Friday, March 6, 2020

Game Day 63: at Charlottetown

CHARLOTTETOWN, PE - It's the final meeting of the regular season between the Saint John Sea Dogs and Charlottetown Islanders - and for the Sea Dogs, this game couldn't come soon enough.

The Sea Dogs have lost seven of the eight meetings against the Islanders this year - including the past two games, which Charlottetown won both by score of 6-2. The Isles now carry  a five-game winning streak into tonight's match at Eastlink Centre.

Game time tonight is 7:30 p.m.

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

Records: The Sea Dogs are 30-31-1-0 for 61 points (fourth Maritimes, sixth Eastern, ninth QMJHL) while the Islanders are 32-25-5-0 for 69 points (third Maritimes, fifth Eastern, seventh QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs and Islanders met last night at Eastlink Centre where Charlottetown won 6-2. Gaetan Jobin scored a pair of goals for Charlottetown while singles came from Cedric Desruisseaux, Thomas Casey, Nikita Alexandrov and Justin Gill. Jeremie Poirier and Brady Burns scored for Saint John. Matthew Welsh made 27 stops in the win. Noah Patenaude made 28 stops in the loss.

2019-20 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 1-6-1-0 against the Islanders this season while Charlottetown is 7-1-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Last night. See above.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Islanders: None.

Islander to watch: Rookie import Gaetin Jobin, who had two goals and an assist last night, now has three goals and four assists in his past four games.

Random stat: The Islanders were 7-1-1-0 against the Sea Dogs last season and 6-2-1-0 the year prior.

Notes: William Villeneuve leads Saint John in points with 58 and assists with 49... Brady Burns has a team high 27 goals... Nikita Alexandrov leads the Islanders in points with 52 and assists with 29... Thomas Casey has a team high 26 goals... Charlottetown is 16-12-2-0 at home... Saint John is 13-17-1-0 on the road... Alexandrov has goals in five straight games.

Out of town:
Drummondville at Acadie-Bathurst - 7:00 PM AST
Québec at Halifax - 7:00 PM AST
Val-d'Or at Sherbrooke - 7:00 PM EST
Rouyn-Noranda at Victoriaville - 7:00 PM EST
Baie-Comeau at Gatineau - 7:30 PM EST

Next game: The Sea Dogs host the Drummondville Voltigeurs tomorrow night at 7 p.m.

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