St Johnstone were also looking to bounce back from their exit at the hands of St Mirren, with David McCracken and Kevin Moon returned from injury and Willie Gibson joining them in the starting line-up in place Sean Higgins, Jamie Adams and the injured Frazer Wright.
The second period belonged to Knights with Sean Blanchard netting a double before London's Gerad Adams and Barry Nieckar of Nottingham received fighting majors.