GAME DAY 27: vs Remparts

A preview of tonight’s game between the Quebec Remparts and Saint John Sea Dogs…

When and where: Tonight at 7 p.m., Harbour Station

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

Records: The Remparts are second in the East Division and sixth overall in the QMJHL standings with a 15-11-2-0 record for 32 points. The Sea Dogs are second in the Maritimes Division and eighth overall with a 15-10-1-0 record for 31 points.

Last games: Quebec is coming off a 5-4 win in Charlottetown last night. Massimo Carozza scored twice for the Remparts while Bronson Beaton, Dmytro Timashov and Matthew Boucher added singles. Julian Galloway made 20 saves in the win. Saint John is coming off a 4-3 shootout victory in Chicoutimi on Saturday. Thomas Chabot, Kyle Ward and Adam Marsh all scored for the Dogs in regulation time while Alex Bishop made 23 saves in the win.

2015-16 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 1-0-0-0 against the Remparts this season while Quebec is 0-1-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Nov. 7 in front of 17,249 at the Videotron Centre, the Sea Dogs defeated the Remparts 7-3. Spencer Smallman, Adam Bateman, Kyle Ward, Daniel Del Paggio, Mathieu Joseph, Matthew Highmore and Thomas Chabot all scored for Saint John while Quebec goals came from Matthew Boucher, Charley Graaskamp and Bronson Beaton. Marc-Antoine Turcotte made 29 saves in the win. Julian Galloway made 35 stops in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Remparts: None

Random stat/fact: The Maple Leafs signed Dmytro Timashov to an entry-level contract on Monday. He was a fifth-round pick of Toronto in this year’s NHL Draft.

QUE notes: Dmytro Timashov leads the Remparts in scoring and is sixth in league scoring with 14 goals and 28 assists for 42 points in 24 games… Matthew Boucher and Bronson Beaton leads the team in goals with 15 each… Timashov leads the team and is fourth in the league in assists with 28… Nikolas Brouillard is third in defensemen scoring with 23 points… Brouillard also leads all d-men in goals with eight… Quebec is averaging 13.46 penalty minutes per game, the third fewest in the league… 8-6-0-0 on the road this season… 9-4-0-0 when scoring first… 3-1-1-0 against Maritimes Division teams… their 21.9% power play rating is sixth in the league… their 74.8% penalty kill rating is the worst in the league… averaging 3.98 goals against per game, the second most in the league… have won two straight on the road.

SJ notes: Matthew Highmore leads the Sea Dogs in scoring with seven goals and 16 assists for 23 points in 26 games… Sam Povorozniouk has a team high 12 goals… Highmore leads the team in assists with 16… Marc-Antoine Turcotte has the fourth best GAA (2.75) and third best SV% (.917) in the QMJHL… averaging 16.61 penalty minutes per game, the third most in the league… 6-5-0-0 at home this season… 13-3-0-0 when scoring first… 3-2-0-0 against East Division teams… owners of the league’s worst power play (12.9%) and best penalty kill (85.6%)… averaging 3.05 goals against per game, the third fewest in the league…

Out of town:

Sherbrooke at Charlottetown - 7:00 PM AST
Drummondville at Rouyn-Noranda - 7:00 PM EST

Next game: The Sea Dogs host the Sherbrooke Phoenix tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m.