Game Day 47: at Moncton

MONCTON - The Saint John Sea Dogs will look to extend their winning streak to seven games this evening in Moncton.

The Sea Dogs are coming off back-to-back wins over two of the league's best teams, defeating the Acadie-Bathurst Titan 4-3 on Wednesday and the Charlottetown Islanders 2-1 last night. Tonight they'll face a Wildcats team that has begun to drop a bit in the standings after a competitive first half - but as the Sea Dogs have found out plenty of times over the past two seasons, Moncton can't be taken lightly.

Game time tonight at Avenir Centre is 7 p.m.

TV/Radio/Webcast: None/93 CFBC/CHL TV

Capacity/Proof of Vaccination/Masks: 100%/None/Required

Records: The Sea Dogs are 27-15-1-3 for 58 points (second Maritimes/third Eastern/sixth QMJHL) while the Wildcats are 21-16-5-1- for 48 points (fifth Maritimes/seventh Eastern/10th QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 2-1 win in Charlottetown last night. Ryan Francis and Josh Lawrence scored in the win. Nikolas Hurtubise made 22 saves in the victory.  The Wildcats are coming off a 5-3 loss in Bathurst last night. Vincent Labelle, Yoan Loshing and Brooklyn Kalmikov scored for Moncton. Vincent Filion made 37 saves in the loss.

2021-22 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 1-2-0-0 against the Wildcats this season while Moncton is 2-1-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Feb. 27 at Avenir Centre where the Sea Dogs hammered the Wildcats 8-1. William Dufour scored four times in that game while singles came from Cam MacDonald, Vincent Sevigny, Jeremie Poirier and Raivis Ansons. Vincent Labelle scored Moncton's lone goal. Thomas Couture made 19 saves in the win. Jonathan Lemieux made 43 stops in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Wildcats: Goaltender Jonathan Lemieux.

Wildcat to watch: Brooklyn Kalmikov has goals in four straight games.

Random stat: William Dufour has scored seven of his 41 goals against the Wildcats this season. Including tonight, the Sea Dogs and Wildcats meet six more times in the regular season.

Notes: William Dufour leads Saint John in points with 78 and goals with 41... Josh Lawrence has a team high 43 assists... Brooklyn Kalmikov leads Moncton in points with 51, goals with 27 and assists with 24... Saint John is 13-7-1-1 on the road... Moncton is 10-8-2-1 at home... Yoan Loshing is fifth in rookie scoring with 29 points... the Wildcats are averaging 12.14 penalty minutes per game, the second most in the league... Brady Burns has assists in four straight road games... the Sea Dogs have won three straight road games... former Wildcats forward Nicholas Blagden is eligible to return from his 10-game suspension tonight.

Out of town:

Charlottetown at Acadie-Bathurst - 4:00 PM AST

Blainville-Boisbriand at Baie-Comeau - 4:00 PM EST

Val-d'Or at Gatineau - 4:00 PM EST

Rouyn-Noranda at Victoriaville - 4:00 PM EST

Sherbrooke at Cape Breton - 7:00 PM AST

Chicoutimi at Halifax - 7:00 PM AST

Next game: The Sea Dogs host the Charlottetown Islanders on Friday at 7 p.m.