Recap: Sea Dogs lose 5-4 (OT)

FINAL: Cape Breton 5, Saint John 4 (OT)

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

SAINT JOHN - The Saint John Sea Dogs blew 3-0 and 4-3 leads in an overtime loss to the Cape Breton Eagles on Saturday at TD Station.

Reece Peitzsche scored 1:07 into the extra frame to give the Eagles the 5-4 victory – the team's first of the season after three straight losses to start the year. The Sea Dogs, meanwhile, have now lost three straight after winning their season opener, falling to 1-1-1-1.

Saint John led 3-0 after the first period, scoring on their first two shots of the game. But Cape Breton slowly got back into it during the second period, scoring three straight to even things up at 3-3. Alexander Donovan scored a late power play goal to give the Dogs a 4-3 lead heading into the third.

In the final frame, the Eagles were able to swing momentum back in their direction, outshooting the Sea Dogs 11-5. It looked as though Saint John – who went to a shootout the night before – had ran out of gas at times.

At 13:20 of the the third, Liam Lefebvre scored on a power play to make it 4-4 and eventually force overtime, allowing Peitzsche to net the winner.

Along with Peitzsche and Lefebvre, Eliot Litalien, Elias Schneider and Jacob Hartlin also scored. Lucas Beckman recovered from a rough opening frame, making 21 stops in the victory.

Donovan, Oliver Ozogany, Thomas Charbonneau and Olivier Groulx scored for Saint John. Rafaël Courchesne made 22 saves in the loss.

The Sea Dogs will have the week to recover from this tough loss – but they have a chance at revenge. These two meet again on Friday at Centre 200.

LINEUP

Rozzi - Joseph - Glance

Morin - Groulx - Donovan

Howard - Seymour - Lemieux

Cancik - Gauthier - Ozogany

Lanthier - Chartrand

Delarosbil - Damphousse

Dunlap - Charbonneau

Courchesne

Meloche

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forward Logan Roop (healthy) along with defensemen Olivier Duhamel (injury), Lawrence Williams (healthy) and Oskar Drabczynski (healthy).

FIRST GOAL: Oliver Ozogany netted his first career QMJHL goal in the first period.

Grab the puck! 🚨

A 1st QMJHL goal for the Slovak player, Oliver Ozogany! On a nice feed from Matyas Cancik! @SJSeaDogs #NissanHockey | #NHLProspect pic.twitter.com/YDz1Dvj9Ju

— QMJHL (@QMJHL) September 26, 2026

NOTES: The Sea Dogs went back to 12 forwards and six defensemen after going with 11/7 on Friday. Alexis Gauthier and Jesse Dunlap drew back in while Lawrence Williams and Oskar Drabczynski came out... the Eagles are still without Washington Capitals prospect Maxim Schäfer, who was in the Caps' lineup for a pre-season game on Saturday... Eagles goaltender Lucas Beckman started a second straight game after playing the night before in Charlottetown... Saint John scored on their first two shots of the game... with 7:10 remaining in the second period, the Eagles scored on a scrum in the crease that had quite a bit of contact around Rafaël Courchesne. The play was reviewed and declared a good goal... Matyas Cancik took two minor penalties. The Eagles scored the game-tying goal with Cancik in the box in the third period... this was the third trip to extra time in four games for the Eagles... Zachary Morin and Olivier Groulx each had two assists... Groulx had six shots... Ryan Howard had five hits while Julien Lanthier had four... hits were 22-8 in favour of Saint John... long game. It took 2:41 to complete... the Sea Dogs start the year 0-0-1-1 at home... attendance was 2,508.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs travel to Sydney to face the Cape Breton Eagles on Friday at 7 p.m.