Pre-Season Game Day 5: vs Islanders

SAINT JOHN - The Saint John Sea Dogs return to pre-season action this afternoon at Harbour Station.

The Sea Dogs, who are a perfect 4-0 in pre-season play, host the Charlottetown Islanders in a very rare Saturday afternoon home game. Puck drop is scheduled for 3 p.m.

Both teams are down to their final few cuts, so today's match - and the remainder of exhibition games - should feature fairly "normal" rosters.

TV/Radio/Webcast: None/Sea Dogs Radio/None

Records: The Sea Dogs are 4-0-0-0 this pre-season while the Islanders are 2-1-1-0. Last season, Saint John finished last overall in the QMJHL standings with a 14-43-9-2 record for 39 points while Charlottetown went 37-24-7-0 for 81 points, placing them third in the Maritimes Division and ninth overall in the league.

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 3-2 overtime win over the Moncton Wildcats in St. Stephen on Aug. 26. Josh Lawrence scored all three Saint John goals while Alex D'Orio made 30 stops in the victory. The Islanders are coming off a 3-2 win over the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles in Cornwall, PEI on Aug. 26. Daniel Hardie, Sullivan Sparkes and Derek Gentile scored for the Isles. Matthew Welsh made 31 stops in the win.

2017-18 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs were 3-5-1-0 against the Islanders last season while Charlottetown went 6-2-1-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: March 7 at Harbour Station where the Sea Dogs defeated the Islanders 5-3. Ostap Safin scored a pair of goals while singles came from Luke Wilson, Alexis Girard and Aiden MacIntosh. Charlottetown goals came from Nikita Alexandrov, Taylor Egan and Derek Gentile. Alex D'Orio made 42 stops in the win. Matthew Welsh made 19 saves in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Islanders: Forwards Daniel Hardie and Kevin Gursoy.

Notes: Josh Lawrence leads Saint John in points (six) and goals (five)... Maxim Cajkovic, Brady Burns and Jeremie Poirier each have a team high three assists... Derek Gentile leads Charlottetown in goals (two) and points (three)... no players on the Isles has more than one assist so far this pre-season... the Sea Dogs traded forward Kevin Gursoy to Charlottetown a couple weeks ago in exchange for a draft pick. He could make his first appearance with the club today.... this is believed to be the first afternoon Saturday home game for the Sea Dogs - pre-season or otherwise - in club history... Sea Dogs goaltender Alex D'Orio is away at Pittsburgh Penguins rookie camp.

Out of town:
Drummondville at Blainville-Boisbriand - 4:00 PM EDT
Victoriaville at Rimouski - 7:00 PM EDT

Next game: The Sea Dogs host the Moncton Wildcats this Thursday at Harbour Station. Game time is 7 p.m.