GAME DAY 36: at Bathurst

A preview of tonight’s game between the Saint John Sea Dogs and Acadie-Bathurst Titan…

When and where: Tonight at 7:30 p.m., KC Irving Regional Centre

TV/Radio/Webcast: None/96.1 NewSong FM/QMJHL Live

Records: The Sea Dogs are second in the Maritimes Division, fifth overall in the QMJHL and ranked eighth in the CHL Top 10 rankings with a record 20-10-1-4 for 45 points. The Titan are sixth in the Maritimes and 18^th overall with a 10-23-4-1 record for 25 points.

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 6-5 loss in Moncton yesterday. Luke Green had two goals while singles came from Mark Tremaine, Spencer Smallman and Juraj Siska. Sebastien Auger made 26 saves in the loss. The Titan are coming off a 4-1 loss in Charlottetown yesterday. Aaron Kerr scored Bathurst’s lone goal while Jacob Brennan and Alexandre Lagace combined to make 31 saves.

2014-15 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 2-1-0-1 against the Titan this season while Bathurst is 2-2-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Dec. 18 at Harbour Station when the Titan edged the Sea Dogs 4-3. Andrew Ryan, Jeffrey Truchon-Viel, Yan Plourde and Egor Popov scored for the Titan while Julien Tessier, Daniel Del Paggio and Luke Green scored for the Dogs. Alexandre Lagace and Jacob Brennan combined to make 22 saves in the win while Sebastien Auger made 20 in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Titan: None

Random stat: Adam Marsh, who has led Saint John in scoring for much of the season, has not registered a point since Dec. 7, a stretch of five games.

SJ notes: Adam Marsh and Nathan Noel lead the Sea Dogs in scoring with 29 points each… Marsh has a team high 15 goals… Spencer Smallman leads the team in assists with 19… the Sea Dogs have lost four straight and are now 8-9-0-1 on the road… Sebastien Auger still leads the QMJHL in GAA (2.64) and SV% (.913)… Marsh is seventh in rookie scoring… Thomas Chabot is 13^th in defensemen scoring with 23 points… 11-3-0-1 when scoring first… 13-6-1-2 against Maritimes Division teams… Saint John’s penalty kill has slipped to second best in the league with a rating of 83.8%... Saint John has lost three straight road games.

A-B notes: Mark Simpson leads the Titan in scoring with 30 points… Raphael Corriveau has scored a team high 13 goals… Simpson leads the team in assists with 19… 2-5-3-0 in their last 10 games… 7-10-3-0 at the KC Irving Regional Centre this season… Jacob Brennan leads the league in losses with 17… Egor Popov is 12^th in rookie scoring with 22 points… Nicolas Dumulong is second in defensemen penalty minutes with 78… 10-7-2-1 when scoring first… 6-11-3-1 against Maritimes Division teams… their power play rating of 16.2% is second worst in the league… owners of the league’s worst penalty kill with a rating of 73.7%... averaging 2.65 goals per game, the fewest in the league… averaging 3.85 goals against per game, the third most in the QMJHL… the Titan have lost six straight home games.

Out of town:

Québec at Chicoutimi - 7:00 PM EST
Blainville-Boisbriand at Drummondville - 7:00 PM EST
Gatineau at Sherbrooke - 7:00 PM EST
Victoriaville at Rimouski - 7:30 PM EST
Rouyn-Noranda at Val-d'Or - 7:30 PM EST

Next game: The Sea Dogs host the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles on Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m. at Harbour Station.