GAMEDAY
Round 3, Game 3
Saint John Sea Dogs vs Chicoutimi Sagueneens
Tonight at 8:30pm
Radio: News 88.9 | Webcast: Telus | TV: TVA Sports | Live
Blog: SN
Georges Vezina Centre – Chicoutimi, Que.
SERIES STATUS
Saint John leads the best-of-seven semifinal playoff
series 2-0.
PREVIEW
CHICOUTIMI, Que. – The Georges Vezina Centre will be
rocking tonight as the Sagueneens host the Saint John Sea Dogs for Game 3 of
the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League semifinal at 8:30pm.
The Sagueneens faithful will have a chance tonight to
cheer on their team for the first time since they stunned the Memorial Cup host
Shawinigan Cataractes in seven games in the QMJHL’s quarter-finals. Down 2-0 to
the defending national champs, the Sags will need all the help they can get from
their crowd this evening.
Saint John won the first two games by a combined score of
9-3. Tthe games were fairly close and competitive. But the Sea Dogs were
able to capitalize on some Chicoutimi mistakes and got solid goaltending from
Mathieu Corbeil to give them a 2-0 series lead.
Tonight’s game will either give the Sags some life or
give Saint John a stranglehold on the series.
The Sea Dogs played just one game in Chicoutimi this
season and lost 4-3 in a shootout. The game saw Alexandre Beauregard make his
return from thyroid cancer. Steve Lebel, Guillaume Asselin, and Jeremy Gregoire
all scored for the Sags while the Dogs had a pair of goals from Danick Gauthier
and a solo marker from Zack Phillips.
The Sags went 19-9-2-4 at home during the regular season
and outscored opponents 118-101. They are 4-2 in the playoffs with a +8 goal
differential.
The Sea Dogs have won 13 straight overall going into
tonight’s game. They are a perfect 4-0 on the road this post-season and have
outscored opponents 23-8.
A good start tonight would be huge for Saint John. Chicoutimi
has scored more goals in the first period (19) than other period in the
playoffs.
PLAYOFF NUMBERS
PLAYOFF SERIES
GAME ONE – Chicoutimi 1, Saint John 4
PLAYOFF NUMBERS
| Saint John | Chicoutimi | |
| Record | 10-0-0-0 | 8-7-0-0 |
| Home Record | 6-0-0-0 | 4-2-0-0 |
| Road Record | 4-0-0-0 | 4-5-0-0 |
| Goals For/Game | 7.20 (1st) | 3.01 (9th) |
| Goals Against/Game | 2.10 (1st) | 3.21 (7th) |
| Shots For/Game | 37.9 (1st) | 26.87 (11th) |
| Shots Against/Game | 25.5 (1st) | 31.42 (9th) |
| Overall PP | 30.9% (1st) | 19% (12th) |
| Home PP | 40.0% (1st) | 15.4% (12th) |
| Road PP | 15% (11th) | 21.6% (7th) |
| Overall PK | 87.2% (1st) | 83.1% (4th) |
| Home PK | 82.1% (7th) | 96.2% (2nd) |
| Road PK | 94.7% (1st) | 74.4% (10th) |
| PIM/GAME | 17.9 (7th) | 16.9 (10th) |
| Attendance | 5,110 (3rd) | 3,753 (7th) |
LEADING SCORERS – PLAYOFFS
Chicoutimi
Saint John
| Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
| Guillaume Asselin | 15 | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| Christian Ouellet | 15 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| Steve Lebel | 15 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
Saint John
| Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
| Charlie Coyle | 10 | 11 | 13 | 24 |
| Stanislav Galiev | 10 | 10 | 13 | 23 |
| Zack Phillips | 10 | 6 | 17 | 23 |
GOALTENDERS - PLAYOFFS
Chicoutimi
Chicoutimi
| Goaltender | Record | GAA | SV% |
| Christopher Gibson | 8-5-2-0 | 3.10 | 0.901 |
| Francois Desrosiers | 0-0-0-0 | 5.20 | 0.846 |
Saint John
| Goaltender | Record | GAA | SV% |
| Mathieu Corbeil | 10-0-0-0 | 2.10 | 0.918 |
| Sebastien Auger | 0-0-0-0 | - - - | - - - |
GAME ONE – Chicoutimi 1, Saint John 4
GAME TWO – Chicoutimi 2, Saint John 5
GAME THREE – Tuesday, April 24: 8:30 p.m. @ Centre
Georges-Vezina
GAME FOUR – Thursday, April 26: 8:30 p.m. @ Centre
Georges-Vezina
*GAME FIVE – Saturday, April 28: 7 p.m. @ Harbour Station
*GAME SIX – Monday, April 30: 8:30 p.m. @ Centre
Georges-Vezina
*GAME SEVEN – Tuesday, May 1: 7 p.m. @ Harbour Station
SEASON SERIES
October 29 – Chicoutimi 0, Saint John 6
December 4 – Chicoutimi 8, Saint John 3
March 9 – Saint John 3, Chicoutimi 4 (SO)
TV
If you get TVA Sports, tonight’s game will be broadcast
there. It will air en francais.
If you are considering ordering the Telus webcast, it’s
not that great thanks to this beam that blocks the corner. We’re assuming the
camera has not been moved for the playoffs.
INJURIES
Tim Roszell tweeted that Tomas Jurco is likely a game
time decision again. Jurco took warm-up on Sunday but did not play.
Alexandre Beauregard, Alexandre Roy, and Jean-Gabriel Pageau did not take morning skate.
NOTES
- Charlie Coyle leads the league in playoff points with 24.
- Kevin Gagne is tied with Jerome Gauthier-Leduc for the playoff lead in points by a defenseman with 13.
- Christian Ouellet is tied for the league lead in goals with 13.
- Zack Phillips has a league high 17 playoff assists.
- Coyle is a league best +21.
- Steve Lebel has two shorthanded assists to lead the league
OTHER GAMES
Rimouski can take a 3-0 series lead over Halifax with a
win tonight in the other semifinal.
NEXT GAME
Game 4 of this series is Thursday night at 8:30pm in
Chicoutimi.
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