Game Day 41: vs Eagles

SAINT JOHN - The Saint John Sea Dogs are back in action tonight at TD Station.

The Sea Dogs will enter tonight's matchup with the Cape Breton Eagles just over the .500 mark with 20-19-1-0 record. This comes after splitting a weekend series with the Charlottetown Islanders.

Game time tonight is 7 p.m.

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

Records: The Sea Dogs are 20-19-1-0 for 41 points (fourth Maritimes, sixth Eastern, 10th QMJHL) while the Eagles are 22-13-2-1 for 47 points (third Maritimes, fourth Eastern, sixth QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 4-3 home win over the Charlottetown Islanders on Saturday. Josh Lawrence had two goals while singles came from Dawson Stairs and Joshua Roy. Zachary Bouthillier made 29 saves in the win. The Eagles are coming off a 5-0 home win over the Moncton Wildcats on Saturday. Shaun Miller, Ryan Francis, Felix Lafrance, Mathias Laferriere and Shaun Boudrias scored for Cape Breton. Kevin Mandolese made 31 saves in the shutout victory.

2019-20 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 1-2-0-0 against the Eagles this season while Cape Breton is 2-0-0-1 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Nov. 27 at Centre 200 where the Sea Dogs defeated the Eagles 4-3 in a shootout. Nicolas Guay scored twice for Saint John while Brady Burns added a solo marker. Egor Sokolov scored a pair for Cape Breton and Ryan Francis added a single. Zachary Bouthillier made 48 saves in the win. Ewan MacDonald made 20 stops in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Eagles: Defenseman Nathan Larose.

Eagle to watch: Nathan Larose sits second in QMJHL defensemen goal scoring with 12.

Random stat: This is, surprisingly, the Eagles' first visit of the season to Saint John. The team is 8-7-2-0 on the road.

Notes: Brady Burns leads Saint John in points with 40 and goals with 21... William Villeneuve leads the team in assists with 28... Egor Sokolov and Ryan Francis each have a team high 51 points... Sokolov leads the team in goals with 24... Francis leads the club in assists with 24... the Eagles are on a 5-0-1 run... Kevin Mandolese has the second best GAA in the league (2.38).

Out of town:
Acadie-Bathurst at Charlottetown - 7:00 PM AST
Blainville-Boisbriand at Val-d'Or - 7:00 PM EST

Next game: The Sea Dogs travel to Sydney to take on the Eagles on Friday at 7 p.m.