The Sea Dogs carried a 2-0 lead into the third period on Sunday at Avenir Centre but the Moncton Wildcats scored two goals in the final seven minutes of regulation to send the game into extra time. In the shootout, Vincent Labelle scored the lone goal to give the Wildcats the extra point and a 3-2 win.
Saint John played a solid road game and were certainly worthy of the point. Charlie DesRoches and Connor Trenholm scored for Saint John. Ventsislav Shingarov made 24 saves in the loss.
Miles Mueller and Yoan Loshing scored for Moncton. Vincent Filion made 22 stops in the win.
Saint John had a pretty strong first period, outshooting Moncton 8-4. They gave up some odd-man rushes but were able to recover on most. Brady Burns nearly opened the scoring, ripping a shot off the post for what was the period's best scoring chance.
The Wildcats had a bit more offensive jump in the second period but it would be Saint John opening the scoring at 11:42 when DesRoches ripped a shot over the blocker of Filion. Then at 14:13 and with Saint John shorthanded, Trenholm sped into the offensive zone and held off Etienne Morin to make it 2-0 Saint John.
Mueller got the Wildcats on the board at 13:03 of the third. Jonas Taibel was behind the net and sent the puck in front for Mueller who beat Shingarov through the pads, making it a one-goal game.
Moncton tied the game at 16:40. A Morin point shot was blocked but Loshing grabbed the puck, spun and quickly fired a shot over the glove of Shingarov to make it 2-2.
After a fairly uneventful overtime session, Labelle scored the lone goal of the shootout to give the Wildcats the extra point.
LINEUP
Burns - MacDonald - Elie
Laforge - Trenholm - Reinhart
Thifault - Burbidge - Simek
Mateiko - Cournoyer - Beaulieu
Tivey - DesRoches
Bilodeau - Despont
Akkouche - Cosman
Shingarov
Brideau
SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without goaltender Nikolas Hurtubise (injury); defenseman Jeremie Richard (healthy) and Jake Tracey (injury); and forwards Peter Reynolds (injury) and Tomasz Szczerba (injury).
STREAK EXTENDED: Captain Charlie DesRoches extended his point streak to five games by opening the scoring in the second period. The overager, who had 10 goals all last season, has now scored three times this year.
SHORTHANDED: The Sea Dogs scored their first shorthanded goal of the season in Friday's game. They added a second on Sunday when Connor Trenholm was able to speed into the offensive zone and hold off Moncton defenseman Etienne Morin to double Saint John's lead. Trenholm now has goals in three straight games.
EXTRA TIME: This was the first time the Sea Dogs played extra time this season. The Blainville-Boisbriand Armada are now the only team that hasn't played overtime this season.
NOTES: The Sea Dogs went back to 12 forwards and six defensemen. They played much of Friday's game with 10 forwards after Peter Reynolds was injured in the first period... the Telegraph-Journal (paywall) reports that Reynolds will be out for a month... forward Jacob Beaulieu played in his first game since Oct. 15... the Wildcats went with 11 forwards and seven defensemen. Natan Grenier, who the Sea Dogs dealt to Moncton in the Philippe Daoust trade, was the seventh defenseman... for a second straight game, Ventsislav Shingarov carried a shutout into the third period... Charlie DesRoches had six shots... attendance for the Wildcats' Halloween themed game was 3,995.
HIGHLIGHTS
NOTES: The Sea Dogs travel to Charlottetown to host the Islanders on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
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