PLAYOFF GAMEDAY 2: vs Screaming Eagles

GAMEDAY

Round 1, Game 2

Saint John Sea Dogs vs Cape Breton Screaming Eagles

Tonight at 7pm

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Harbour Station – Saint John, NB

SERIES STATUS

Saint John leads the first round best-of-seven playoff series 1-0.

PREVIEW

SAINT JOHN – The Saint John Sea Dogs will look to take a 2-0 series lead tonight against the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles. Game time is 7pm at Harbour Station.

The Sea Dogs took Game 1 of the series last night, hammering the Screaming Eagles 13-4 to take a 1-0 series lead. The game was actually tied 2-2 entering the second period which is when the Sea Dogs exploded.

Despite outshooting Cape Breton 12-2 in the opening frame, it wasn’t the greatest period of the season for Saint John. The Eagles were certainly opportunistic with their chances, scoring on both of their two shots.

But, just like they have all year, Saint John exploded for eight goals in the middle stanza and outshot Cape Breton 27-7 in the 20-minute span. There were also three fights. Saint John would add three more goals in the third to win 13-4.

Charlie Coyle had three goals and three assists to set a Sea Dogs playoff record for points in a game. Danick Gauthier had a pair of goals while singles came from Jason Seed, Zack Phillips, Tomas Jurco, Jonathan Huberdeau, Aidan Kelly, Nathan Beaulieu, Charles Roussel and Stanislav Galiev. Coyle, Phillips, and Jurco each had three assists.

Mathieu Corbeil had an average performance, allowing four goals on 19 shots.

For Cape Breton, Bronson Beaten scored twice while Kyle Farrell and William Carrier added the others. Philippe Trudeau allowed 10 goals on 37 shots while William Racicot allowed three on 13.

It wouldn’t be shocking to see another blowout today. Buckle up.

Games 3 and 4 will be played Tuesday and Wednesday in Cape Breton.

THE NUMBERS

	Cape Breton	Saint John
Record	23-42-1-2 (5th Maritimes)	50-15-0-3 (1st Maritimes)
Home Record	- - -	28-5-0-1
Road Record	17-16-0-1	- - -
Goals For	219	298
Goals Against	306	180
Goals/Game	3.19 (14th)	4.34 (2nd)
GA/Game	4.45 (2nd)	2.62 (16th)
Shots/Game	28.90 (12th)	32.99 (3rd)
SA/GAME	31.50 (14th)	26.60 (1st)
PIM/GAME	15.1 (12th)	16.6 (6th)
Scoring First	15-16-1-1	35-3-0-0
Overall PP	22.3% (8th)	23.8% (5th)
Home PP	- - -	23.4% (6th)
Road PP	18% (14th)	- - -
Overall PK	70.6% (17th)	81.1% (5th)
Home PK	- - -	84.6% (4th)
Road PK	69.7% (16th)	- - -

LEADING SCORERS

Cape Breton

Player	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
Jonathan Brunelle	68	30	55	85
William Carrier	66	27	43	70
Alexandre Lavoie	65	23	24	47

Saint John

Player	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
Danick Gauthier	66	47	39	86
Zack Phillips	60	30	50	80
Jonathan Huberdeau	37	30	42	72

GOALTENDERS
Cape Breton

Goaltender	Record	GAA	SV%
Philippe Trudeau	16-26-1-2	4.01	0.877
William Racicot	8-14-1-0	4.03	0.865

Saint John

Goaltender	Record	GAA	SV%
Mathieu Corbeil	37-10-0-1	2.38	0.911
Sebastien Auger	14-2-0-2	2.65	0.897

SEASON SERIES

Saint John went 7-1 against Cape Breton this year while the Screaming Eagles went 1-7 against the Sea Dogs.

September 16, 2011 - Cape Breton def. Saint John 8-5

October 28, 2011 - Saint John def. Cape Breton 6-3

November 25, 2011 - Saint John def. Cape Breton 5-2

November 26, 2011 - Saint John def. Cape Breton 4-1

December 16, 2011 - Saint John def. Cape Breton 4-3

February 26, 2012 - Saint John def. Cape Breton 9-1

March 16, 2012 - Saint John def. Cape Breton 4-0

March 17, 2012 - Saint John def. Cape Breton 7-4

NOT PLAYING
Forwards Devon Oliver-Dares and Maxime Villemaire will not play due to injuries. Defenseman Ian Saab is still serving a suspension.

OTHER GAMES

Val-d'Or at Rimouski - 4:00 PM EDT

Rouyn-Noranda at Shawinigan - 4:00 PM EDT

Baie-Comeau at Victoriaville - 4:00 PM EDT

Moncton at Halifax - 7:00 PM ADT

Acadie-Bathurst at Chicoutimi - 7:30 PM EDT

NEXT GAME

Game 3 of the best-of-seven series is Tuesday night at 7pm in Cape Breton.