The Saint John Sea Dogs and Shawinigan Cataractes have sat together in the league's basement for much of the season. With last night's victory, the the Sea Dogs moved back ahead of the Cataractes and into 17th place overall.
Tonight's game takes place at 7 p.m. at Harbour Station.
TV/Radio/Webcast: Rogers TV/96.1 NewSong FM/QMJHL Live
Records: The Sea Dogs are 13-30-7-2 for 35 points (6th Maritimes, 17th QMJHL) while the Cataractes are 15-33-4-0 for 34 points (6th East, 18th QMJHL).
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a big 6-3 upset win over the Halifax Mooseheads last night at Harbour Station. Ostap Safin and Robbie Burt each scored twice while singles came from Anthony Boucher and Ben Reid. Alex D'Orio made 28 saves in the win. The Cataractes are coming off a 5-2 loss in Bathurst last night. Jeremy Manseau and Leon Denny scored for Shawinigan. Lucas Fitzpatrick made 36 saves in the loss.
2017-18 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 0-0-1-0 against the Cataractes this season while Shawinigan is 1-0-0-0 against Saint John.
Last meeting: Nov. 4 in Shawinigan where the Cataractes edged the Sea Dogs 3-2 in overtime. Gabriel Sylvestre, Antoine Demers and Cameron Askew scored for Shawinigan. Saint John goals came from Ostap Safin and Joe Veleno. Lucas Fitzpatrick made 30 stops in the win. Alex D'Orio made 32 stops in the loss.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Cataractes: None.
Random stat: Saint John is 2-7-1-0 in their past 10 games while Shawinigan is 1-6-3-0.
Cataractes to watch: Vasily Glotov, a member of the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles last season, had three assists in nine games against Saint John last year.
Notes: Ostap Safin leads Saint John in scoring with 43 points... Safin also leads the club in goals with 19 and assists with 24... Jan Drozg leads Shawinigan in scoring with 39 points... Vasily Glotov leads Shawinigan in goals with 25... Drozg has a team high 24 assists... Saint John ended a six-game losing streak last night... the Sea Dogs are 7-13-4-2 at home this season... Shawinigan is a league worst 4-20-1-0 on the road... the Cataractes have the worst penalty kill in the league with a rating of 71.6%... Shawinigan has lost five straight road games.
Out of town:
Chicoutimi at Charlottetown - 3:00 PM AST
Victoriaville at Drummondville - 3:00 PM EST
Québec at Baie-Comeau - 4:00 PM EST
Val-d'Or at Rimouski - 4:00 PM EST
Moncton at Cape Breton - 7:00 PM AST
Next game: The Sea Dogs begin a three-game Quebec road trip on Wednesday in Sherbrooke.
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