6:3, OHL

Soo Greyhounds defeated Mississauga Steelheads 4:0 at home in the Ontario Hockey League on Thursday evening. The result leaves the hosts fourth in the standings with three games played, while the visitors remain tenth after four matches. It was a clean sheet for the home side, and by then you could see where this was heading. The table tells its own story here. Both sides carry zero points on the board, which means the season has only just begun and the standings say very little. Still, three games for the Greyhounds against four for Steelheads puts the context in place — one side had already tasted a defeat, the other had not yet found a way to score. We had called for the home win at 74 percent confidence, and the result confirmed that. Not because the Steelheads offered much, but because the Greyhounds took what came their way. That sort of efficiency is what separates the comfortable from the chasing pack. Soo lost their last outing 3:4 to Sarnia Sting, then edged Saginau Spirit 5:4 before that. Mississauga have struggled more visibly — a 2:5 loss to North-Bay Battalion on Wednesday followed a 1:4 defeat to Niagara IceDogs. They are not finding a rhythm, and the away end never stopped watching them fall apart. The four-goal margin shifts nothing dramatic in the standings yet, but it extends a pattern. Mississauga have now lost four straight, while the Greyhounds have two wins from three. One mistake ends it for a team like that, and they made plenty tonight.