Game Day 66: vs Islanders

SAINT JOHN - A major opportunity is in front of the Saint John Sea Dogs.

With the Val-d'Or Foreurs and Blainville-Boisbriand Armada both losing on Saturday, the Sea Dogs have the chance to jump as high as 15th in the overall standings today. The top-16 teams qualify for the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's post-season.

Including this afternoon's matchup against the Charlottetown Islanders, the Sea Dogs have three games remaining in the regular season. They will all be important.

Game time this afternoon is 3 p.m. at TD Station.

TV/Radio/Stream: None/93 CFBC/CHL TV

2022-23 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 23-37-4-1 for 51 points (fifth Maritimes/ninth Eastern/16th QMJHL) while the Islanders are 25-31-6-2 for 58 points (fourth Maritimes/eighth Eastern/14th QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 4-3 home loss to the Halifax Mooseheads on Friday. Vince Elie, Peter Reynolds and Danny Akkouche scored for Saint John. Ventsislav Shingarov made 36 stops in the loss. The Islanders are coming off a 2-1 shootout loss in Moncton on Friday. Michael Horth scored Charlottetown's lone goal. Jakob Robillard made 31 stops in the loss.

2022-23 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 4-3-0-0 against the Islanders this season while Charlottetown is 3-2-1-1 against Saint John.

Last meeting: March 14 in Charlottetown where the Sea Dogs defeated the Islanders 7-2. Luka Benoit, Eriks Mateiko, Cole Burbidge, Alex Drover, Nicolas Bilodeau, Peter Reynolds and Brady Burns scored for Saint John. Lane Hinkley and Keiran Gallant scored for Charlottetown. Ventsislav Shingarov made 36 saves in the win. Jakob Robillard made 27 stops in the loss.

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

Islander to watch: Michael Horth has scored five goals against Saint John this season. The only team he has scored more against is the Acadie-Bathurst Titan (six times).

Random stat: Peter Reynolds has goals in four straight games and seven goals over his past seven games.

Notes: Brady Burns continues to lead Saint John in points (69), goals (33) and assists (36)... Giovanni Morneau leads Charlottetown in points with 48 and assists with 30... Michael Horth leads the club in goals with 26... Saint John is 12-20-0-0 at home... Charlottetown is 10-14-5-2 on the road... the Islanders are averaging a league high 12.48 penalty minutes per game... Charlottetown has the league's worst power play (14.5%) and third worst penalty kill (74.1%)... the Isles are averaging a league low 2.74 goals per game while the Sea Dogs are averaging a league high 4.65 goals against per game... the Islanders have lost five straight road games.

Out of town:

Moncton at Halifax - 2:00 PM ADT 

Shawinigan at Gatineau - 3:00 PM EDT 

Chicoutimi at Québec - 3:00 PM EDT

Victoriaville at Rimouski - 3:00 PM EDT

Next game: The Sea Dogs play their final road game of the regular season on Friday night in Charlottetown.