Recap: Sea Dogs lose 6-2

FINAL: Saint John 2, Charlottetown 6

CHARLOTTETOWN, PE - The struggles continue.

The Saint John Sea Dogs had another forgettable performance against the Charlottetown Islanders on Thursday night, falling 6-2 at Eastlink Centre. The result comes after the Isles defeated the Dogs by the same score on Sunday at TD Station.

The Sea Dogs have had a dreadful season series against the Islanders this year, losing seven of the eight meetings. Fortunately Friday night's game - the third straight between the two - will be the final meeting of the regular season.

Much like Sunday's game, the Islanders outplayed the Sea Dogs in all aspects of the game. Charlottetown led 3-0 after just one period with Saint John only recording four shots in the opening frame.

With Zachary Bouthillier still nursing a lower body injury, Noah Patenaude allowed six goals on 34 shots. The goals certainly weren't all on the Sea Dogs rookie goaltender though, with his team struggling defensively in front of him.

Gaetan Jobin scored a pair of goals for Charlottetown while singles came from Cedric Desruisseaux, Thomas Casey, Nikita Alexandrov and Justin Gill. Matthew Welsh made 27 stops in the win.

Jeremie Poirier and Brady Burns scored for Saint John.

LINEUP

A look at tonight’s projected #SJSeaDogs lineup presented by @CantrburyDental. #AlwaysWearYourMouthguard pic.twitter.com/wfPzj0xFHC

— Saint John Sea Dogs (@SJSeaDogs) March 5, 2020

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without goaltender Zachary Bouthillier (lower body); forwards Maxim Cajkovic (lower body) and Alexandre O'Neill (healthy); and defenseman Brendan Sibley (healthy).

STILL HURT: Zachary Bouthillier did not dress for a second straight game. He was injured in Saturday's win at TD Station - although he stayed in the game - and is presumably feeling the impact of that lower body alignment. The team has listed Bouthillier and forward Maxim Cajkovic both day-to-day with lower body injuries.

BACKUP: Mathias Savoie of the NB/PEIMMHL's Moncton Flyers was the Sea Dogs' backup for this game. Savoie led the major midget league in wins this season with 17.

NOTES: Solid crowd of 2,871 in attendance for this game... the Islanders have won their past three games all by the same score of 6-2... Jeremie Poirier scored his 20th goal of the season. He continues to lead all QMJHL defensemen in goals... Gaetan Jobin's three points were a single game career high.

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs and Islanders meet again tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m.