Game Day 33: at Bathurst

BATHURST - The Saint John Sea Dogs are back on the road tonight, visiting the Acadie-Bathurst Titan.

The Sea Dogs opened their second half schedule with a 4-3 shootout win over the Charlottetown Islanders on Wednesday at TD Station. The Sea Dogs let a late 3-1 lead slip away but managed to secure the win in a shootout.

The Titan had a rough welcome back from the holiday break, falling 6-1 to the Halifax Mooseheads on Wednesday. Riley Kidney and Jacob Melanson, who are wanted players this trade season, both played in that game.

Game time tonight at the KC Irving Regional Centre is 7 p.m.

TV/Radio/Stream: None/93 CFBC/CHL TV

2022-23 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 12-18-1-1 for 26 points (sixth Maritimes/10th Eastern/18th QMJHL) while the Titan are 13-16-3-2 for 31 points (third Maritimes/sixth Eastern/13th QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 4-3 shootout win over the Charlottetown Islanders on Wednesday. Noah Reinhart, Vince Elie and Peter Reynolds scored for Saint John. Ventsislav Shingarov made 35 saves in the win. The Titan are coming off a 6-1 home loss to the Halifax Mooseheads on Wednesday. Nolan Forster scored Bathurst's lone goal. Joshua Flemming made 33 saves in the loss.

2022-23 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 2-1-1-0 against the Titan this season while Bathurst is 1-2-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Dec. 11 at TD Station where the Titan defeated the Sea Dogs 7-4. Ben Allison scored four goals for Bathurst while singles came from Noah Ryan, Jacob Melanson and Dylan Andrews. Pavel Simek scored a pair of goals for Saint John while Connor Trenholm and Jared Cosman added singles. Sergei Litvinov made 33 saves in the win. Ventsislav Shingarov made 40 stops in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Titan: None.

Titan to watch: Ben Allison has five goals in three games against the Sea Dogs this season.

Random stat: The Sea Dogs are averaging 4.65 goals against per game (18th in the QMJHL) while the Titan are averaging 4.08 (17th).

Notes: Brady Burns continues to lead Saint John in points with 33 and goals with 19... Nate Tivey leads the club in assists with 16... Jacob Melanson and Ben Allison each have a Bathurst high 44 points... Melanson leads the team in goals with 25... Riley Kidney leads the club in assists with 28... Saint John is 4-9-1-1 on the road... Bathurst is 10-4-3-1 at home... the Sea Dogs have won three straight games... Burns remains out of the lineup with a suspension... Cam MacDonald and Nikolas Hurtubise, who were both healthy scratches on Wednesday, are unlikely to play tonight as well.

Out of town:

Halifax at Cape Breton - 7:00 PM AST

Moncton at Charlottetown - 7:30 PM AST

Blainville-Boisbriand at Gatineau - 7:00 PM EST

Shawinigan at Sherbrooke - 7:00 PM EST

Rouyn-Noranda at Val-d'Or - 7:00 PM EST

Next game: The Sea Dogs host the Moncton Wildcats tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m. at TD Station.