Game Day 63: vs Titan

SAINT JOHN - The Saint John Sea Dogs are back on home ice tonight.

For the first time since March 1, the Sea Dogs will take to the ice at TD Station as they face Gordie Dwyer and the Acadie-Bathurst Titan for the final time this season.

Saint John has six regular season games remaining and five will be at home — which may or may not be a good thing. The Sea Dogs have the league's worst record at 8-16-3-2.

The Sea Dogs, losers of eight straight, enter play four points back of the Quebec Remparts for the 16th and final playoff spot. The Remparts played last night (losing in Baie-Comeau) so the Sea Dogs have one game in-hand.

Game time tonight is 7 p.m.

TV/Radio/Stream: None/Sea Dogs Radio/CHL TV

2023-24 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 17-37-5-3 for 42 points (sixth Maritimes/10th Eastern/17th QMJHL) while the Titan are 29-27-3-4 for 65 points (fourth Maritimes/seventh Eastern/11th QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 6-0 loss in Cape Breton on Saturday, a game that ended early in the third period after head coach Travis Crickard collapsed on the bench. Patrick Leaver made 22 saves in the loss. The Titan are coming off a 5-2 win over the Charlottetown Islanders on Sunday. Dylan Andrews scored a pair of goals for Bathurst while singles came from Matthew McRae, Bobby Orr and Milo Roelens. Antoine Keller made 16 saves in the win.

2023-24 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 4-3-0-1 against the Titan this season while Bathurst is 4-4-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Feb. 2 in Bathurst where the Titan defeated the Sea Dogs 5-3. Milo Roelens and Colby Huggan each scored a pair of goals for the Titan while Dawson Sharkey added a single. Brody Fournier, Drew Elliott and Coen Miller scored for Saint John. Joshua Fleming made 32 saves in the win. Justin Robinson made 42 stops in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Titan: None.

Titan to watch: Bobby Orr, who was originally drafted by the Sea Dogs, is having one of the more underrated seasons in the QMJHL this year. He sits sixth in league scoring with 79 points and second in assists with 56.

Random stat: The Titan will be an interesting team to watch in the first round of the playoffs. They are 6-2-0-2 in their last 10 games are and on a 5-0-0-1 run.

Notes: Eriks Mateiko leads Saint John in points with 42 and goals with 22... Joseph Ianniello leads the club in assists with 27... Bobby Orr leads Bathurst in points with 79 and assists with 56... Milo Roelens leads the team in goals with 26... the Sea Dogs are 8-16-3-2 at home... the Titan are 14-14-1-2 on the road... Saint John has lost eight straight games... the Titan have the league's third worst power play (17.2%) while the Sea Dogs have the fourth worst (17.8%)... Roelens has points in six straight road games... Orr has assists in five straight road games.

Out of town:

Charlottetown at Halifax - 7:00 PM ADT 

Cape Breton at Moncton - 7:00 PM ADT 

Rouyn-Noranda at Shawinigan - 7:00 PM EDT 

Victoriaville at Sherbrooke - 7:00 PM EDT

Next game: The Sea Dogs travel to Charlottetown on Saturday to face the Islanders at 7 p.m.