Game Day 42: vs Screaming Eagles

The Saint John Sea Dogs (26-11-3-1, 1st Maritimes, 3rd QMJHL) begin a four-game homestand tonight against the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (24-17-2-1, 3rd Maritimes, 6th QMJHL). Game time is 3 p.m. at Harbour Station.

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

Last games: The Sea Dogs and Screaming Eagles met on Friday night at Centre 200. Matthew Highmore had a pair of goals for Saint John while singles came from Joe Veleno and Julien Gauthier. Drake Batherson had Cape Breton's lone goal. Callum Booth made 20 saves in the win. Kyle Jessiman made 29 stops in the loss.

2016-17 head-to-head: Saint John is 4-1-0-0 against Cape Breton this season while the Screaming Eagles are 1-4-0-0 against the Sea Dogs.

Last meeting: See above.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Screaming Eagles: Defenceman Olivier LeBlanc.

Random stat: Mathieu Joseph is on a 19-game point streak, the longest active streak in the league. There have been two 21-game point streaks in the QMJHL this year.

Three Things to Know
1. The Sea Dogs will honour their World Junior Hockey Championship participants before today's game. Julien Gauthier will make his Sea Dogs home debut.

2. While the Eagles have been very good at home this season, they are just 10-12-0-0 on the road this year.

3. Following today's game, the Sea Dogs will host Moncton (Tuesday), Chicoutimi (Friday) and Baie-Comeau (Saturday) during this homestand.

Notes: The Sea Dogs are led by Matthew Highmore who has 63 points this season... Bokondji Imama leads Saint John in goals with 27... Highmore's 38 assists is a team high... Giovanni Fiore leads Cape Breton in points with 52 and goals with 32... Olivier LeBlanc and Vasily Glotov lead the Eagles in assists with 27 each... Saint John is 14-4-2-0 at home... the Dogs have won two straight... Mathieu Joseph has goals in six straight home games... Thomas Chabot has assists in five straight home games... Highmore has points in nine straight home games... Fiore has goals in six straight road games... Phelix Martineau has points in seven straight road games.

Out of town:
Victoriaville at Halifax - 3:00 PM AST
Québec at Rimouski - 3:00 PM EST
Blainville-Boisbriand at Baie-Comeau - 4:00 PM EST
Shawinigan at Val-d'Or - 4:00 PM EST

Next game: The Sea Dogs host the Moncton Wildcats on Tuesday at 8 p.m.