Playoffs Game Day: Game 1 vs Oceanic

The Saint John Sea Dogs (48-14-5-1, 1st Maritimes, 1st QMJHL, 3rd CHL) host the Rimouski Oceanic (26-35-6-1, 6th East, 16th QMJHL) tonight in game one of the QMJHL's President Cup playoffs first round. Game time is 7 p.m. at Harbour Station.

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

Series status: This is the first game of the best-of-seven first round series between the Sea Dogs and Oceanic.

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 2-1 win in Halifax on Saturday. Joe Veleno and Bokondji Imama had goals while Alex D'Orio made 23 saves in the win. The Oceanic are coming off a 2-1 overtime loss in Drummondville on Saturday. Tyler Boland scored Rimouski's lone goal while Alexandre Lagace made 24 stops in the loss.

2016-17 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs were 2-0-0-0 against the Oceanic in the regular season while Rimouski went 0-2-0-0 against Saint John.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Oceanic: Forward Nico Blachman and defenceman Vincent Martineau.

Random stat: Rimouski's Tyler Boland, who finished second in league scoring with 103 points, had one goal in two games against Saint John during the regular season.

Three Things to Know
1. Here are five things to watch for in this series. The QMJHL website also has a series preview.

2. This is just the second time these two have met in the playoffs and the first since the 2012 President Cup final, which the Sea Dogs wOn 4-0. Game one of that series was decided in double overtime.

3. Numbers:

Notes: Matthew Highmore led Saint John in scoring with 89 points... Bokondji Imama finished with a Sea Dogs high 41 goals... Highmore had a team high 55 assists... Tyler Boland led Rimouski in regular season scoring with 103 points. He also recorded a team high 48 goals... Dylan Montcalm had a team high 60 assists... Saint John was 25-6-3-0 at home... Rimouski went 11-19-4-0 on the road... Callum Booth had a league best .911 SV%... Simon Bourque finished fifth in defenceman scoring with 56 points... Spencer Smallman is on a four-game goal scoring streak and has points in eight straight... Bourque has assists in five straight games... Thomas Chabot has a six-game point streak... Samuel Dove-McFalls has goals in four straight home games... Boland has goals in three straight road games... Saint John has won seven straight home games.

Out of town:
Québec at Acadie-Bathurst - 7:00 PM ADT
Gatineau at Cape Breton - 7:00 PM ADT
Baie-Comeau at Charlottetown - 7:00 PM ADT
Drummondville at Blainville-Boisbriand - 7:30 PM EDT
Victoriaville at Chicoutimi - 7:30 PM EDT
Halifax at Rouyn-Noranda - 7:30 PM EDT
Val-d'Or at Shawinigan - 7:30 PM EDT

Next game: The Sea Dogs host the Oceanic for game two tomorrow night at 7 p.m.