The Sea Dogs are coming off a solid 2-1 home win over the Wildcats and have now won three of their past five games.
Saint John will look to keep things rolling this weekend in Gatineau, Drummondville and Quebec City. Game time Friday night is 8:30 p.m.
TV/Radio/Webcast: None/96.1 NewSong FM/QMJHL Live
Records: The Sea Dogs are 7-14-4-2 for 20 points (sixth Maritimes, 17th QMJHL) while the Olympiques are 12-10-2-2 for 28 points (fifth west, 11th QMJHL).
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 2-1 win over the Wildcats at Harbour Station on Sunday. Radim Salda and Daniel Hardie scored for Saint John while Matt Williams made 36 saves in the victory. The Olympiques are coming off a 3-2 shootout loss in Quebec City on Wednesday. Mitchell Balmas scored both Gatineau goals. Tristan Berube made 20 saves in the loss.
2017-18 head-to-head: This is the first meeting of the season between the Sea Dogs and Olympiques.
2016-17 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs were 2-0-0-0 against the Olympiques last season while Gatineau went 0-1-1-0 against Saint John.
Last meeting: Dec. 4, 2016 in Gatineau where the Sea Dogs defeated the Olympiques 6-3. Spencer Smallman, Thomas Chabot, Matthew Highmore, Kyle Ward, Samuel Dove-McFalls and Nathan Noel all scored for Saint John. Gatineau goals came from Yakov Trenin, Vitalii Abramov and Zack MacEwen. Alex Bishop made 15 saves in the win. Mathieu Bellemare made 32 stops in the loss.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Olympiques: Defenceman Will Thompson.
Random stat: In 15 games, goaltender Trsitan Berube has posted some of the league's best numbers. He has a 2.13 goals against average and a .922 save percentage to go along with his 7-4-1-2 record.
Olympique to watch: Gabriel Bilodeau leads the league in penalty minutes.
Notes: Ostap Safin leads Saint John in points with 27... Daniel Hardie has a team high 11 goals... Joe Veleno leads the team in assists with 21... Mitchell Balmas leads Gatineau in points with 27 and goals with 16... Shaun Boudrias leads the team in assists with 15... Gatineau is 7-5-1-0 at home... Saint John is 4-7-2-0 on the road... Gatineau is 1-2-0-0 against Maritimes Division clubs... the Olympiques have the third best power play in the league with a rating of 24.2%.
Out of town:
Val-d'Or at Acadie-Bathurst - 7:00 PM AST
Rouyn-Noranda at Halifax - 7:00 PM AST
Cape Breton at Moncton - 7:00 PM AST
Charlottetown at Blainville-Boisbriand - 7:30 PM EST
Baie-Comeau at Chicoutimi - 7:30 PM EST
Rimouski at Drummondville - 7:30 PM EST
Next game: The Sea Dogs continue their road trip on Saturday in Drummondville.
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