Recap: Sea Dogs win 4-3 (OT)

FINAL: Gatineau 3, Saint John 4 (OT)

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

SAINT JOHN - Philippe Daoust scored 16 seconds into overtime to give the Saint John Sea Dogs a 4-3 victory over the Gatineau Olympiques on Wednesday night at TD Station.

A nice feed from William Dufour allowed Daoust to dive across the top of the crease and net his 20th of the season and give the Sea Dogs the victory.

Offense was not easy to come by for the Sea Dogs in this game as the team struggled to generate quality scoring chances. Saint John registered 26 shots on goal but only nine were considered dangerous. The Sea Dogs made the most of their limited chances though, erasing a two-goal deficit to earn the extra point.

Josh Lawrence, Brady Burns and Ryan Francis scored in regulation for Saint John. Nikolas Hurtubise made 32 saves in the victory, helping the Sea Dogs stretch their winning streak to four games.

Gatineau had a pair of goals from Antonin Verreault and a solo marker from Donovan Arsenault. Emerik Despatie made 22 stops in the loss as the Olympiques saw their three-game winning streak come to an end.

LINEUP

Burns - Lawrence - Dufour

Ansons - Daoust - Francis

Bezeau - MacDonald - Lessard

Trenholm - Reynolds - Blagden

Sevigny - Villeneuve

Poirier - DesRoches

Drapeau - Gartley

Hurtubise

Couture

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without goaltender Noah Patenaude (injury); defensemen Yan Kuznetsov (injury) and Vincent Despont (healthy); and forwards Jacob Chantler (injured) and Olivier Picard (serving game two of a three-game suspension). The Sea Dogs listed seven defensemen on their lineup sheet with Despont the final scratch.

NO GASCON: As expected, goaltender Eve Gascon did not dress for the Olympiques. With Remi Poirier still hurt, the Olympiques recalled Justin Bourque from the MHL's Valley Wildcats to be Emerik Despatie's backup. Bourque was invited to Sea Dogs training camp in the past.

STREAKS: Josh Lawrence, with a goal and an assist, extended his home points streak to 21 games. William Dufour, meanwhile, with two assists, extended his home points streak to 19 games.

FRANCIS: Ryan Francis just keeps on doing his thing. With a goal in the third period, Francis has now scored in three straight games and in seven of his past nine.

RYAN. FRANCIS. 😲#CityofChampions @NHLFlames pic.twitter.com/DwXHUYpaBb

— x - Saint John Sea Dogs (@SJSeaDogs) April 7, 2022

OT: Philippe Daoust scored his 20th goal of the season in just his 27th game to secure the Sea Dogs win. Five of those 20 goals have been game-winners.

PHILIPPE DAOUST! THE OT WINNER! #CityofChampions pic.twitter.com/JCpeJeKJUh

— x - Saint John Sea Dogs (@SJSeaDogs) April 7, 2022

NOTES: The Olympiques visit Moncton tomorrow and Bathurst Friday... before the game, Nathan Drapeau was named the Sea Dogs' student of the month... the only line adjustments from Saturday's game saw Riley Bezeau move up to the third line and Peter Reynolds drop down to centre the fourth line... the Olympiques have now lost 10 games in overtime this season... this was Saint John's fifth overtime victory of the season... the Olympiques fell to 25-0-6-2 when leading after two periods with this loss... this was only Saint John's second win of the season when entering the third period trailing... Simon Pinard had his four-game goal scoring streak come to an end... the announced attendance of 2,256 was the fifth smallest crowd in Sea Dogs history (not including games with COVID capacity limitations).

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs host the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Saturday at 7 p.m.