The Sea Dogs, who sit 17th overall in the QMJHL standings with 19 points, host the Shawinigan Cataractes, who sit 16th with 23 points. The Cataractes own the league's final playoff spot. A win by the Sea Dogs tonight would put them just two points out with two months of regular season left.
Tonight's game begins at 7 p.m.
After this evening's contest, the Sea Dogs play back-to-back games in Bathurst on Friday and Saturday. The Titan sit 18th overall with 15 points.
TV/Radio/Webcast: None/Sea Dogs Radio/QMJHL Live
Records: The Sea Dogs are 8-29-2-1 for 19 points (fifth Maritimes, ninth Eastern, 17th overall) while the Cataractes are 10-26-1-2 for 23 points (fourth Central, eighth Western, 16th overall).
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 4-3 loss to the Rimouski Oceanic on Saturday night at Harbour Station. Filip Prikryl, Jeremie Jacob and Brady Burns all scored for Saint John. Mikhail Denisov made 34 stops in the loss. The Cataractes are coming off a 6-2 loss in Boisbriand on Sunday. Zackary Daneau and Jeremy Manseau scored for Shawinigan. Antoine Coulombe allowed two goals on 18 shots. Justin Blanchette allowed four goals on 20 shots.
2018-19 head-to-head: This is the first meeting of the season between the two teams.
2017-18 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs were 0-1-1-0 against the Cataractes last season while Shawinigan went 2-0-0-0 against Saint John.
Last meeting: Feb. 10, 2018 at Harbour Station where the Cataractes defeated the Sea Dogs 8-5. Alex Plamondon and Anthony Imbeault each scored twice for Shawinigan while singles came from Gabriel Denis, Simon Dubois-Tiberghen, Jason Horvath and Frederick Theoret. Ostap Safin, Radim Salda, Anthony Boucher, Robbie Burt and Kevin Gursoy all scored for Saint John. Mathieu Bellemare made 20 stops in the win. Tommy DaSilva made 32 stops in the loss.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Cataractes: None.
Cataracte to watch: Valentin Nussbaumer was the fourth overall pick in this past summer's CHL Import Draft. He suited up for the surprising Swiss squad at the World Junior Hockey Championship, recording two goals and an assist in seven games.
Random stat: This is Saint John's final home game until Jan. 25. They will play the next five games on the road.
Notes: Robbie Burt leads Saint John in scoring with 26 points and goals with 14... Brady Burns and Benjamin Gagne each have a team high 15 assists... Jan Drozg leads the Cataractes in points with 36 and assists with 24... Mavrik Bourque and Vincent Senez each have have a team high 14 goals... Saint John is 6-15-2-0 at home... Shawinigan is 3-15-0-2 on the road... Bourque is second in QMJHL rookie scoring with 14 goals... Shawinigan has the worst penalty kill in the league (70.7%) while Saint John has the second worst (73%)... Saint John is averaging a league high 5.29 goals against per game while Shawinigan is averaging the second worst with 5.28... Saint John has lost three straight home games.
Out of town:
Charlottetown at Cape Breton - 7:00 PM AST
Gatineau at Québec - 7:00 PM EST
Victoriaville at Sherbrooke - 7:00 PM EST
Drummondville at Rimouski - 7:30 PM EST
Next game: The Sea Dogs visit the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Friday at 7 p.m.
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