Game Day 60: vs Eagles

SAINT JOHN - The Cape Breton Eagles are in town tonight.

The Eagles are 5-0-0-1 against the Saint John Sea Dogs this season. Tonight's match is the first of three remaining meetings between the two - plus, the two could meet in the first round of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoffs.

Game time tonight is 7 p.m.

TV/Radio/Webcast: Rogers TV/Sea Dogs Radio Live/QMJHL Live

Records: The Sea Dogs are 29-29-1-0 for 59 points (fourth Maritimes, sixth Eastern, ninth QMJHL) while the Eagles are 37-18-2-1 for 77 points (second Maritimes, fourth Eastern, fifth QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 2-1 home win over the Halifax Mooseheads on Wednesday. Joshua Roy and Charlie DesRoches scored for Saint John. Noah Patenaude made 35 stops in the win. The Eagles are coming off a 6-2 loss in Charlottetown last night. Derek Gentile and Nathan Larose scored for Cape Breton. William Grimard made 44 stops in the loss.

2019-20 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 1-5-0-0 against the Eagles this season while Cape Breton is 5-0-0-1 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Feb. 21 at Centre 200 where the Eagles defeated the Sea Dogs 5-4. Derek Gentile, Liam Kidney, Ivan Ivan, Egor Sokolov and Shawn Boudrias scored for the Eagles. Anderson MacDonald scored twice for Saint John while Joshua Roy and Maxim Cajkovic added singles. Kevin Mandolese made 31 stops in the win. Zachary Bouthillier made 35 stops in the loss.

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

Eagle to watch: Ex-Dog Nathan Larose has two goals and two assists in six games against Saint John this year.

Random stat: Egor Sokolov leads the league in goals with 43.

Notes: William Villeneuve leads Saint John in points with 55 and assists with 46... Brady Burns has a team high 26 goals... Egor Sokolov leads the Eagles in points with 86 and goals with 43... Ryan Francis has a team high 44 assists... Saint John is 16-13-0-0 at home... Cape Breton is 15-11-2-0 on the road... Joshua Roy has goals in five straight games.

Out of town:
Chicoutimi at Blainville-Boisbriand - 4:00 PM EST
Halifax at Québec - 4:00 PM EST
Sherbrooke at Val-d'Or - 4:00 PM EST
Acadie-Bathurst at Drummondville - 7:00 PM EST
Victoriaville at Rouyn-Noranda - 7:00 PM EST

Next game: The Sea Dogs host the Charlottetown Islanders tomorrow at 3 p.m.