Game Day 10: at Val-d'Or

The Saint John Sea Dogs' (6-2-1-0) five-game road trip comes to an end tonight in Val-d'Or with an 8 p.m. meeting with the Foreurs (5-5-0-0).

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

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 4-2 win in Rouyn-Noranda last night. Luke Green, Samuel Leblanc, Cedric Pare and Mathieu Joseph all scored for Saint John while Alex Bishop made 18 saves in the win. The Foreurs are coming off a 4-2 loss to Drummondville yesterday. Maxim Mizyurin and Simon Lafrance scored for Val-d’Or while Dereck Baribeau made 28 stops in the loss.

2016-17 head-to-head: This is the first meeting of the season between the two.

2015-16 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs were 1-1-0-0 against the Foreurs last season while Val-d’Or went 1-1-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Feb. 20 in Val-d’Or where the Foreurs defeated the Sea Dogs 6-2. Julien Gauthier had two goals for the Foreurs while singles came from Olivier Galipeau, Anthony Richard, Nicolas Aube-Kubel and Filip Pyrochta. Jakub Zboril and Adam Marsh both scored for Saint John. Etienne Montpetit made 28 stops in the win. Marc-Antoine Turcotte allowed six goals on 39 shots while Alex Bishop faced three shots in 6:01 of action.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Foreurs: Defencemen Jack vanBoekel and Jason Bell along with forward Adam Marsh.

Random stat: Saint John is 5-0-0-0 when scoring first this season.

Three Things to Know

1. This is the final game of Saint John’s five-game road trip through Quebec. They’ve performed very well so far, going 3-0-1-0 with wins over Quebec, Sherbrooke and Blainville-Boisbriand.

2. Matthew Highmore is fourth in the league in scoring with six goals and 14 points in nine games.

3. Former Sea Dog and current Foreur defenceman Jack vanBoekel leads the league in penalty minutes with 30 in 10 games.

Notes: Saint John is 3-2-1-0 on the road this season… the Dogs are 6-0-1-0 in their past seven games… Val-d’Or is 3-2-0-0 at home this season… the Foreurs have lost three straight… Saint John’s power play is still second best in the league with a rating of 34.2%... Val-d’Or has the worst penalty kill in the league with a rating of 67.3%... Matthew Highmore leads Saint John in points with 14… Mathieu Joseph has a team high seven goals… Highmore’s eight assists leads the Dogs… Francois Beauchemin leads the Foreurs in scoring with four goals and 10 points… Ivan Kozlov leads the team in goals with seven… Olivier Galipeau leads the team in assists with eight.

Out of town:

Halifax at Blainville-Boisbriand - 4:00 PM EDT
Sherbrooke at Chicoutimi - 4:00 PM EDT
Cape Breton at Charlottetown - 7:00 PM ADT
Drummondville at Rouyn-Noranda - 7:00 PM EDT
Moncton at Victoriaville - 7:00 PM EDT

Next game: The Sea Dogs return home and host the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Wednesday night at 7 p.m.