Filip Prikryl scored the shootout winner in a 5-4 Sea Dogs victory over the Shawinigan Cataractes on Wednesday night at Harbour Station. While a regulation time win would have been ideal, the victory puts Saint John within three points of Shawinigan for the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's final playoff spot.
Maxim Cajkovic had a goal and two assists to lead the Sea Dogs to the win. Robbie Burt, Nicholas Deakin-Poot and Brady Burns also scored. William Poirier added two assists.
Mikhail Denisov was pulled in the second period after allowing four goals on 19 shots. Things looked dire at the time with the Dogs down 4-2, but the "new" Sea Dogs that we have seen over the past few weeks showed up again, climbing back to tie the game and take it in a shootout.
The newly acquired Zachary Bouthillier played a big role in the win, making 23 stops and denying two of the three shooters in the breakaway contest.
Valentin Nussbaumer, Mikael Robidoux, Charles Beaudoin and Jeremy Manseau scored for Shawinigan. Antoine Coulombe made 25 stops in the in the loss.
The newly acquired Zachary Bouthillier played a big role in the win, making 23 stops and denying two of the three shooters in the breakaway contest.
Valentin Nussbaumer, Mikael Robidoux, Charles Beaudoin and Jeremy Manseau scored for Shawinigan. Antoine Coulombe made 25 stops in the in the loss.
Shawinigan opened the scoring just 1:08 when Nussbaumer, playing in his first game back since participating in the World Junior Hockey Championship with Switzerland, connected. But the Sea Dogs didn't take too long to tie things up with Cajkovic scoring at 8:44.
On a power play at 12:24, Burt completed a very nice tic-tac-tie passing play to put Saint John up 2-1. Then with 28 seconds remaining in the frame, Robidoux scored to tie things at 2-2.
Beaudoin and Manseau scored 1:01 apart early in the second period to put Shawinigan up 4-2. That ended Denisov's night in net as Bouthillier took over, making his first appearance as a Sea Dog.
Shawinigan controlled much of the play in the second period thanks to some power play time, outshooting Saint John 16-5. The Dogs were able to get within one with just under five minutes remaining in the frame when Deakin-Poot carried the puck into the circle and ripped a wrist shot top corner past Coulombe.
The Sea Dogs tied the game at 5:57 of the third period when Burns one-timed the puck into the net on a power play, making it 4-4.
On a power play at 12:24, Burt completed a very nice tic-tac-tie passing play to put Saint John up 2-1. Then with 28 seconds remaining in the frame, Robidoux scored to tie things at 2-2.
Beaudoin and Manseau scored 1:01 apart early in the second period to put Shawinigan up 4-2. That ended Denisov's night in net as Bouthillier took over, making his first appearance as a Sea Dog.
Shawinigan controlled much of the play in the second period thanks to some power play time, outshooting Saint John 16-5. The Dogs were able to get within one with just under five minutes remaining in the frame when Deakin-Poot carried the puck into the circle and ripped a wrist shot top corner past Coulombe.
The Sea Dogs tied the game at 5:57 of the third period when Burns one-timed the puck into the net on a power play, making it 4-4.
In overtime, the Cataractes were awarded a power play but the Dogs were able to kill it off. Shots were 7-0 in favour of the visitors.
Nussbaumer and Burt both scored in the first round of the shootout. After Cajkovic and Mavrik Bourque were both stopped, Prikryl scored to put Saint John up 2-1. Charles Beaudoin couldn't convert for Shawinigan, giving Saint John the win and the extra point.
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NOTES: Yohan Plamondon returned to the Sea Dogs lineup after missing the past six games with an injury... Alex Drover is still up with the team and was in the lineup... Mikhail Denisov made his 125th career QMJHL start... Shawinigan wore some sick white throwback jerseys... this was just the second time this season that the Sea Dogs appeared in a shootout... Saint John ended a three-game home losing streak... a big story in this game: Shawinigan went 0/5 on the power play while Saint John went 2/4... Brady Burns picked up another two points to give him 24 points in 39 games this season.
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NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs visit the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Friday at 7 p.m.
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