A wild Saturday night in Saint John

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

The Saint John Sea Dogs were once again victims of the Halifax Mooseheads' powerful offense.

The Sea Dogs fell 10-7 to the Mooseheads in a wild game Saturday night at TD Station. Saint John never led in the contest but tied the game on three separate occasions, only to allow three goals in the final half of the third period in the loss.

The Mooseheads are averaging a league high 4.88 goals per game - and the Sea Dogs are definitely aware of that. Saint John is now 0-6-0-0 against Halifax this season and have allowed five or more goals in every meeting.

Halifax 10 @ Saint John 7 (Jan 21 2023) Final

Halifax 8 @ Saint John 1 (Jan 20 2023) Final

Halifax 6 @ Saint John 4 (Jan 6 2023) Final

Saint John 0 @ Halifax 5 (Nov 19 2022) Final

Saint John 4 @ Halifax 9 (Nov 18 2022) Final

Saint John 0 @ Halifax 7 (Nov 6 2022) Final

Saturday's game was Halifax's third in three nights, which may have played a factor in the team's bad puck management at times, head coach Sylvain Favreau told Saltwire.

Some more takeaways from Saturday's game...

• The Mooseheads extended their point streak to 19 games. They are 17-0-2-0 during this run. Heading into play Sunday, they are just four points back of the Quebec Remparts for first overall in the QMJHL standings.
• The 17 combined goals scored in the game are the most in any QMJHL game this season, surpassing the 16 scored by Chicoutimi and Rimouski on Nov. 8. The Oceanic won that game 12-4.
• This was the most goals allowed by the Sea Dogs in a single game this season. The previous high was nine - a 9-4 loss to Halifax on Nov. 18.
• As The Athletic's Scott Wheeler notes, Jordan Dumais, following his five assist night, has surpassed Regina's Connor Bedard for the CHL scoring lead.
• Attilio Biasca became the first QMJHL player this season to score five goals in a single game. The Mooseheads captain joins Nathan MacKinnon and Jason King for the franchise record for goals scored in a single game.
• Brady Burns, with three assists last night, now has four goals and four assists in five games against the Mooseheads this season.
• Burns, with 106 career goals as a Sea Dog, is now two away from tying Michael Kirkpatrick's franchise record of 108. Also, Burns now has 231 career points and, with 25 games to go, is 26 points away from tying Jonathan Huberdeau's franchise points record of 257.
• The Sea Dogs and Mooseheads meet twice more this season: once in Halifax (March 2) and once in Saint John (March 17).
• The Sea Dogs have dropped five straight home games. They play their next five matches on the road.