GAMEDAY
Round 2, Game 4
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 3-0.
PREVIEW
BAIE-COMEAU, Que. – The Saint John Sea Dogs will bring
out their brooms tonight in hopes of sweeping away the Baie-Comeau Drakkar.
The Sea Dogs enter tonight’s game with a 3-0 lead in the
quarter-final Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoff series. This evening’s
contest begins at 8:30pm at the Henry Leonard Centre.
Saint John escaped with a 5-2 win in Game 3 last night in
Baie-Comeau thanks to a three-goal third period. The Dogs opened the scoring in
the first but found themselves down 2-1 late in the second until Tomas Jurco
tied it, sending the teams to the dressing room’s tied at 2-2. The visitors
then grabbed a 3-2 lead early in the third and hung on until they clinched with
two late goals.
The Dogs had goals from Stanislav Galiev, Tomas Jurco,
Ryan Tesink, Jonathan Huberdeau, and Stephen MacAulay. Huberdeau added two
assists. Mathieu Corbeil had a strong performance in net, making 29 saves in
the win.
Baie-Comeau had a much better game than the two they
played in Saint John on the weekend. They had goals from David Rose and
Jonathan Lessard. Philippe Cadorette was named first star, allowing four goals
on 37 shots.
The Drakkar will look to build off some of the momentum they
created last night. They stayed with Saint John up until the final minutes of
the third, giving the Dogs their first real test of the post-season.
The Sea Dogs will be looking to advance to the
semi-finals for the third straight year. In their franchise history, they have
never lost a second round series.
Saint John has swept a quarter-final series just once and
that came back in 2010 when the Dogs knocked out the Gatineau Olympiques.
If Baie-Comeau wins tonight, Game 5 will be Friday night
at the Henry Leonard Centre. If they lose tonight, they’ll be rowing into the
off-season.
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 – Saint John 5, Baie-Comeau 2
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
- Charlie Coyle was held pointless last night.
- Will a crab be thrown before the game?
- Will the lights work?
- First goal will be huge – neither team has lost when scoring first in this year’s playoffs.
- Saint John is averaging 8.29 goals per game. That's a lot.
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
If the Drakkar win, Game 5 is on Friday night at 8:30pm.
If the Sea Dogs win, their semi-final series will likely start April 20ish at
Harbour Station.
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