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Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Game Day 28: at Moncton

MONCTON - The Saint John Sea Dogs will look to rebound from a Sunday loss tonight at Avenir Centre.

The Sea Dogs are coming off a rough 6-3 loss to the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on home ice. Starts have been a problem for Saint John of late - they fell behind 2-0 in the first half of the opening frame on Sunday.

Saint John will look to get back on track tonight against the Moncton Wildcats - a team that is coming off an impressive 5-3 victory over the Titan last night.

Game time this evening is 7 p.m.

TV/Radio/Webcast: Rogers TV/93 CFBC/QMJHL Live

Records: The Sea Dogs are 13-10-3-1 for a .556 points percentage (third Maritimes) while the Wildcats are 9-13-2-1 for a .420 points percentage (fifth Maritimes).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 6-3 home loss to the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Sunday. Peter Reynolds, Brady Burns and Jeremie Poirier scored for Saint John. Zachary Emond made 31 stops in the loss. The Wildcats are coming off a 5-3 home win over the Titan last night. Jacob Hudson scored twice for Moncton while singles came from Thomas Darcy, Connor Richard and Maxim Barbashev. Dakota Lund-Cornish made 23 stops in the win.

2020-21 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 7-3-0-0 against the Wildcats this season while Moncton is 3-6-1-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Last Friday at TD Station where the Sea Dogs defeated the Wildcats 9-2. Brady Burns had a hat trick for Saint John; Nicholas Girouard scored twice; and singles came from Jeremie Poirier, Josh Lawrence, Vladislav Kotkov and Ryan Francis. Francis Langlois scored both Moncton goals. Noah Patenaude made 31 saves in the win. Dakota Lund-Cornish made 24 saves in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Wildcats: Forward Connor Richard.

Wildcat to watch: After being held without a goal in three straight games, Jacob Hudson recorded two goals and an assist in Moncton's win last night. He has five goals and eight assists in six games against Saint John this season.

Random stat: Rookie Maxim Barbashev returned to the Moncton lineup last night after missing several weeks with an injury. The Russian has three goals and two assists in two games against Saint John.

Notes: Ryan Francis leads Saint John in points with 39 and assists with 27... Brady Burns leads Saint John in goals with 16... Philippe Daoust leads Moncton in points with 28 and assists with 22... Jacob Hudson leads the club in goals with 11... the Sea Dogs are 5-5-2-1 on the road... the Wildcats are 4-7-1-1 at home... Burns has goals in four straight games... the Wildcats ended a six-game home losing streak last night... Moncton regulars Daoust, Vincent Labelle, Sam McKinney and Yoan Loshing all missed last night's game due to injury... Sea Dogs defenseman Sam Dow has been suspended two games for a high stick while forward Liam Leonard will serve the final game of his three-game suspension for a high stick.

Out of town:
Halifax at Charlottetown - 7:00 PM ADT

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

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