Even with a couple of key players injured, the Halifax Mooseheads are a deep and dangerous team - as they showed last Sunday at Harbour Station when they defeated the Sea Dogs 6-1 in a bit of a dull contest. The two meet one more time this season tonight at Scotiabank Centre. Game time is 7 p.m.
This game has meaning for both clubs. With two games remaining, the Sea Dogs sit one point back of the Shawinigan Cataractes for the final playoff spot while the Mooseheads are one point back of the Baie-Comeau Drakkar for top spot in the Eastern Conference.
TV/Radio/Webcast: Eastlink TV/Sea Dogs Live/QMJHL Live
Records: The Sea Dogs are 13-48-2-3 for 31 points (fifth Maritimes, ninth Eastern. 17th QMJHL) while the Mooseheads are 48-15-2-1 for 99 points (first Maritimes, second Eastern, fourth QMJHL).
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 5-3 loss in Cape Breton on Wednesday night. Filip Prikryl scored twice while Maxim Cajkovic added a solo marker. Mikhail Denisov made 34 stops in the loss. The Mooseheads are coming off a 5-3 home win over the Moncton Wildcats on Wednesday. Benoit-Olivier Groulx had a pair of goals while Arnaud Durandeau, Keith Getson and Brock McLeod added solo markers. Alexis Gravel made 26 stops in the win.
2018-19 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 0-6-1-0 against the Mooseheads this season while Halifax is 7-0-0-0 against Saint John.
Last meeting: Last Sunday at Harbour Station where the Mooseheads defeated the Sea Dogs 6-1. Arnaud Durandeau had a pair of goals in that game while singles came from Ben Higgins, Jared McIsaac, Ostap Safin and Xavier Parent. Benjamin Gagne scored for Saint John. Alexis Gravel made 14 saves in the win. Mikhail Denisov made 41 stops in the loss.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Mooseheads: Forward Ostap Safin.
Moosehead to watch: Ostap Safin has just one point - his goal last Sunday in Saint John - since returning from injury on March 9. Given how former Dogs have performed against their old club this season, Safin could be in for a big night.
Random stat: Tonight's contest features one of the best squads on special teams in the Mooseheads (PP - 28.5%; PK - 85.8%) against one of the worst in the Sea Dogs (PP - 14%; PK - 73.9%).
Notes: Maxim Cajkovic leads Saint John in goals with 22 and points with 45... Cajkovic and Benjamin Gagne continue to be tied for the team lead in assists with 23 each... Samuel Asselin leads Halifax in goals with 48 and points with 85... Antoine Morand has a team high 48 assists... Halifax is 24-5-2-1 at home... Saint John is 4-25-0-3 on the road... Jared McIsaac is second in defensemen scoring with 61 points... Arnaud Durandeau has points in 10 straight games and goals in three straight... Benoit-Olivier Groulx has assists in four straight games... Patrick Kyte has points in 11 straight home games... the Mooseheads have won 11 straight home games... the Sea Dogs have lost 13 straight road games.
Out of town:
Cape Breton at Acadie-Bathurst - 7:00 PM ADT
Moncton at Charlottetown - 7:30 PM ADT
Drummondville at Québec - 7:00 PM EDT
Blainville-Boisbriand at Val-d'Or - 7:00 PM EDT
Sherbrooke at Victoriaville - 7:00 PM EDT
Rimouski at Baie-Comeau - 7:30 PM EDT
Shawinigan at Chicoutimi - 7:30 PM EDT
Gatineau at Rouyn-Noranda - 7:30 PM EDT
Next game: The Sea Dogs visit the Moncton Wildcats tomorrow at 4 p.m. to close out the regular season.
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