Game Day 59: at Charlottetown

CHARLOTTETOWN, PE - The Saint John Sea Dogs are on the road this afternoon.

The Sea Dogs take on the Charlottetown Islanders today at 3 p.m. at Eastlink Centre. The two met on Thursday night at Harbour Station, where the Islanders won 6-3. Neither team has played a game since.

The Sea Dogs will be looking to end a six-game losing streak.

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

Records: The Sea Dogs are 13-34-9-2 for 37 points (6th Maritimes, 18th QMJHL) while the Islanders are 32-21-5-0 for 69 points (3rd Maritimes, 9th QMJHL).

Last games: These two met on Thursday night at Harbour Station where the Islanders defeated the Sea Dogs 6-3. Pierre-Olivier Joseph had two goals for Charlottetown while singles came from Nikita Alexandrov, Daniel Hardie, Olivier Desjardins and Hunter Drew. Alexis Girard, Cole Reginato and Kevin Mason scored for Saint John.. Dakota Lund-Cornish made 28 stops in the win. Matthew Williams made 33 saves in the loss.

2017-18 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 2-4-1-0 against the Islanders this season while Charlottetown is 5-1-1-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: This past Thursday. See above.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Islanders: Forward Daniel Hardie.

Random stat: Charlottetown's Hunter Drew leads the entire league in penalty minutes.

Islander to watch: Pierre-Olivier Joseph has three goals and eight assists in seven games against Saint John this season.

Notes: Ostap Safin leads Saint John in points (52) and goals (24)... Radim Salda has a team high 29 assists... Derek Gentile leads Charlottetown in scoring with 53 points... Daniel Hardie leads the club in goals with 22... Gentile has a team high 34 assists... Saint John has lost six straight and are 1-6-3-0 in their past 10 games... the Islanders have points in four straight games... Saint John is 6-19-4-0 on the road... Charlottetown is 16-9-3-0 at home... the Islanders have the league'w worst power play with a rating of 15.3%... Safin has goals in three straight road games... Saint John has lost 11 straight road games.

Out of town:
Drummondville at Halifax - 3:00 PM AST
Cape Breton at Blainville-Boisbriand - 3:00 PM EST
Rouyn-Noranda at Québec - 3:00 PM EST
Shawinigan at Sherbrooke - 3:00 PM EST
Chicoutimi at Victoriaville - 3:00 PM EST
Val-d'Or at Baie-Comeau - 4:00 PM EST

Next game: The Sea Dogs are in Bathurst on Friday to face the Titan at 7 p.m.