Saturday, March 24, 2012

PLAYOFF GAMEDAY 2: vs Screaming Eagles

GAMEDAY
Round 1, Game 2
Saint John Sea Dogs vs Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
Tonight at 7pm
Radio: News 88.9 | Webcast: Telus | TV: None | Live Blog: None
Harbour Station – Saint John, NB


SERIES STATUS
Saint John leads the first round best-of-seven playoff series 1-0.

PREVIEW
SAINT JOHN – The Saint John Sea Dogs will look to take a 2-0 series lead tonight against the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles. Game time is 7pm at Harbour Station.

The Sea Dogs took Game 1 of the series last night, hammering the Screaming Eagles 13-4 to take a 1-0 series lead. The game was actually tied 2-2 entering the second period which is when the Sea Dogs exploded.

Despite outshooting Cape Breton 12-2 in the opening frame, it wasn’t the greatest period of the season for Saint John. The Eagles were certainly opportunistic with their chances, scoring on both of their two shots.

But, just like they have all year, Saint John exploded for eight goals in the middle stanza and outshot Cape Breton 27-7 in the 20-minute span. There were also three fights. Saint John would add three more goals in the third to win 13-4.

Charlie Coyle had three goals and three assists to set a Sea Dogs playoff record for points in a game. Danick Gauthier had a pair of goals while singles came from Jason Seed, Zack Phillips, Tomas Jurco, Jonathan Huberdeau, Aidan Kelly, Nathan Beaulieu, Charles Roussel and Stanislav Galiev. Coyle, Phillips, and Jurco each had three assists.

Mathieu Corbeil had an average performance, allowing four goals on 19 shots.

For Cape Breton, Bronson Beaten scored twice while Kyle Farrell and William Carrier added the others. Philippe Trudeau allowed 10 goals on 37 shots while William Racicot allowed three on 13.

It wouldn’t be shocking to see another blowout today. Buckle up.

Games 3 and 4 will be played Tuesday and Wednesday in Cape Breton.

THE NUMBERS

Cape BretonSaint John
Record23-42-1-2 (5th Maritimes)50-15-0-3 (1st Maritimes)
Home Record- - -28-5-0-1
Road Record17-16-0-1- - -
Goals For219298
Goals Against306180
Goals/Game3.19 (14th)4.34 (2nd)
GA/Game4.45 (2nd)2.62 (16th)
Shots/Game28.90 (12th)32.99 (3rd)
SA/GAME31.50 (14th)26.60 (1st)
PIM/GAME15.1 (12th)16.6 (6th)
Scoring First15-16-1-135-3-0-0
Overall PP22.3% (8th)23.8% (5th)
Home PP- - -23.4% (6th)
Road PP18% (14th)- - -
Overall PK70.6% (17th)81.1% (5th)
Home PK- - -84.6% (4th)
Road PK69.7% (16th)- - -

LEADING SCORERS
Cape Breton

PlayerGPGoalsAssistsPoints
Jonathan Brunelle68305585
William Carrier66274370
Alexandre Lavoie65232447

Saint John

PlayerGPGoalsAssistsPoints
Danick Gauthier66473986
Zack Phillips60305080
Jonathan Huberdeau37304272

GOALTENDERS
Cape Breton

GoaltenderRecordGAASV%
Philippe Trudeau16-26-1-24.010.877
William Racicot8-14-1-04.030.865

Saint John

GoaltenderRecordGAASV%
Mathieu Corbeil37-10-0-12.380.911
Sebastien Auger14-2-0-22.650.897

SEASON SERIES
Saint John went 7-1 against Cape Breton this year while the Screaming Eagles went 1-7 against the Sea Dogs.

September 16, 2011 - Cape Breton def. Saint John 8-5
October 28, 2011 - Saint John def. Cape Breton 6-3
November 25, 2011 - Saint John def. Cape Breton 5-2
November 26, 2011 - Saint John def. Cape Breton 4-1
December 16, 2011 - Saint John def. Cape Breton 4-3
February 26, 2012 - Saint John def. Cape Breton 9-1
March 16, 2012 - Saint John def. Cape Breton 4-0
March 17, 2012 - Saint John def. Cape Breton 7-4

NOT PLAYING
Forwards Devon Oliver-Dares and Maxime Villemaire will not play due to injuries. Defenseman Ian Saab is still serving a suspension.

OTHER GAMES
Val-d'Or at Rimouski - 4:00 PM EDT
Rouyn-Noranda at Shawinigan - 4:00 PM EDT
Baie-Comeau at Victoriaville - 4:00 PM EDT
Moncton at Halifax - 7:00 PM ADT
Acadie-Bathurst at Chicoutimi - 7:30 PM EDT

NEXT GAME
Game 3 of the best-of-seven series is Tuesday night at 7pm in Cape Breton. 

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