GAMEDAY 17: vs Screaming Eagles

A preview of tonight’s game between the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles and Saint John Sea Dogs…

When and where: Tonight at 7 p.m., Harbour Station

TV/Radio/Webcast: Rogers TV/96.1 NewSong FM/QMJHL Live

Records: The Screaming Eagles are fourth in the Maritimes Division and 14^th overall in the QMJHL with a record of 7-9-1-1 for 16 points. The Sea Dogs are first in the Maritimes and third overall with a 10-3-0-3 record for 23 points.

Last games: These two met on Thursday night in Sydney with the Sea Dogs winning a wild one, 6-5. Adam Marsh had two goals for Saint John while singles came from Olivier LeBlanc, Thomas Chabot, Matthew Highmore and Samuel Dove-McFalls. Evgeny Svechnikov had a hat trick for Cape Breton while Maxim Lazarev and Loik Leveille added solo markers. Blade Mann-Dixon made 29 saves in the win. Miguel Sullivan and Francois Brassard combined to allow six goals on 31 shots.

2014-15 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 2-1-0-0 against the Screaming Eagles this season while Cape Breton is 1-2-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: See above.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Eagles: None

Random stat: Saint John (7-0-0-2) and Quebec (8-0-0-0) are the only teams in the league without a regulation loss on home ice this season.

CB notes: Eagles goaltender Miguel Sullivan has been suspended for tonight’s game for his blocker punch on Matthew Highmore… Julien Pelletier has also been suspended for undetermined length of time. The play will be reviewed by the league… Kyle Farrell leads the Eagles in scoring and is fourth in league scoring with 28 points… Farrell leads the team and league in goals with 17… Maxim Lazarev leads the Eagles in assists with 15… Evgeny Svechnikov is third in rookie scoring with 24 points… their penalty kill rating of 86.3% is the best in the league.

SJ notes: Adam Marsh and Nathan Noel lead the Sea Dogs in scoring with 17 points… Marsh and Noel also lead the team in goals with nine each… Thomas Chabot has a team high 10 assists… Sebastien Auger didn’t travel with the team on Thursday due to flu-like symptoms… Marsh is sixth in rookie scoring… Chabot is third in defensemen scoring with 14 points… their penalty minutes per game average of 23.38 leads the league… 8-0-0-1 when scoring first… averaging 4.16 goals per game, the second most in the QMJHL.

Out of town:

Sherbrooke at Baie-Comeau - 4:00 PM EDT
Rimouski at Shawinigan - 4:00 PM EDT
Acadie-Bathurst at Val-d'Or - 4:00 PM EDT
Moncton at Halifax - 7:00 PM ADT
Victoriaville at Drummondville - 7:00 PM EDT
Blainville-Boisbriand at Québec - 7:00 PM EDT
Gatineau at Rouyn-Noranda - 7:00 PM EDT

Next game: The Sea Dogs are in Bathurst on Wednesday night to battle the Titan at 7:30 p.m.