RECAP: Sea Dogs win 4-3 (SO)

FINAL: Saint John 4, Cape Breton 3 (SO)

SYDNEY, NS - Jeremie Poirier continues to show off his offensive abilities.

Playing in a front of a large amount of scouts in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's only game on Wednesday night, Poirier recorded an assist, a +3 rating and scored the shootout winner in a Saint John Sea Dogs road victory over the Cape Breton Eagles.

The draft eligible defenseman now has nine goals and 18 assists on the year, which is good for a point-per-game average. Not bad for s second-year d-man.

The Sea Dogs perhaps could have used a bit more of Poirier's defensive abilities on Wednesday as the team hung for the extra point. After a strong opening frame that had the Dogs up 3-1, Saint John struggled to contain the Cape Breton offense over the final two periods. Zachary Bouthillier was busy all night long yet again, making 48 saves - and stopping all three shooters in the shootout - in a third star performance.

Nicolas Guay scored twice for Saint John while Brady Burns added a solo marker.

Egor Sokolov scored twice for Cape Breton and Ryan Francis added the other. Rookie goaltender Ewan MacDonald - perhaps the most Cape Breton-ish named player in Eagles history - made 20 stops in the loss.

The Sea Dogs have now won three straight games heading into this weekend's back-to-back home matches.

The Sea Dogs website has a full recap.

LINEUP

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SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without defensemen Patrick Musico (healthy) and Olivier DesRoches (healthy); along with forwards Alexis Belisle (healthy), Aidan MacIntosh (healthy) and Jeremie Jacob (healthy).

FIRST START: Goaltender Ewan MacDonald was called up from the MHL's Edmundston Blizzard and made his first career QMJHL start. MacDonald is 5-3 with a 3.60 GAA and .876 SV% in nine games with the Blizzard this year.

FIGHT: The Sea Dogs have had just six fights all season - the latest coming in Wednesday's game when Jordan Spadafore and Shawn Boudrias dropped the gloves. Spadafore is the first Sea Dog to have two fights this year.

BIG FIRST: Perhaps the Sea Dogs have figured out first periods? Firsts have been Saint John's least offensive periods this season, but the team has been hot of late. The Dogs scored two goals in the first on Saturday; four on Sunday; and another three on Wednesday.

ROUGH ENDING: After outshooting the Eagles 11-10 in the first period, the Sea Dogs were outshot 34-10 over the final 40 minutes if regulation. Cape Breton then went on to outshoot Saint John 7-2 in overtime.

STREAK: Maxim Cajkovic had his point streak come to an end at eight games. He also was unable to score in the shootout. He has been held pointless in three of his 12 games this year.

DOGS KILLER: With two goals in this game, Egor Sokolov now has has three goals and five assists in just three games against Saint John this season. He had five goals and five assists in nine meetings with Saint John last year.

NOTES: The Shawinigan Cataractes, who play the Eagles on Thursday and the Sea Dogs on Saturday, were in the building... Cape Breton's third goal was reviewed for goaltender interference but would stand... Nicolas Guay has four goals over his past three games... this was Saint John's second shootout of the year and improved to 2-0.

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs host the Shawinigan Cataractes on Saturday at 7 p.m.