The Sea Dogs host the Cape Breton Eagles Thursday and Friday night at TD Station. Both games are 7 p.m. starts. The Sea Dogs will close out the regular season on Sunday afternoon in Moncton, making these two matches against the Eagles their final skate on Saint John ice before the playoffs.
Saint John carries a 12-game winning streak into Thursday's game against the last-place Eagles. Cape Breton is just 1-9 in their past 10 games.
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Records: The Sea Dogs are 44-17-1-3 for 92 points (second Maritimes/third Eastern/third QMJHL) while the Eagles are 14-44-4-3 for 35 points (sixth Maritimes/10th Eastern/18th QMJHL).
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 5-3 win over the Moncton Wildcats on Saturday. Peter Reynolds scored a pair of goals while singles came from Olivier Picard, Josh Lawrence and William Dufour. Nikolas Hurtubise made 19 saves in the win. The Eagles are coming off a 5-3 home loss to the Charlottetown Islanders on Tuesday. Francois-James Buteau, Ivan Ivan and Kian Bell scored for Cape Breton. Remi Delafontaine made 42 saves in the loss.
2021-22 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 6-0-0-1 against the Eagles this season while Cape Breton is 1-4-1-1 against Saint John.
Last meeting: April 17 at Centre 200 where the Sea Dogs defeated the Eagles 5-1. Ryan Francis scored a pair against his old club while singles came from Charlie DesRoches, William Dufour and William Villeneuve. Nicholas Girouard scored the lone goal for Cape Breton. Nikolas Hurtubise made 22 stops in the win. Nicolas Ruccia made 30 saves in the loss.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Eagles: Forwards Charles Savoie, Carter McCluskey and Nicholas Girouard.
Eagle to watch: Former Sea Dogs forward Nicholas Girouard has four goals and two assists in seven games against his old club this season.
Random stat: Ryan Francis has posted six goals and three assists in just five games against his former team this year.
Notes: William Dufour leads Saint John in points with 112 and goals with 53... Josh Lawrence has a team high 65 assists... Ivan Ivan leads Cape Breton in points with 63 and goals with 31... Jeremy Langlois leads Cape Breton in assists with 34... Saint John is 21-9-0-2 at home... Cape Breton is 8-22-1-1 on the road... Saint John has the second best power play in the league with a rating of 28.8%.... the Sea Dogs enter the final week of the regular season with a league best 4.41 goals per game... the Eagles are allowing a league high 4.74 goals against per game... Philippe Daoust has assists in six straight games... the Sea Dogs have won four straight home games... the Eagles have lost 12 straight road games.
Out of town Thursday:
Rouyn-Noranda at Blainville-Boisbriand - 7:00 PM EDT
Sherbrooke at Gatineau - 7:00 PM EDT
Val-d'Or at Victoriaville - 7:00 PM EDT
Out of town Friday:
Charlottetown at Moncton - 7:00 PM ADT
Rimouski at Québec - 7:00 PM EDT
Val-d'Or at Shawinigan - 7:00 PM EDT
Baie-Comeau at Chicoutimi - 7:30 PM EDT
Victoriaville at Drummondville - 7:30 PM EDT
Next game: The Sea Dogs visit the Moncton Wildcats on Sunday at 4 p.m.
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