The Mooseheads entered the third period trailing 2-1 – but they quickly flipped the script. Quispamsis native Liam Kilfoil scored on a shorthanded penalty shot at 1:33 and then Lou Levesque sniped what would prove to be the game-winner at 6:20.
Jan Sprynar also scored for Halifax. Mathis Rousseau made 35 saves in the win – Halifax's second against Saint John this season.
The Sea Dogs let this one slip away as they had a slight edge in play a lot of the night. Shots ended 37-24 in favour of Saint John but their struggling power play – which went 0/5 – was a factor in the defeat. The loss pushes the club back below the .500 mark with a 13-14-0-0 record.
Jacob Beaulieu and William Yared had Saint John goals. Justin Robinson made 21 saves in the loss.
The Mooseheads opened the scoring at 8:47 of the first when Sprynar's shot hit Robinson in the mask and produced a rebound. Sprynar put in his own rebound to make it 1-0.
Saint John tied the game at 15:26. After the Sea Dogs successfully killed a penalty, Beaulieu, fresh out of the box, beat Rousseau upstairs on a breakaway.
Yared gave Saint John a 2-1 advantage 5:36 into the second period when, after the puck bobbled around a bit, the rookie forward had an open net to score his seventh of the season.
In the third and with Saint John on a power play, Kilfoil was hooked up/interfered with and was awarded a penalty shot. On his free attempt at 1:33, he made no mistake beating Robinson to make it a 2-2 game.
Not long after at 6:20, the puck came to Levesque in the circle and he ripped a perfect shot over the shoulder of Robinson to make it 3-2 for the Mooseheads.
Saint John pulled Robinson in the final minute and had some offensive zone pressure but could not generate any great chances.
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