MONCTON - The Saint John Sea Dogs and Moncton Wildcats play the first game of a home-and-home series tonight at Avenir Centre.
The Sea Dogs have a tall task in front of them this weekend, facing a team that has loaded up for a long playoff run and will dress their full lineup for just the second time.
Game time this evening is 7 p.m.
TV/Radio/Webcast: Rogers TV/Sea Dogs Radio Live/QMJHL Live
Records: The Sea Dogs are 21-21-1-0 for 43 points (fourth Maritimes, seventh Eastern, 11th QMJHL) while the Wildcats are 28-12-0-0 for 56 points (first Maritimes, second Eastern, third QMJHL).
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 3-0 home win over the Baie-Comeau Drakkar on Sunday. Dawson Stairs, Josh Lawrence and Brady Burns scored for Saint John. Zachary Bouthillier made 32 stops in the shutout win. The Wildcats are coming off a 4-1 home win over the Cape Breton Eagles on Sunday. Benoit-Olivier Groulx, Philippe Daoust, Jakob Pelletier and Tristan DeJong scored for Moncton. Kevin Mandolese made 34 stops in the win.
2019-20 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 3-1-0-0 against the Wildcats this season while Moncton is 1-3-0-0 against Saint John.
Last meeting: Dec. 29 at TD Station where the Sea Dogs defeated the Wildcats 1-0. Kale McCallum scored the game's lone goal. Zachary Bouthillier made 43 stops in the victory.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Wildcats: Radio broadcaster Tim Roszell.
Wildcat to watch: Captain Jakob Pelletier has three goals and two assists in just two games against Saint John this season.
Random stat: The Wildcats have the second most home wins in the league with a 17-3-0-0 record.
Notes: Brady Burns leads Saint John in goals with 22 and points with 42... William Villeneuve has a team high 29 assists... Alexander Khovanov leads the Wildcats in scoring with 55 points... Mika Cyr has a team high 22 assists... Khovanov and Jakob Pelletier each have a team high 35 assists... Saint John is 10-11-1-0 on the road... Zachary L'Heureux is second in QMJHL rookie scoring with 34 points... the Wildcats have the third best power play (25%) and third best penalty kill (84.6%)... Khovanov has points in eight straight games and assists in seven straight.
Out of town:
Cape Breton at Charlottetown - 7:30 PM AST
Halifax at Victoriaville - 7:00 PM EST
Shawinigan at Chicoutimi - 7:30 PM EST
Sherbrooke at Drummondville - 7:30 PM EST
Val-d'Or at Gatineau - 7:30 PM EST
Acadie-Bathurst at Rimouski - 7:30 PM EST
Québec at Rouyn-Noranda - 7:30 PM EST
Next game: The Sea Dogs and Wildcats meet again on Saturday night at TD Station.
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