Game Day 54: vs Wildcats

SAINT JOHN - The Saint John Sea Dogs will look to rebound from one of their worst games of the season tonight.

The Sea Dogs are coming off a 10-2 loss to the Moncton Wildcats on Wednesday night at Avenir Centre. They'll try and recover from that game tonight against the same club - only this time on home ice.

Game time is 7 p.m.

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

Records: The Sea Dogs are 25-27-1-0 for 51 points (fourth Maritimes, sixth Eastern, 11th QMJHL) while the Wildcats are 38-12-1-0 for 77 points (first Maritimes, first Eastern, second QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs and Wildcats met on Wednesday night at Avenir Centre with Moncton winning 10-2. Jakob Pelletier, Gabriel Fortier, Zachary L'Heureux and Alexander Khovanov all scored two goals each for Moncton. Mika Cyr and Jeremy McKenna also scored. Maxim Cajkovic and Charles Savoie had Saint John goals. Olivier Rodrigue made 31 stops in the loss. Noah Patenaude allowed three goals on seven shots before being pulled. Zachary Bouthillier allowed seven goals on 39 shots in relief.

2019-20 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 3-4-0-0 against the Wildcats this season while Moncton is 4-3-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: See above.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Wildcats: Radio broadcaster Tim Roszell.

Wildcat to watch: Alexander Khovanov has four goals and nine assists in just four games against Saint John this year.

Random stat: Anderson MacDonald has an impressive five goals and eight assists in 10 meetings against the Wildcats this season. He has four assists in the three games he has played the 'Cats in a Dogs jersey.

Notes: Brady Burns leads Saint John in points with 48 and goals with 25... William Villeneuve leads the Dogs in assists with 38... Alexander Khovanov leads the Wildcats in points with 78 and assists with 52... Jeremy McKenna has a Moncton high 30 goals... Saint John is 13-12-0-0 at home... Moncton is 16-9-1-0 on the road... Khovanov has points in 11 straight road games... Moncton has won six straight games overall and three straight on the road.

Out of town:
Halifax at Acadie-Bathurst - 7:00 PM AST
Chicoutimi at Val-d'Or - 7:00 PM EST
Québec at Victoriaville - 7:00 PM EST
Baie-Comeau at Drummondville - 7:30 PM EST
Charlottetown at Gatineau - 7:30 PM EST
Blainville-Boisbriand at Rimouski - 7:30 PM EST

Next game: The Sea Dogs and Mooseheads meet on Sunday afternoon at Scotiabank Centre in the first meeting since #GameGate. Puck drop is scheduled for 3 p.m.