Playoff Game Day 5: at Bathurst

BATHURST - It's the biggest game of the season for the Saint John Sea Dogs.

The Sea Dogs, Acadie-Bathurst Titan and Moncton Wildcats all enter the final weekend of this round-robin tournament with 2-2 records. The Sea Dogs and Titan meet tonight at the KC Irving Regional Centre in, obviously, a massive game for both clubs.

The Titan have lost back-to-back games including a late-game collapse against the Wildcats on Wednesday.

Saint John lost 7-5 to the Titan on April 22 but rebounded with a 6-2 win over Bathurst last Sunday.

Both of Saint John's losses in this round-robin have come away from TD Station.

Game time tonight is 7 p.m.

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

Playoff Standings:

1.Saint John: 2-2; 4 PTS

2. Bathurst: 2-2; 4 PTS

3. Moncton: 2-2; 4 PTS

Records: The Sea Dogs finished the regular season with a 15-14-3-1 record for a .515 points percentage (third Maritimes) while the Titan finished with a record of 21-10-1-1 for a .667 points percentage (second Maritimes).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 6-2 win over the Titan last Sunday at TD Station. Brady Burns scored a pair of goals while singles came from Josh Lawrence, Zachary Alchorn, Cam MacDonald and Nicholas Girouard. Zachary Emond made 23 saves in the win. The Titan are coming off a 5-3 loss in Moncton on Wednesday. David Doucet, Mathieu Desgagnes and Bennett MacArthur had Titan goals. Jan Bednar made 30 saves in the loss.

2020-21 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs were 5-6-1-0 against the Titan in the regular season while Bathurst went 7-4-0-1 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Last Sunday at TD Station where the Sea Dogs defeated the Titan 6-2. Brady Burns registered a pair of goals while singles came from Josh Lawrence, Zachary Alchorn, Cam MacDonald and Nicholas Girouard. Felix-Antoine Marcotty and Mathieu Desgagnes scored for Bathurst. Zachary Emond made 23 saves in the win. Chad Arsenault made 24 saves in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Titan: None.

Titan to watch: Jacob Melanson was tossed from Sunday's game for a check-to-the-head. He was suspended for Wednesday's game but should return tonight. Melanson had two goals in Bathurst's 7-5 win over the Sea Dogs on April 22.

Random stat: Riley Kidney has a goal and four assists in the two games he's played against Saint John this post-season.

Notes: Several Sea Dogs are tied for the team lead in points with five... Brady Burns, Nicholas Girouard, Jeremie Poirier and Cam MacDonald all have a team high three goals... William Villeneuve leads Saint John in assists with five... Riley Kidney leads Bathurst in points with eight and assists with seven... Bennett MacArthur leads the Titan in goals with five... Saint John has the third best power play in these playoffs with a 35.3% rating... MacDonald has goals in three straight games... Zachary Emond has started all four playoff games for Saint John... for Bathurst, Chad Arsenault has started both playoff games against Saint John.

Out of town:

Quebec at Drummondville - 7:00 PM EDT

Rimouski at Shawinigan - 7:00 PM EDT

Next game: The Sea Dogs play their final game of the round-robin on Sunday at 7 p.m. against the Moncton Wildcats at Avenir Centre.