The Moncton Wildcats find themselves in an 0-2 hole to start this round-robin playoff tournament. The Saint John Sea Dogs, meanwhile, are 1-1 and while plenty of scenarios are still possible, any loss to the Wildcats will make keeping pace with the 2-0 Acadie-Bathurst Titan more challenging.
The Sea Dogs posted a strong 6-2 win over the Wildcats on Tuesday at TD Station. Saint John produced strong forechecking and cranked up the physicality in the victory.
Records: The Sea Dogs finished the regular season with a 15-14-3-1 record for a .515 points percentage (third Maritimes) while the Wildcats finished with a record of 11-17-2-1 for a .403 points percentage (fifth Maritimes).
Game time tonight at Avenir Centre is 7 p.m.
TV/Radio/Webcast: Rogers TV/93 CFBC/QMJHL Live
Playoff Standings:
1. Bathurst: 2-0-0-0; 4 PTS
2. Saint John: 1-1-0-0; 2 PTS
3. Moncton: 0-2-0-0; 0 PTS
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 7-5 loss in Bathurst on Thursday. Jeremie Poirier scored a pair of goals for Saint John while singles came from Nicholas Girouard, Cam MacDonald and Ryan Francis. Zachary Emond made 23 stops in the loss. The Wildcats are coming off a 5-2 loss in Bathurst last night. Francis Langlois and Thomas Darcy scored for Moncton. Dakota Lund-Cornish made 27 stops in the loss.
2020-21 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs were 8-5-0-0 against the Wildcats during the regular season while Moncton went 5-7-1-0 against Saint John.
Last meeting: This past Tuesday at TD Station where the Sea Dogs defeated the Wildcats 6-2 in the playoff opener. Nicholas Girouard, Jeremie Poirier, Brady Burns, Leighton Carruthers, Peter Reynolds and Riley Bezeau scored for Saint John. Francis Langlois and Jacob Hudson scored for Moncton. Zachary Emond made 22 stops in the win. Vincent Filion made 27 saves in the loss.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Wildcats: Forward Connor Richard.
Wildcat to watch: Captain Jacob Hudson returns to the lineup after serving a one-game suspension he received for being an "aggressor" late in Tuesday's game against Saint John. Going back to the regular season, Hudson has scored in five of his past eight games.
Random stat: Tonight is Moncton's first home playoff game of the year and first playoff game at Avenir Centre since April 10, 2019 when they were swept away in the second-round by the Memorial Cup hosting Halifax Mooseheads.
Notes: Jeremie Poirier and Ryan Francis are tied for the Sea Dogs lead in playoff scoring with four points each... Poirier leads the team in goals with three... Francis, Zachary Alchorn, Josh Lawrence and William Villeneuve each have three assists this post-season... Francis Langlois leads Moncton in playoff points with three and goals with two... tonight will officially be Saint John's first road game of the playoffs after being designated the home team on Thursday in Bathurst... Moncton was without Sam McKinney, Philippe Daoust, Vincent Labelle and Yoan Loshing last night due to injuries. Owen Stammer has one-game remaining on his suspension.
Out of town:
Sherbrooke at Chicoutimi - 7:00 PM EDTRimouski at Shawinigan - 7:00 PM EDT
Baie-Comeau at Val-d'Or - 7:00 PM EDT
Next game: The Sea Dogs host the Titan tomorrow night in a rare 7 p.m. Sunday start at TD Station.
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