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It was far from a perfect game as the Sea Dogs looked stuck in neutral for much of the night, unable to generate much of anything offensively. The team got off to good start thanks to two goals from Jeremie Poirier in the first 12 minutes of the game but couldn't keep the momentum going.
It wasn't until a Saint John power play at 14:00 of the third period did the Sea Dogs really start to get going. The team created plenty of quality scoring chances and were finally rewarded at 16:26 at even strength when Poirier completed his hat trick.
SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Ryan Francis (Stockton Heat tryout) and Adam Bowness along with defenseman Hunter Gartley.
Reynolds scored the overtime winner to give the Sea Dogs the extra point and split the weekend series with the Eagles.
Noah Patenaude had a solid performance in net for Saint John, making 28 stops in his first start of the year.
Jack Campbell, Jeremy Langlois and Sean Larochelle scored for Cape Breton. Nicola Ruccia made 29 saves in the loss.
LINEUP
Burns - Lawrence - Dufour
MacDonald - Reynolds - Bezeau
Picard - Savoie - Sapelnikov
Foston - Laforge - McCluskey
DesRoches - Villeneuve
Poirier - Despont
Drapeau - Inniss
Patenaude
Lemieux
POIRIER: Jeremie Poirier scored his first, second and third goals of the season on Saturday - which included scoring just 2:05 apart in the first period. He finished the night with a wild nine shots. Poirier tied a career high for goals in a game and became the first Saint John defenseman to score a goal this season.
🚨 Jeremie Poirier opened the scoring tonight with his first of the year! 🚨 pic.twitter.com/jDaevhdjKW
— Saint John Sea Dogs (@SJSeaDogs) October 16, 2021
PATENAUDE: Noah Patenaude made his first start of the season on Saturday after coming into Friday's game late in the first period, relieving Jonathan Lemieux who allowed three goals. Patenaude was solid in this one, making a few big stops at key times.
GOAL STREAKS: Nicholas Girouard had his five-game goal scoring streak come to an end. William Dufour also had his four-game streak end.
EXTRA TIME: This was Saint John's third extra time game of this young season. The previous two contests were lost in shootouts.
NOTES: This was Saint John's first home win of the season... Riley Bezeau officially moved up to the second line while Evgeny Sapelnikov moved down to the third. Nico Laforge replaced Adam Bowness on the fourth line... the Sea Dogs scored first in a game for the second time this season... Cape Breton fans had a "let's go Eagles" chant going a couple times in the second period... both Dawson Stairs and Nicholas Girouard were held pointless... linesman Mike MacDonnell left the game in the second period after a hard fall. He did not return... the attendance was 2,391... the Sea Dogs and Eagles don't meet again until Dec. 28 at TD Station.
HIGHLIGHTS
NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs host the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
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