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| Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs |
The Sea Dogs, losers of three straight, travel to Moncton to face the Wildcats, winners of four straight. Game time is 7 p.m. at Avenir Centre.
The Sea Dogs are coming off an ugly outing on Saturday – at least the first half of it. Saint John allowed five goals in the first period in a 6-3 loss to the Sherbrooke Phoenix at TD Station. The team will, obviously, be looking for a bounce back tonight – but it will have to come against one of the top-ranked teams in the CHL.
Moncton, who sit just two points back of the first-place Chicoutimi Sagueneens, were ranked fifth in the CHL Top-10 this week.
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Records: The Sea Dogs are 16-23-4-0 for 36 points (ninth Eastern/16th QMJHL) while the Wildcats are 32-8-2-1 for 67 points (second Eastern/second QMJHL).
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 6-3 loss to the Sherbrooke Phoenix on Saturday at TD Station. Olivier Groulx, Alexis Joseph and Alexander Donovan scored for Saint John. Arseni Radkov allowed three goals on 23 shots while Rafaël Courchesne allowed two goals on four shots. The Wildcats are coming off a 6-2 win in Quebec City on Sunday. Kuzma Voronin and Niko Tournas each scored twice for Moncton while singles came from Gabe Smith and Liam Bursaw. Rudy Guimond made 21 saves in the win.
2025-26 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 1-4-0-0 against the Wildcats this season while Moncton is 4-1-0-0 against Saint John.
Last meeting: Dec. 7 at TD Station where the Wildcats defeated the Sea Dogs 4-2. Alex Mercier scored twice for Moncton while Gabe Smith and Preston Lounsbury added singles. Angelo Fullerton and Alexander Donovan scored for Saint John. Jacoby Weiner made 21 saves in the win. Justin Robinson made 35 saves in the loss.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Wildcats: Defenseman Max Vilen.
Wildcat to watch: Teddy Mutryn, who has been held pointless in his past two games, has 10 points (four goals and six assists) in five games against Saint John this season.
Random stat: The Wildcats have the QMJHL's second best power play (28.6%) while the Sea Dogs have the third best penalty kill (83.9%).
Notes: Olivier Groulx leads Saint John in points with 43 and assists with 28... Alexis Joseph has a team high 19 goals... Niko Tournas leads Moncton in points with 52 and goals with 32... Tommy Bleyl leads Moncton in assists with 44... Saint John is 8-9-3-0 on the road... Moncton is 14-6-1-0 at home... Tournas is fifth in the QMJHL in goals... Bleyl leads the league in assists. He is third in rookie points and first in defenseman scoring with 51 points... Moncton is averaging 12.35 penalty minutes per game, the third most in the QMJHL... the Wildcats are averaging 4.42 goals per game, the second most in the QMJHL... the Sea Dogs are averaging a league high 4.08 goals against per game... Bleyl has assists in four straight games... Joseph has points in seven straight games... Tournas has goals in three straight home games and points in eight straight... Teddy Mutryn has points in eight straight home games... Max Vilen will serve a one-game suspension for a "fight in the final five minutes of a game with a two goal difference."
Out of town:
Shawinigan at Drummondville - 7:00 PM EST
Rimouski at Val-d'Or - 7:00 PM EST
Next game: The Sea Dogs travel to Charlottetown to face the Islanders at 7 p.m.
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