Game Day 64: at Charlottetown

CHARLOTTETOWN - Only five games remain on the Saint John Sea Dogs' regular season schedule and three of them will be against the Charlottetown Islanders.

The first of those meetings takes place tonight at Eastlink Centre. The Sea Dogs have points in five straight games (2-0-3-0) while the Islanders have dropped four straight (0-3-1-0).

Saint John remains two points back of the Val-d'Or Foreurs for the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's final playoff spot. Every point will matter the rest of the way.

Game time tonight is 7 p.m.

TV/Radio/Stream: None/93 CFBC/CHL TV

2022-23 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 22-36-4-1 for 49 points (fifth Maritimes/ninth Eastern/17th QMJHL) while the Islanders are 24-30-6-1 for 55 points (fourth Maritimes/eighth Eastern/13th QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 4-3 overtime loss in Bathurst on Sunday. Brady Burns, Alex Drover and Peter Reynolds scored for Saint John. Ventsislav Shingarov made 29 stops in the loss. The Islanders are coming off a 3-2 overtime loss in Cape Breton on Saturday. Ross Campbell and Joel Marchon scored for Charlottetown. Jakob Robillard made 27 stops in the loss.

2022-23 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 3-3-0-0 against the Islanders this season while Charlottetown is 3-1-1-1 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Feb. 20 at TD Station where the Islanders defeated the Sea Dogs 5-3. Simon Hughes scored a pair of goals for Charlottetown while singles came from Jeremie Biakabutuka, Kiefer Lyons and Michael Horth. Saint John goals came from Noah Reinhart, Pavel Simek and Luka Benoit. Jakob Robillard made 39 saves in the win. Oliver Brideau made 25 stops in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Islanders: Forward Simon Hughes.

Islander to watch: Simon Hughes has four goals and an assist in six games against his old club this season.

Random stat: The Islanders are averaging a league low 2.78 goals per game while Saint John is averaging a league high 4.70 goals against per game.

Notes: Brady Burns continues to lead Saint John in points (64), goals (32) and assists (32)... Giovanni Morneau leads the Islanders in points with 47 and assists with 29... Michael Horth leads Charlottetown in goals with 25... Saint John is 10-17-4-1 on the road... Charlottetown is 14-16-1-0 at home... the Islanders have the QMJHL's worst power play with a rating of 14.3%... Charlottetown has the second worst penalty kill with a rating of 74.2%... the Sea Dogs have lost six straight road games.

Out of town:

No other games.

Next game: The Sea Dogs host the Halifax Mooseheads on Friday at 7 p.m. at TD Station.