Recap: Sea Dogs lose 2-1

FINAL: Charlottetown 2, Saint John 1

SAINT JOHN - Sometimes you score 10, sometimes you score one.

A couple days after scoring 10 goals against the Gatineau Olympiques, the Saint John Sea Dogs found themselves in a low scoring affair against the defensively stingy Charlottetown Islanders. Despite outshooting the Isles and controlling the play at times, the Sea Dogs fell 2-1 to the visitors at TD Station on Friday night.

The Sea Dogs outplayed Charlottetown in the first period but still found themselves down 2-0. The Islanders gained momentum throughout the contest and survived a third period surge - including an Anderson MacDonald shot that hit the post with just over 30 seconds remaining - by the Sea Dogs to end a two-game losing skid.

Brendon Clavelle and Cole Edwards scored for Charlottetown. Matthew Welsh made 40 saves in the win.

MacDonald scored Saint John's only goal. Zachary Bouthillier made 27 stops in the loss.

The Sea Dogs website has a full game recap.

LINEUP

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SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forward Ben Badalamenti (lower body) and Alexandre O'Niell (healthy) along with defenseman Brendan Sibley (healthy).

REVIEW: Charlottetown's second first period goal was initially called off as Zachary Bouthillier jammed the net off its pegs around the same time the puck went in. After review, the correct call was made and the goal counted.

STRONG FIRST: Despite being down 2-0, the Sea Dogs had a strong opening frame, outshooting the Islanders 15-7 despite Charlottetown having two power plays.

FIRST AT HOME: Anderson MacDonald's third period goal was his first as a Sea Dog. He finished the game with six shots on goal, four of which were listed as dangerous.

STRONG ON THE ROAD: Charlottetown has been one of the best road teams in the QMJHL this season. They improved to 13-9-3-0 away from Eastlink Centre on Friday, which is good for the third most road wins in the league.

SEE YA: This was the Sea Dogs' final home game until Feb. 7 when they host Classified and the Halifax Mooseheads. Saint John will play four road games in Quebec next week, visiting Rimouski, Quebec City, Chicoutimi and Baie-Comeau.

NOTES: Alex Drover had the first fight of his QMJHL career in the first period, dropping the gloves with Charlottetown's Cedric Desruissseaux... Charlottetown captain Brendon Clavelle scored his first goal of the season... Saint John fell to 10-6-0-0 in games where they've outshot their opponent... the attendance of 3,849 was the third largest crowd of the season... the Sea Dogs and Islanders don't meet again until March 1 at TD Station - the first of three straight games between the clubs.

HIGHLIGHTS


NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs visit the Rimouski Oceanic on Tuesday night at 7 p.m.