The Sea Dogs remain winless on the road this season following a 6-2 loss to the Moncton Wildcats at the Avenir Centre. Saint John has not won a road game since Dec. 15, 2017 and, with their next road match not until after the Christmas break, will go an entire calendar year without a win away from home.
Saint John had a decent opening period but still trailed 2-1. Like a lot of games recently, the wheels fell off in the middle frame with the Wildcats scoring four times on 20 shots. That put the game out of reach.
Jeremy McKenna and Mika Cyr both scored twice while singles came from Kyle Foreman and Jakob Pelletier. Francis Leclerc made 27 saves in the victory.
Michael Campoli and Anthony Boucher scored for Saint John. Mikhail Denisov made 29 saves in the loss.
Cyr gave the Wildcats a 1-0 lead at 5:13 of the first, putting a rebound past an outstretched Denisov. It was Teddy Bear Toss day in Moncton, so there was a delay as the stuffed animals were collected off the ice.
90 seconds after their first goal, the Wildcats made it 2-0. Dylan Seitz carried the puck down the wing and sent a pass to a streaking Foreman in the slot. Foreman had a wide open net to double Moncton's lead. The goal was just the Wildcats' second shot of the game.
Campoli got Saint John on the board at 10:41. A low shot from the circle was redirected off something and snuck past Leclerc, cutting Moncton's lead to 2-1.
McKenna gave the Wildcats a 3-1 lead at 9:23 of the second period. The Wildcats' leading scorer carried the puck in and wired a perfect wrist shot top corner from the circle to restore Moncton's two-goal lead.
Pelletier scored on a wrist shot at 13:12 to give Moncton a commanding 4-1 advantage. Then during some four-on-four play at 15:21, McKenna skated around the Saint John defense and cut in front, sliding the puck under Denisov to give Moncton a 5-1 lead.
Moncton scored yet again at 17:36. Pelletier had the puck behind the net and sent a blind pass to Cyr who was all alone in front. That made it 6-1 Moncton.
Saint John started the third period off with some excellent offensive zone pressure and were rewarded with a goal at 6:28. Nathan Larose carried the puck across the line and fed a streaking Boucher who beat Leclerc upstairs with a wrist shot, making it 6-2.
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NOTES: Maxim Cajkovic was out injured. The reasoning is unknown, but he was involved in a big open ice collision on Friday night that shook him up a bit... the Dogs didn't dress their other import, Filip Prikryl, who was a healthy scratch for the first time this season... Mikhail Denisov made his third straight start... Alex D'Orio did not dress for a third straight game... forward Christian Clark played just his fifth game of the season... Kyle Foreman's goal was the first of his QMJHL career... Michael Campoli's goal was his second of the season and first since Nov. 4... Anthony Boucher has three goals in his past seven games... Yohan Plamondon had a literally rough game, going to the room injured both in the second and third period... a Sea Dogs fan bus made the trip to Moncton for the game... the Wildcats ended a four-game home losing streak.
NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs take on the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Wednesday night at Harbour Station.
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