The Sea Dogs fell 5-2 to the lowly Victoriaville Tigres at TD Station. After back-to-back solid games - including a 4-1 win over the Halifax Mooseheads the night before - this was a disappointing performance.
The Tigres entered the game with just three wins this season and had lost four straight. This was also the third game of a three-game Maritime road trip. Despite that, the visitors rolled into Saint John and scored the game's first five goals en route to the win.
Saint John has, as we all know, struggled with consistency this season. But a worrying trend (one of them, anyways) has been the Dogs' struggle to beat teams they should be beating. As previously mentioned, Saint John plays in a very tough division this season, and picking up points against lower seeds in other divisions could be vital in determining where the club finishes in the standings this year.
On Sunday, Saint John's penalty kill proved to be a problem with the Tigres scoring on all four of the power plays they were handed. The non-power play goal came while shorthanded. Maxime Pellerin, Vincent Sévigny, Jérôme Gravel, Zackary Riel and Mikhail Abramov scored for the Tigres. Tristan Côté-Cazenave made 43 saves in the win.
Nicolas Guay and Brady Burns scored for Saint John. Zachary Bouthillier made 29 stops in the loss.
Things won't get any easier for the Sea Dogs with the Rimouski Oceanic coming to town on Halloween night. Saint John will play six straight road games following that match.
NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs host the Rimouski Oceanic on Thursday at 7 p.m.
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