Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Game Day 34: at Sagueneens

CHICOUTIMI, Que. - After a messy start to this road trip, the Saint John Sea Dogs will look to have a much better performance tonight against the Chicoutimi Sagueneens.

Although entertaining, Saint John struggled defensively in a 7-5 victory over the Baie-Comeau Drakkar -  a team that typically struggles to generate offense. Hopefully Tuesday's game was a lapse and the team can return to the form they had over the weekend, posting strong victories on home ice.

Game time tonight in Chicoutimi is 8:30 p.m.

TV/Radio/Webcast: None/93 CFBC/CHL TV

Capacity/Proof of Vaccination/Masks: 500 fans/Required/Required

Records: The Sea Dogs are 18-12-0-3 for 39 points (third Maritimes/fourth Eastern/seventh QMJHL) while the the Sagueneens are 14-13-1-4 for 33 points (third East/eighth Eastern/13th QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 7-5 win in Baie-Comeau last night. William Dufour scored a pair of goals while singles came from Jeremie Poirier, Vincent Sevigny, Marshall Lessard, Brady Burns and Riley Bezeau. Nikolas Hurtubise made 26 stops in the win. The Sagueneens are coming off an 8-1 home loss to the Charlottetown Islanders on Sunday. William Rouleau scored Chicoutimi's lone goal. Sergei Litvinov made 37 stops in the loss.

2021-22 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 0-1-0-0 against the Sagueneens this season while Chicoutimi is 1-0-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Nov. 13 at TD Station where the Sagueneens defeated the Sea Dogs 4-2. Matej Kaslik, Thomas Belgarde, Fabrice Fortin and Felix Lafrance all scored for Chicoutimi. William Dufour and Evgeny Sapelnikov scored for Saint John. Sergei Litvinov made 44 stops in the win. Noah Patenaude made 21 stops in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Sagueneens: Defenseman Christopher Inniss.

Sagueneen to watch: Christopher Inniss (assuming he plays) for obvious reasons.

Random stat: William Dufour can tie the Sea Dogs franchise record for consecutive games with a goal tonight. He has scored in six straight games heading into this one.

Notes: William Dufour now leads the league in scoring with 55 points... Dufour has a Sea Dogs high 27 goals... Josh Lawrence leads the team in assists with 31... Matej Kaslik leads the Sagueneens in points with 29 and goals with 16... William Rouleau has a team high 21 assists... the Dogs are 8-5-0-1 on the road... the Sags are 8-6-1-2 at home... Chicoutimi is 5-2-1-0 against Maritimes Division teams... Saint John is 4-1-0-0 against East Division teams... Dufour has points in 19 straight games... Josh Lawrence has points in 14 straight games... Vincent Sevigny has goals in four straight road games... Chicoutimi has lost four straight games.

Out of town:
No other games.

Next game: The Sea Dogs finish their road trip on Friday night at 8:30 p.m. in Rimouski.

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