Recap: Sea Dogs lose 5-4

FINAL: Newfoundland 5, Saint John 4

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

SAINT JOHN - The Newfoundland Regiment seem to have the Saint John Sea Dogs' number.

The Regiment have won all four meetings with the Sea Dogs this season, the latest coming on Friday night at TD Station where the visitors skated away with a 5-4 win. The two meet again on Sunday in Saint John.

Louis-Francois Belanger, Alexis Michaud, Liam Arsenault, Blake Pilgrim-Edwards and Dawson Sharkey all scored for Newfoundland. Louis-Antoine Denault made 29 saves in the win.

Oliver Groulx scored twice for Saint John while William Yared and Alexis Joseph added singles. Rafaël Courchesne made 32 stops in the loss.

The game was a bit similar to the New Year's Eve matchup between the two. In this round, Joseph scored in the second period to cut Newfoundland's lead to 3-2. But the Regiment responded just under a minute later, which ended any momentum the Sea Dogs had gained.

Sharkey scored at 8:56 of the third to make it 5-2. Groulx then scored two power play goals to make it a one-goal game again. Like the New Year's Eve game, a Saint John penalty – this time a high stick from Angelo Fullerton at 16:57 – hurt any chance of a comeback.

Saint John went 3/5 on the power play in this game after going 3/6 on New Year's Eve. The Regiment have the worst penalty kill in the QMJHL.

LINEUP

Fullerton - Groulx - Donovan 

Côté - Joseph - Morin 

Rozzi - Murnieks - Yared 

Héroux - Krayer - Seymour 

Wasmer - Duhamel 

Magnusson - Baldwin 

Drabczynski - Damphousse 

Courchesne

Radkov

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forward Alexis Gauthier (healthy) along with defensemen Cameron Chartrand (injury) and Vincent Croteau (healthy).

NOTES: Saint John went with the same lineup as Thursday's game... Cameron Chartrand, who hasn't seen game action since November due to an injury, was Saint John's final scratch... former Sea Dogs defenseman Patryk Zubek, who was claimed off waivers by the Regiment this week, was listed as a healthy scratch... the Regiment scored on their second shot of the game...Alexis Michaud, acquired from the Baie-Comeau Drakkar this week, scored in his Regiment debut... Bo Damphousse recorded his first point as a Sea Dog, assisting on Alexis Joseph's goal... Olivier Groulx had his third multi-goal game of the season... with a goal and an assist in this game, Joseph now has five goals and four assists in four games against Newfoundland... Groulx was credited with 10 shots on goal with nine being listed as dangerous... Everett Baldwin was a -4... attendance was 2,459.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs and Regiment meet again on Sunday at 3 p.m. at TD Station.