MONCTON - The Saint John Sea Dogs will look to earn their first road win of the season this afternoon at the Avenir Centre.
The Sea Dogs are 0-4 away from TD Station this season and have been outscored 25-14. They'll look to correct some of those issues this afternoon against the Moncton Wildcats, playing in a building they had some success in last year.
Game time is 4 p.m.
TV/Radio/Webcast: None/Sea Dogs Radio Live/QMJHL Live
Records: The Sea Dogs are 3-6-0-0 for six points (fifth Maritimes, ninth Eastern, 15th QMJHL) while the Wildcats are 6-3-0-0 for 12 points (third Maritimes, fifth Eastern, eighth QMJHL).
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 7-5 home loss to the Val-d'Or Foreurs on Friday night. Brady Burns had two goals while singles came from Ben Badalamenti, Jeremie Poirier and Matt Gould. Noah Patenaude made 37 stops in the loss. The Wildcats are coming off a 4-2 home loss to the Halifax Mooseheads on Friday. Jacob Hudson and Elliot Desnoyers scored for Moncton. Olivier Rodrigue made 18 stops in the loss.
2019-20 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 1-0-0-0 against the Wildcats this season while Moncton is 0-1-0-0 against Saint John.
Last meeting: Sept. 21 at TD Station where the Sea Dogs defeated the Wildcats 4-3. William Villeneuve, Josh Lawrence, Nicolas Guay and Joshua Roy scored for Saint John. Moncton goals came from Alexandre Parent, Mika Cyr and Christian Huntley. Zachary Bouthillier made 32 stops in the win. Charles-Antoine Lavallee made 21 stops in the loss.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Wildcats: Radio broadcaster Tim Roszell.
Wildcat to watch: Boston Bruins prospect Axel Andersson made his Wildcats debut on Friday, recording two assists.
Random stat: The Sea Dogs have scored an impressive 15 goals over their past three games - but have lost all of them, allowing 20 goals over that stretch.
Notes: Six Sea Dogs are tied for the team scoring lead with 10 points each... Nicholas Deakin-Poot and Ben Badalamenti each have a team high six goals... Charlie DesRoches leads the team in assists with nine... rookie Zachary L'Heureux leads the Wildcats in points with 13 and assists with eight... Mika Cyr has a team high six goals... the Wildcats are 2-2 at home... L'Heureux leads all QMJHL rookies in scoring... Moncton has the league's second best power play (34.3%) while Saint John has the third best (30%)... L'Heureux has points in nine straight games.
Out of town:
Val-d'Or at Halifax - 3:00 PM AST
Rouyn-Noranda at Cape Breton - 4:00 PM AST
Victoriaville at Québec - 3:00 PM EST
Rimouski at Chicoutimi - 4:00 PM EST
Drummondville at Gatineau - 4:00 PM EST
Next game: The Sea Dogs visit the winless Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Thursday at 7 p.m.
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