Game Day 14: at Moncton

MONCTON - The Saint John Sea Dogs return to the Avenir Centre for the first time since the building's grand opening tonight.

The Sea Dogs fell 5-2 on that night and will look to get their first victory in the new building this evening. Game time is 7 p.m.

Saint John carries a four-game losing streak into tonight's contest while the Wildcats have picked up points in eight straight.

TV/Radio/Webcast: Rogers TV/Sea Dogs Radio/QMJHL Live

Records: The Sea Dogs are 2-8-2-1 for seven points (fifth Maritimes, 17th QMJHL) while the Wildcats are 8-3-2-0 for 18 points (second QMJHL, fifth QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off an ugly 9-2 home loss to the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles on Sunday afternoon. Yohan Plamondon and Charlie DesRoches scored for Saint John. Tommy DaSilva made 24 stops in the loss. The Wildcats are coming off a 5-4 come-from-behind win over the Rimouski Oceanic on home ice on Sunday. Alexander Khovanov scored twice for Moncton while singles came from Ozzie King, Mika Cyr and Brady Pataki. Francis Leclerc made 31 stops in the win.

2018-19 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 1-1-0-0 against the Wildcats this season while Moncton is 1-1-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Sept. 28 at the Avenir Centre where the Wildcats defeated the Sea Dogs 5-2. Alexander Khovanov scored twice for the Wildcats while solo markers came from Jakob Pelletier, Jeremy McKenna and Jacob Hudson. Maxim Cajkovic and Filip Prikryl scored for Saint John. Francis Leclerc made 22 saves in the win. Alex D'Orio made 31 stops in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Wildcats: Radio voice Tim Roszell.

Wildcat to watch: Jeremy McKenna is fifth in the league in scoring with 21 points and fourth in the league in assists with 15.

Random stat: The Wildcats are 4-2-1-0 at the new Avenir Centre.

Notes: Yohan Plamondon leads Saint John in scoring with nine points... Plamondon and Josh Lawrence are tied for the team lead in goals with five... Michael Campoli has a team high six assists... Jeremy McKenna leads Moncton in scoring with 21 points. He also has a Moncton high 15 assists... Mika Cyr and Alexander Khovanov lead Moncton in goals with seven each... Saint John is 0-3-0-1 on the road... Moncton's Jordan Spence is fourth in rookie scoring and fourth in overall defensemen scoring with 12 points in 13 games... Spence has assists in four straight games.

Out of town:
No other games.

Next game: The Sea Dogs take on the Islanders in Charlottetown tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m.