Game Day 4: at Cape Breton

SYDNEY, NS - The Saint John Sea Dogs have an opportunity to quickly forget about last night's collapse.

The Sea Dogs blew a five-goal second period lead in a 6-5 loss to the Cape Breton Eagles last night at Centre 200. Playing back-to-back games is never fun, but the Sea Dogs would no doubt love to avenge last night's loss as quickly as they can.

Game time this afternoon is 4 p.m. in Sydney.

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

Records: The Sea Dogs are 2-1-0-0 for four points (third Maritimes, fifth Eastern, eighth overall) while the Eagles are 3-0-0-0 for six points (firth Maritimes, second Eastern, third overall).

Last games: The Sea Dogs fell 6-5 to the Eagles last night at Centre 200. Ryan Francis, Felix Lafrance, Liam Kidney, Jarrett Baker, Derek Gentile and Shawn Boudrias scored for Cape Breton. Kevin Mandolese was pulled after allowing four goals on nine shots. William Grimard made 10 saves in relief. Dawson Stairs scored twice for Saint John while singles came from Aiden MacIntosh, Ben Badalamenti and Nicholas Deakin-Poot. Zachary Bouthillier made 48 stops in the loss.

2019-20 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 0-1-0-0 against the Eagles this season while Cape Breton is 1-0-0-0.

2018-19 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs were 1-8-0-0 against the Eagles last season while Cape Breton went 8-1-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: See above.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Eagles: Defenseman Nathan Larose.

Eagle to watch: Egor Sokolov had three assists in last night's game. He had five goals and five assists in nine games against Saint John last year.

Random stat: The Eagles are the only undefeated team remaining in the league.

Notes: Dawson Stairs leads Saint John in goals with three and points with four... Brady Burns and Jeremie Poirier each have a team high three assists... Egor Sokolov leads Cape Breton in points with six and assists with four... Cape Breton's 15 goals scored this season is second most in the league... the Sea Dogs are averaging 23.33 shots per game, the second lowest average in the league... Saint John is averaging 44 shots against per game, the most in the league... rookie goaltender Noah Patenaude will likely start in goal for the Dogs today... James White will serve the second game of his seven-game suspension.

Out of town:
Victoriaville at Blainville-Boisbriand - 3:00 PM EST
Charlottetown at Moncton - 4:00 PM AST
Drummondville at Rimouski - 3:00 PM EST
Baie-Comeau at Sherbrooke - 3:00 PM EST

Next game: The Sea Dogs visit the Charlottetown Islanders on Thursday at 7 p.m.