Game Day 54: at Halifax

HALIFAX - The Saint John Sea Dogs continue a busy stretch of games tonight at Scotiabank Centre.

The Sea Dogs take on the Halifax Mooseheads this evening in a makeup game from a earlier postponed contest. The Dogs then travel to Charlottetown on Wednesday before returning home to host the Moncton Wildcats on Friday night.

Game time tonight is 7 p.m.

TV/Radio/Webcast: None/Sea Dogs Radio/QMJHL Live

Records: The Sea Dogs are 12-37-2-2 for 28 points (fifth Maritimes, ninth Eastern and 17th QMJHL) while the Mooseheads are 38-12-2-1 for 79 points (first Maritimes, first Eastern, third QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 5-3 loss to the Moncton Wildcats on Sunday at Harbour Station. Josh Lawrence, Brady Burns and William Poirier scored for Saint John. Mikhail Denisov made 22 stops before being pulled. Zachary Bouthillier stopped all six shots he faced in relief. The Mooseheads are coming off a 6-1 win over the Acadie-Bathurst Titan last night at Scotiabank Centre. Arnaud Durandeau scored twice while singles came from Samuel Asselin, Xavier Parent, Patrick Kyte and Antoine Morand. Cole McLaren made 18 stops in the win.

2018-19 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 0-2-1-0 against the Mooseheads this season while Halifax is 3-0-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Dec. 7 at Scotiabank Centre where the Mooseheads hammered the Sea Dogs 10-2. Samuel Asselin and Patrick Kyte both scored twice while singles came from Denis Toner, Jordan Maher, Jake Ryczek, Benoit-Olivier Groulx, Arnaud Durandeau and Antoine Morand. Nicholas Deakin-Poot and Jeremie Jacob scored for Saint John. Alexis Gravel made 23 stops in the win. Mikhail Denisov allowed five goals on 16 shots. Tommy DaSilva allowed five goals on 15 shots.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Mooseheads: Forward Ostap Safin.

Moosehead to watch: Arnaud Durandeau, who had two goals last night against the Titan, has three goals in three games against Saint John this season.

Random stat: This is the first of five meetings between the Sea Dogs and Mooseheads between Feb. 12 and March 15.

Notes: Maxim Cajkovic leads Saint John in points (36), goals (16) and assists (20)... Samuel Asselin leads the Mooseheads in points with 73 and goals with 41... Antoine Morand has a team high 40 assists... Halifax is 17-5-2-1 at home... Saint John is 4-19-2-0 on the road... the Dogs are 1-8-0-1 in their last 10 games... Halifax has won four straight home games... Saint John has lost six straight road games.

Out of town:

Moncton at Acadie-Bathurst - 7:00 PM AST

Next game: The Sea Dogs visit the Charlottetown Islanders tomorrow night at 7 p.m.