The Sea Dogs have dropped six straight games heading into tonight's contest with the Halifax Mooseheads. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Harbour Station.
It'll be a battle of worst vs first tonight with the Dogs sitting last overall in the QMJHL standings and the Mooseheads leading the Maritimes Division and currently sitting second overall.
TV/Radio/Webcast: Rogers TV/96.1 NewSong FM/QMJHL Live
Records: The Sea Dogs are 12-30-7-2 for 33 points (6th Maritimes, 18th QMJHL) while the Mooseheads are 34-12-6-1 for 75 points (1st Maritimes, 2nd QMJHL).
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 4-0 loss to the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles on Wednesday night at Harbour Station. Alex D'Orio made 32 stops in the loss. The Mooseheads are coming off a 4-3 overtime loss to the Chicoutimi Sagueneens last night at Scotiabank Centre. Maxime Fortier, Brett Crossley and Filip Zadina scored for Halifax. Alexis Gravel allowed four goals on 17 shots in the loss.
2017-18 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 1-4-1-0 against the Mooseheads this season while Halifax is 5-1-0-0 against Saint John.
Last meeting: Jan. 28 in Halifax where the Mooseheads defeated the Sea Dogs 8-2. Benoit-Olivier Groulx and Otto Somppi each scored twice for Halifax while singles came from Connor Moynihan, Maxime Fortier, Kyle Petten and Jared McIsaac. Saint John goals came from Ostap Safin and Robbie Burt. Alexis Gravel made 15 stops in the win. Alex D'Orio made 38 stops in the loss.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Mooseheads: Goaltender Blade Mann-Dixon.
Random stat: The Mooseheads have been one of the league's best road teams this season. Their 16 wins is tied for the league high.
Moosehead to watch: Maxime Fortier has five goals and eight assists in six games against Saint John this season.
Notes: Ostap Safin leads Saint John in scoring with 40 points... Safin leads the team in goals with 17... Safin and Radim Salda are tied for the team lead in assists with 23... Otto Somppi leads Halifax in scoring with 65 points... Filip Zadina leads the club in goals with 34... Somppi has a team high 47 assists... Saint John is 6-13-4-2 at home... the Dogs are 1-8-1-0 in their past 10 games... Saint John is averaging a league low 2.43 goals per game... Zadina has goals in three straight games.
Out of town:
Shawinigan at Acadie-Bathurst - 7:00 PM AST
Blainville-Boisbriand at Charlottetown - 7:00 PM AST
Sherbrooke at Drummondville - 7:00 PM EST
Rouyn-Noranda at Gatineau - 7:30 PM EST
Val-d'Or at Rimouski - 7:30 PM EST
Next game: The Sea Dogs host the 17th-place Shawinigan Cataractes tomorrow night at 7 p.m. at Harbour Station.
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