GAMEDAY 18: at Bathurst

A preview of tonight’s game between the Saint John Sea Dogs and Acadie-Bathurst Titan…

When and where: Tonight at 7:30 p.m., KC Irving Regional Centre

TV/Radio/Webcast: None/96.1 NewSong FM/QMJHL Live

Records: The Sea Dogs sit first in the Maritimes Division and third overall in the QMJHL with a record of 11-3-0-3 for 25 points. The Titan are last in the Maritimes and last overall with a 5-13-1-0 record for 11points.

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 5-4 shootout win over the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles on Saturday. Adam Marsh had two goals while singles came from Jakub Zboril and Matthew Highmore. Bobby Dugan made 36 saves for his first QMJHL win. The Titan are coming off a 5-2 loss in Val-d’Or on Saturday. Nicholas Blanchard and Egor Popov scored for Bathurst.

2014-15 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 1-0-0-0 against the Titan this season while Bathurst is 0-1-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Sept. 19 at Harbour Station when the Sea Dogs defeated the Titan 5-1. Nathan Noel had two goals for Saint John while singles came from Olivier LeBlanc, Mathieu Joseph and Mark Tremaine. Bathurst’s lone goal came from Gabriel Gosselin. Sebastien Auger made 24 saves in the win while Jacob Brennan made 25 in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Titan: None (depending on Antoine Landry’s status)

Random stat: How have these two not met since Sept. 19?

BAT notes: Mark Simpson leads the Titan in scoring with nine goals and nine assists for 18 points… Simpson’s nine goals are a team high… Egor Popov has a team high 11 assists… 4-4-1-0 on home ice… have lost five straight… Jacob Brennan leads the league in losses with nine… 3-7-0-0 against Maritimes Division teams… tied for the league lead in shorthanded goals allowed with five… averaging 2.66 goals per game, the second fewest in the league… have allowed 3.91 goals against per game, the third most in the league.

SJ notes: Adam Marsh leads the Sea Dogs in scoring with 11 goals and eight assists for 19 points… Marsh’s 11 goals are a team high… Thomas Chabot leads the Dogs in assists with 11… 3-3-0-1 on the road… have picked up a least a point in five straight games… Sebastien Auger is second in wins with nine… Marsh is sixth in rookie scoring and second in goals… Thomas Chabot is fourth in defensemen scoring with 15 points… Chabot is tied for the league lead in defensemen goal scoring with four… 9-0-0-1 when scoring first… have the league’s worst power play with a rating of 13.8%... Saint John has called up defenseman Shane MacDonald from MHL Amherst.

Out of town:

Val-d'Or at Rouyn-Noranda - 7:00 PM EST

Next game: The Sea Dogs are in Halifax on Friday to battle the Mooseheads at 7 p.m.