Port Adelaide may lose captain Domenic Cassisi and centreman Peter Burgoyne for the match against AFL premiers Hawthorn after a fiery 57-point Easter Sunday thumping of Melbourne.

Cassisi was reported by field umpire Hayden Kennedy for allegedly striking Demon Lynden Dunn off the ball in the final term at AAMI Stadium, while Burgoyne faces a nervous wait for the match review panel's assessment of what appeared a crude knee to the back of Aaron Davey in the second term.

Melbourne also had a man reported, with Colin Sylvia cited for an off the ball striking offence against Josh Carr in the early exchanges.

The reports soured a productive afternoon for the Power, who were under pressure after a poor result against West Coast last Sunday.

With their minds on the task, Port led at every change against outmatched opposition, ultimately winning 22.15 (147) to 14.6 (90).

Warren Tredrea kicked six goals in a welcome return to form.

Port have had players reported in each match so far this season after promising to show a greater level of mongrel in 2009.

"It's always difficult, I know every club, whether it's Port Adelaide or every club, anyone playing AFL footy would rather have a strong side than a weak side," said Port coach Mark Williams.

"The balance is always interesting.

"We've probably got three or four other players sitting in the wings who are very much of that (hard) ilk, and if you talk about balance it's trying to work out what the right balance of those sort of players and other players that have more recognisable skills, just getting that right."

Apart from Tredrea, Danyle Pearce, Burgoyne, Steven Salopek and Dean Brogan were all outstanding for the Power, and Daniel Motlop marked his 100th game with three goals.

Davey, Cale Morton, Cameron Bruce and Brock McLean all worked hard for Melbourne.

Ideal weather and the prospect of a likely win did little to dissuade many Port supporters from making other holiday plans, and the match was watched by only 21,030 spectators.

Unlike last year when many games came and went without a yelp, the Dees were well and truly in the contest for the first quarter and a half, until an uninterrupted seven-goal stretch by Port either side of halftime put a definitive stamp on the afternoon.

The Power allowed the Demons more than a few opportunities to get close, and only kicked away late in the second term as Tredrea enjoyed his most fruitful patch of the season so far.

Sensing the kill, Port put further space between themselves and the Demons in the third to make the game safe.

Tredrea was a focal point again, Motlop made it onto the scoresheet and Pearce put the cap on a fine display by arrowing one home from well outside the 50m arc.

Sixty-one points clear entering the final term, the Power eased back enough to allow Melbourne the first three majors of the quarter, and they were able to take some satisfaction from keeping the eventual margin below 10 goals.

"The game is about kicking the footy and if you don't kick the ball well you open yourselves up for turnovers and we coughed up again probably a few too many in a row and some of their goals they were kicking pretty easily," said Melbourne coach Dean Bailey.

"We started reasonably, we were competitive early, we kicked the ball well early, that fell away in the second and third quarters but they hung in there for the last quarter."

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