Recap: Sea Dogs lose 5-0

FINAL: Saint John 0, Cape Breton 5

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

SYDNEY, NS - Third periods have been interesting for the Saint John Sea Dogs of late.

On Saturday in Halifax, the Sea Dogs blew a 2-1 third period lead in a 3-2 loss to the Mooseheads. Then on Wednesday against the Acadie-Bathurst Titan, the Sea Dogs scored three times in the final frame in a 4-1 victory.

The third period woes returned on Friday at Centre 200 where the Sea Dogs allowed four third period goals in a 5-0 loss to the Cape Breton Eagles.

The Sea Dogs entered the third down 1-0 despite being outshot 20-9 through 40 minutes of play. Saint John was once again without veteran forwards Eriks Mateiko and Tyler Peddle, who are key contributors to the team's offense.

The Sea Dogs recorded just 19 shots in the loss with only seven of those shots being classified as dangerous. 

Charles-Edward Gravel made 35 saves in the loss.

Jacob Newcombe scored a pair of goals for Cape Breton while singles came from Will Murphy, Lucas Romeo and Cole Burbidge. Jakub Milota earned the shutout victory.

LINEUP

Morin - Groulx - Yared

Rozzi - Dubé - Beveridge

Reynolds - Miller - Cross

Calder - Schenk - Beaulieu

Tivey - Amyot

Bilodeau - Mann

Bonnet - Caputo

Gravel

Robinson

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Eriks Mateiko (injury) and Tyler Peddle (injury) along with defensemen Olivier Duhamel (injury), Matthew MacLean (injury) and Cruz Scanzano (injury or sickness).

NOTES: With three defensemen out of action, the Sea Dogs recalled Julien Bonnet for this game. The 17-year-old is a member of the QJHL's Gatineau Flames... this was just the second meeting of the season between the Sea Dogs and Eagles... Dylan Rozzi and Elliot Dubé each had three shots for Saint John... faceoffs were 35-18 in favour of the Eagles... the Sea Dogs have been outscored 32-30 in third periods this season... Saint John has fallen back below .500 with a 14-15-0-0 record... this was Saint John's final road game of the first half... Will Murphy's first period goal was his first in the QMJHL... this was the third time this season Saint John has been shutout... Jacob Beaulieu was given a five-minute major and game misconduct for a check to the head in the third period. Saint John didn't put anybody in the penalty box, so the power play lasted longer than it should have for the Eagles... it appeared Matteo Mann missed much of the second half of the game... attendance was 2,344.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs are back in action on Sunday afternoon, hosting the Moncton Wildcats at 3 p.m.