LEWISTON — He has no ill will, no bad intentions, and he has no regrets about his time in Moncton.

But Kirill Kabanov is still plenty happy that he and his Lewiston Maineiacs found a way to defeat the Wildcats on Friday. And, he’s very happy to have had a big part in the outcome.

Kabanov set up Francis Beauvillier for a goal in the third period and scored in the shootout — along with Sam Carrier — as the Maineiacs skated past Moncton 3-2 in a shootout in front of 2,811 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee.

“I’m so happy, I’m just excited,” Kabanov said. “The guys are all playing great. I’m just so happy to get the win. I like Moncton. They were pretty good to me as an organization and I appreciate that a lot … but the guys here, we’re playing so great, and I think we can go really far this season.”

Kabanov’s shootout goal, a shifty move he has used on Moncton keeper Shane Owen in practice, came on the team’s first attempt. After Daniel Pettersson scored on Moncton’s first try to even things up at a goal each, it took until the teams’ fifth shooters to decide the outcome.

Sam Carrier played the hero for Lewiston. Shooting first in the fifth round of the shootout, he shifted his feet a bit and fired the puck five-hole on Owen.

“I tried to move my skates and let it go at the same time,” Carrier said. “First I was trying to do a deke, he was low in his net, so I looked at the openings and the five-hole was there.”

The win is the Maineiacs’ 12th in 13 games and with his 11th consecutive win, Nick Champion tied Jonathan Bernier’s franchise record for most consecutive goaltending victories.

“That’s a nice win, and you know what, it was a good hockey game,” Maineiacs’ coach J.F. Houle said. “It was back and forth, two good teams who like to spread out and make long passes. There was some physical play, too. It was a great atmosphere.”

Lewiston squandered a chance in overtime after Kabanov drew a high-sticking penalty with a hustle play in the right offensive corner. The Maineiacs were set up in the Moncton zone for most of the two-minute man advantage, but couldn’t find many shooting lanes. When they did, Owen was there to slam the door shut.

Champion was solid at his end in overtime, as well, stopping a few good Moncton chances early in the extra session.

“We have a younger team out there, and we played four rookie defensemen tonight who I thought handled themselves really well,” Moncton coach Danny Flynn said. “I’m proud of the team right now, we’re in the mix and playing better than probably anybody expected us to play.”

The ‘Cats showed off that heightened level of play Friday, but it was Lewiston that gave the largest crowd of the season to date a reason to cheer early.

Michael Chaput crossed the top of the slot with the Maineiacs on a power play and fired a wrister toward the cage. The puck knuckled and clanked in off the right post top put Lewiston on top, 1-0.

Lewiston applied much of the pressure for the remainder of the period. The Wildcats started to get some chances in the latter half of the frame, only to run into Champion, who stopped Devon MacAusland on a 1-on-0 after MacAusland undressed Dillon Fournier with a toe-drag move and another wrap-around later in the frame.

Moncton did strike after a string of late Lewiston penalties gave the Wildcats three minutes of 5-on-3 time. Allain Saulnier buried a feed from twin brother Alex at the left post with five ticks left in the period to tie the game at 1-1.

Moncton began the second period with still 1:56 of 5-on-3 time, and another 3:24 of total power-play time after Olivier Dame-Malka’s penalty late in the first for an elbow to the head.

Lewiston stuffed the Moncton power play to begin the middle frame, though, and neither team found the back of the net. The Maineiacs and Wildcats each missed opportunities on the power play later in the period.

Lewiston again took a one-goal lead in the third. This time, Francis Beauvillier tucked the puck past Owen at the left post on a perfect feed through the blue paint by Kabanov.

“I didn’t know it was going to happen, I thought he was going to wrap it around,” Beauvillier said. “I saw the puck coming to my blade and I just put it in.”

“I was waiting while the D, he went down, and was looking for the window,” Kabanov said. “Then I found Beauvi’s stick.”

Allain Saulnier scored his second of the game 1:31 later on a precise shot to the top right corner of the net through a crowd and over Champion’s left shoulder.

Lewiston hits the road for a three-game run through the Maritime Provinces next week, playing in Cape Breton on Tuesday, in Moncton on Thursday and in Saint John on Friday.

The Maineiacs return to home ice on Sunday, Dec. 5, when they host Montreal in a 4 p.m. matinee.