Recap: Sea Dogs lose 4-2

FINAL: Moncton 4, Saint John 2

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

SAINT JOHN - The losing streak is over for the Moncton Wildcats.

The Wildcats ended a six-game losing skid on Wednesday night at TD Station, defeating the Saint John Sea Dogs 4-2. Moncton has been ice cold of late, entering the game with a 1-9 record over their past 10 games.

The Sea Dogs, despite outshooting the Wildcats 34-28, simply couldn't get their offense clicking quite right. Only 14 of their shots were classified as dangerous and the team went just 1/5 on the power play - with their one man advantage goal coming with 1:11 remaining in regulation time.

While the Wildcats ended their losing streak, Saint John has now dropped three straight overall and six straight on home ice.

Jonas Taibel, Oscar Plandowski, Maxim Barbashev and Yoan Loshing scored for Moncton. Jacob Steinman made 32 saves in the win.

Alex Drover and Brady Burns scored for Saint John. Olivier Brideau made 24 saves in the loss.

LINEUP

Burns - Burbidge - Reinhart

Simek - Mateiko

Thifault - Cournoyer - Drover

Laforge - Beaulieu - Ballard

Bilodeau - DesRoches

Akkouche - Cosman

Ianniello - Richard

Brideau

Robinson

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without goaltender Ventsislav Shingarov (healthy); defensemen Vincent Despont (healthy) and Nate Tivey (injury); and forwards Peter Reynolds (injury), Luke Benoit (healthy), Nathan Casey (healthy) and Vince Elie (healthy).

WELCOME BACK: Connor Trenholm returned to TD Station for the first time since being dealt to the Wildcats. Trenholm was honoured during a stoppage in the first period. The last time the forward played in Saint John was on New Year's Eve - when the Sea Dogs hosted the Wildcats. On Wednesday, Trenholm took a puck to the face late in the first period and was bleeding as he left the ice. He did not return.

HOT STRETCH: After scoring twice in Saint John's 11-3 loss in Gatineau on Saturday, Alex Drover kept rolling on Wednesday night, scoring late in the first period by converting on a Moncton turnover to make it 1-1 at the time.

🚀🚀🚀

Drover FIRES it to tie the game up. #CityofChampions pic.twitter.com/4Lp9Xa26PC

— Saint John Sea Dogs (@SJSeaDogs) February 8, 2023

HISTORY: After going three straight games without a goal, Brady Burns scored with 1:11 remaining in regulation time on Wednesday, giving the Sea Dogs' leading scorer 109 career goals. Burns now has the most goals in Sea Dogs franchise history, surpassing Michael Kirkpatrick's 108.

🔥BURNS 🔥

With that goal, Brady Burns now holds the record for most career goals in Sea Dogs History! #CityofChampions pic.twitter.com/OO3wUDDigL

— Saint John Sea Dogs (@SJSeaDogs) February 9, 2023

NOTES: Defenseman Vincent Despont was a healthy scratch after being a -7 in Saturday's 11-3 Sea Dogs loss in Gatineau... forward Vince Elie was originally listed on Saint John's second line but was a late healthy scratch... Justin Robinson, a sixth-round pick of the Sea Dogs in the 2022 QMJHL Entry Draft, backed up Olivier Brideau. Ventsislav Shingarov was a healthy scratch... with 7:33 remaining in the first period, an Oscar Plandowski Wildcats goal was called back after a review due to an offside... there was lengthy delay in the second period due to an issue with Jacob Steinman's skate... Brady Burns had six shots, five of which were listed as dangerous... Burns was named the game's first star... Saint John won 38 of 64 faceoffs... attendance was 2,450.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs travel to Charlottetown to face the Islanders on Friday night at 7:30 p.m.