ions of Cairn India Ltd. (532792.BY), and could jeopardize the biggest deal so far in India's oil and gas sector. The ministerial panel, headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, which met Friday evening to view the deal, didn't disclose what will they recommend federal cabinet committee on economic affairs. Oil Minister Jaipal Reddy told reporters Friday that the panel will submit its recommendations "as early as possible" with an outer limit of two weeks. Vedanta in August proposed acquiring up to 60% in Cairn India Ltd. (532792.BY), mainly from parent Cairn Energy and partly through an open offer to Cairn India shareholders as it sought to get a foothold in India's oil and gas sector. The proposed sale has lingered for months as the Indian government held back its approval in order to resolve issues of payment of taxes and royalties on a key onshore block in the northwestern state of Rajasthan. State-run Oil & Natural Gas Corp. (500312.BY) owns a 30% stake in Cairn India's Rajasthan oil block, but pays the entire royalty on production under the federal government's previous policy of giving discounts to attract investors. ONGC is expected to pay $3.08 billion in royalty fees over the life of the field. It maintains royalty should be an expense added to the cost of the project and recovered from the sale of oil. Cairn and defenseman Simon Despres, a Pittsburgh Penguins' draft pick, grabbed the puck, used Mississauga defenseman Stuart Percy as a screen and fired a shot over the blocker of goalie J.P. Anderson just 2:24 into the game. "I thought at least tonight we were generating some chances off of it," said Majors coach Dave Cameron. "The power play, worst-case scenario, should get you some momentum. I thought we were real nervous in the first period and a big part of that was we gave up that shorthanded goal. We were just forcing things too much. I thought we were real good in the second and the third." The other end of the special teams play, however, certainly went the Majors' way. Despite giving the offensively gifted Sea Dogs four straight power plays in the first period, the only goal they surrendered in that span was Zack Phillips' tap-in as time expired on Joseph Cramarossa's penalty. "We let the emotions get the best of us in that period," said Mississauga captain Casey Cizikas, a New York Islanders prospect. "We took some stupid penalties and they cost us. … You never want to kill penalties, four or five in a row, and it's definitely tough to do that." With the game being so close most of the way -- Riley Brace's goal with 5:19 left in the second made it a 2-1 game until Jonathan Huberdeau closed the scoring with 3:41 left in the third -- and with the Majors out-shooting the Sea Dogs 35-25 for the game and 26-14 in the final two periods, any extra bounce could have swung the final outcome. "We were moving it around good, getting good shots," said Majors forward Devante Smith-Pelly, an Anaheim Ducks prospect who finished with 3 goals and 3 assists and earned a berth on the all-tournament team. "He was just making saves. Not much more to say. We were doing what we wanted to do, getting in front of him. He was just making saves. He played great. I think the power play was fine, just capitalizing just wasn't going our way today." The "he" Smith-Pelly was talking about was Saint John goalie Jacob DeSerres, who finished