GAMEDAY
Round 2, Game 3
Saint John Sea Dogs vs Baie-Comeau Drakkar
Tonight at 8:30pm
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Henry Leonard Centre – Baie-Comeau, Que.
SERIES STATUS
Saint John leads the best-of-seven quarter-final playoff
series 2-0.
PREVIEW
BAIE-COMEAU, Que. – The Baie-Comeau Drakkar’s season is basically
on the line tonight.
The Saint John Sea Dogs enter tonight’s contest with a commanding
2-0 lead in the best-of-seven quarter-final playoff series over the Drakkar. Game time is
8:30pm Atlantic (fun!) at what should be a loud and rowdy Henry Leonard Centre.
If Baie-Comeau loses they would fall behind 3-0 in the series and would need a
miracle to win it.
A win by the Drakkar tonight would certainly change the
outlook of this series. Saint John not only won the first two games, but they
won them fairly easily. The Sea Dogs outscored Baie-Comeau 19-5 at Harbour
Station on the weekend.
The Drakkar have really only played well for 30 minutes
in this series and that came in the first half of Game 1 on Friday. But once
the Sea Dogs started rolling, the visitors just could not keep up. What was a
tied game near the halfway point resulted in a 9-3 Saint John victory. The Dogs
got off to a much better start on Saturday and won easily by score of 10-2.
Not only were the Sea Dogs outscoring the Drakkar on
Saturday, but they were outhitting them as well. Saint John showed they are not
going to back down from physical play or fights. It’s been a chippy series so
far and that should continue tonight.
One thing Baie-Comeau might want to do is try to contain
Saint John in the second period, a period the Sea Dogs have dominated all
season. 26 of Saint John’s 53 playoff goals have come in the middle frame. They’ve
outscored the Drakkar 10-3 in second periods in this series.
The Drakkar won both of their first round home games,
outscoring Victoriaville 13-6. Game 3 of that series was an 8-2 Baie-Comeau
victory.
THE NUMBERS - REGULAR SEASON
| Baie-Comeau | Saint John | |
| Record | 29-34-1-4 (6th East) | 50-15-0-3 (1st Maritimes) |
| Home Record | 18-13-0-3 | - - - |
| Road Record | - - - | 22-10-0-2 |
| Goals For | 217 | 298 |
| Goals Against | 241 | 180 |
| Goals/Game | 3.15 (15th) | 4.34 (2nd) |
| GA/Game | 3.50 (8th) | 2.62 (16th) |
| Shots/Game | 30.7 (5th) | 32.99 (3rd) |
| SA/GAME | 28.08 (4th) | 26.60 (1st) |
| PIM/GAME | 15.8 (9th) | 16.6 (6th) |
| Scoring First | 20-8-1-1 | 35-3-0-0 |
| Overall PP | 23.4% (6th) | 23.8% (5th) |
| Home PP | 22.4% (9th) | - - - |
| Road PP | - - - | 24.2% (4th) |
| Overall PK | 79.3% (7th) | 81.1% (5th) |
| Home PK | 85.3% (1st) | - - - |
| Road PK | - - - | 78.2% (7th) |
LEADING SCORERS - REGULAR SEASON
Baie-Comeau
Saint John
| Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points |
| David Rose | 67 | 17 | 45 | 62 |
| Carl Gelinas | 63 | 25 | 36 | 61 |
| Tomas Filippi | 60 | 19 | 34 | 53 |
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 - REGULAR SEASON
Baie-Comeau
Saint John
Baie-Comeau
| Goaltender | Record | GAA | SV% |
| Philippe Cadorette | 8-10-0-0 | 3.05 | 0.898 |
| Jimmy Appleby | 10-15-1-3 | 3.85 | 0.866 |
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 |
PLAYOFF SERIES
GAME ONE – Baie-Comeau 3, Saint John 9
GAME TWO – Baie-Comeau 2, Saint John 10
GAME THREE – Tuesday, April 10: 8:30 p.m. @ Centre
Henry-Leonard
GAME FOUR – Wednesday, April 11: 8:30 p.m. @ Centre
Henry-Leonard
*GAME FIVE – Friday, April 13: 8:30 p.m. @ Centre
Henry-Leonard
*GAME SIX – Monday, April 16: 7 p.m. @ Harbour Station
*GAME SEVEN – Tuesday, April 17: 7 p.m. @ Harbour Station
*If Necessary
SEASON SERIES
November 4 – Saint John 7 at Baie-Comeau 0
November 5 – Saint John 3 at Baie-Comeau 2
November 13 – Baie-Comeau 3 at Saint John 5
NOTES
- Raphael Bussieres is expected to return tonight for the Drakkar after serving a suspension.
- Zack Phillips leads the league in playoff scoring with 21 points.
- Both teams have yet to lose when scoring first in the post-season.
- The Sea Dogs are averaging 8.83 goals per game.
OTHER GAMES
Quebec at Halifax - 7:00 PM ADT
Shawinigan at Chicoutimi - 7:30 PM EDT
Blainville-Boisbriand at Rimouski - 7:30 PM EDT
NEXT GAME
The Sea Dogs and Drakkar meet again tomorrow night for
Game 4 of the series. Same time, same place.
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