Recap: Sea Dogs win 2-1

FINAL: Saint John 2, Gatineau 1

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

GATINEAU, QC - The Saint John Sea Dogs are heading home with a win.

Alexander Donovan scored with 90 seconds remaining in regulation to lift the Sea Dogs to a 2-1 win over the Gatineau Olympiques on Sunday at Slush Puppie Centre. This was the final game of a three-game Quebec road trip for Saint John, who lost in Shawinigan on Thursday and Sherbrooke on Friday.

The win ended a four-game road losing streak for the Sea Dogs.

Donovan's goal came quickly after a faceoff win in the offensive zone. The Olympiques nearly tied it late but Arseni Radkov made a great cross crease stop to keep Saint John in front. 

Angelo Fullerton also scored for Saint John, who were playing without Alexis Jospeh and William Yared. Oliver Groulx had assists on both goals. Radkov made 29 saves in the win as Saint John was outshot 30-19.

Justin Blais scored Gatineau's lone goal. Danai Shaiikov made 17 saves in the loss.

This was a key regulation win for Saint John, who didn't allow Gatineau to earn any points. The Sea Dogs are now six points ahead of the Olympiques in the overall standings.

LINEUP

Rozzi - Groulx - Donovan

Héroux - Côté - Fullerton

Morin - Seymour - Gauthier

Krayer - Renaud

Damphousse - Duhamel

Wasmer - Chartrand

Magnusson - Baldwin

Drabczynski

Radkov

Courchesne

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without defenseman Vincent Croteau (injury) along with forwards Alexis Joseph (injury), William Yared (injury) and Olivers Murnieks (injury).

NOTES: Saint John went with 11 forwards and seven defensemen due to having three forwards injured... Alexis Joseph missed a second straight game with an injury. William Yared joined him on the injured list... forward Cole Renaud, a sixth-round pick of Saint John in last year's QMJHL Entry Draft, made his debut... Gatineau wore Spiderman themed jerseys... Sea Dogs forward Maxime Côté, who started the year with the Olympiques, took the ceremonial faceoff and was honoured during a media timeout... Olivier Groulx had two assists, giving him 100 points in his QMJHL career... Angelo Fullerton now has three goals in his past two games... Alexander Donovan has three goals over his past four games... Donovan and Groulx each had four shots... Saint John won both games in this season series... this was referee Nicolas Comtois' final QMJHL game. Both teams shook his hand after the game... attendance was 3,315.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs are back in action on Friday when they visit the Halifax Mooseheads at 7 p.m.