GAME DAY 59: at Cape Breton

A preview of tonight’s game between the Saint John Sea Dogs and Cape Breton Screaming Eagles…

When and where: Tonight at 7 p.m., Centre 200

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

Records: The Sea Dogs are second in the Maritimes Division and seventh overall in the QMJHL standings with a record of 29-20-3-6 for 67 points. The Screaming Eagles are fifth in the Maritimes and 15^th overall with a 25-26-2-3 record for 55 points.

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 4-1 win over the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Sunday at Harbour Station. Jakub Zboril, Mathieu Joseph, Spencer Smallman and Samuel Dove-McFalls all scored for Saint John while Sebastien Auger only had to make 14 saves in the win. The Screaming Eagles are coming off a 3-2 win over the Victoriaville Tigres on Saturday at Centre 200. Stephen Anderson, Maxim Lazarev and Marcus Hinds all scored for the Eagles while Alexandre Belanger made 28 saves in the victory.

2014-15 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 5-2-0-0 against the Screaming Eagles this season while Cape Breton is 2-4-0-1 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Jan. 25 at Harbour Station where the Screaming Eagles defeated the Sea Dogs 4-1. Evgeny Svechnikov, Alexandre Gosselin, Kyle Farrell and Stephen Anderson all scored for Cape Breton while Spencer Smallman scored Saint John’s lone goal. Miguel Sullivan made 24 saves in the win while Alex Bishop made 25 in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Screaming Eagles: Olivier LeBlanc and Stephen Anderson

Random stat: Adam Marsh, Spencer Smallman and Nathan Noel all have 10 points each against Cape Breton this season. Meanwhile, Evgeny Svechnikov, Kyle Farrell and Loik Leveille all have 10 points each against Saint John.

SJ notes: Nathan Noel leads the Sea Dogs in scoring with 50 points in 58 games this season… Adam Marsh leads the team in goals with 23… Noel has a team high 29 assists… Samuel Dove-McFalls is fourth in the league in shorthanded points with six… Sebastien Auger’s GAA of 2.73 is third best in the league while his SV% of .910 is second best… Marsh is still eighth in rookie scoring with 42 points… Jakub Zboril is fourth in power play goals by defensemen with six… 10-15-1-3 on the road this season… 18-7-1-1 when scoring first… 19-11-2-3 against Maritimes Division teams… the Sea Dogs have the league’s best penalty kill with a rating of 83.6%... the Sea Dogs have lost four straight road games… 4-4-2-0 in their last 10 games.

CAP notes: Kyle Farrell leads the Screaming Eagles in scoring and is 11^th in league scoring with 77 points in 55 games… Farrell leads the team in both goals (36) and assists (41)… Farrell is second in the league in shorthanded points with six… Miguel Sullivan has the fifth best GAA in the league with a rating of 2.95. His SV% of .902 is fourth best… Evgeny Svechnikov is fourth in rookie scoring with 58 points. He is also third in goals (23) and fourth in assists (35)… Pierre-Luc Dubois leads all rookies in shorthanded points with three… Loïk Léveillé is seventh in defensemen scoring with 42 points… 17-10-0-1 at home this season… 20-10-1-0 when scoring first… 15-17-1-2 against Maritimes Division teams… Cape Breton has the second best penalty kill in the league with a rating of 83.3%... Cape Breton’s 12 shorthanded goals are the second most scored in the league… 6-4-0-0 in their last 10 games.

Out of town:

Rimouski at Québec - 7:00 PM EST

Next game: The Sea Dogs host the Charlottetown Islanders on Friday at 7:30 p.m.