Recap: Sea Dogs win 4-3

FINAL: Charlottetown 3, Saint John 4

SAINT JOHN - After a disappointing showing on Friday night against the Charlottetown Islanders, the Saint John Sea Dogs rebounded on Saturday at TD Station.

Playing the Islanders for a second straight night, the Sea Dogs survived a mid-game surge by the visitors to earn a 4-3 victory. It was Saint John's first win of the season against the Islanders. The two teams met the night before with the Isles winning 4-1.

Saint John grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first period but Lukas Cormier scored late to give the Islanders some life heading into intermission. In the second, Charlottetown scored twice and outshot Saint John 14-5 to lead 3-2 entering the third. In the final frame, Dawson Stairs scored the tying goal two minutes in and then Joshua Roy scored what proved to be the game winner 1:04 later.

Stairs and Roy both scored singles in the game while Josh Lawrence netted a pair. Zachary Bouthillier made 29 saves in the win.

Cormier, Thomas Casey and Brett Budgell scored for Charlottetown. Matthew Welsh made 26 stops in the loss.

The Sea Dogs website has a full game recap.

LINEUP

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— Saint John Sea Dogs (@SJSeaDogs) January 4, 2020

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Ben Badalamenti (lower body) and Maxim Cajkovic (world juniors); and defenseman Brendan Sibley (healthy).

HIGHLIGHTS


NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs host the Cape Breton Eagles on Wednesday at 7 p.m.