Recap: Sea Dogs lose 3-2 (OT)

FINAL: Saint John 2, Moncton 3 (OT)

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

MONCTON - The Saint John Sea Dogs picked up a point in a tough road loss to the Moncton Wildcats on Friday night.

The Sea Dogs carried the play at times and were outshooting the Wildcats 26-15 through two periods. But Moncton turned it on in the third and carried that momentum into overtime, securing a 3-2 victory.

The Sea Dogs were trailing 2-1 after two but tied it early in the third period on a power play. The Wildcats outshot the Sea Dogs 17-8 in the final frame and fired the only shot of the overtime period.

Saint John entered play Friday just one-point back of the Val-d'Or Foreurs for the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's final playoff spot. The Wildcats, meanwhile, have now won six straight games as they try and sneak into the No. 3 spot in the Eastern Conference.

Charles Beaudoin scored the game-winner 1:52 into overtime, firing a shot over the glove of Ventsislav Shingarov. Alex Mercier and Jonas Taibel also scored for Moncton while Jacob Steinman made 32 saves in the win.

Noah Reinhart and Peter Reynolds scored for Saint John. Shingarov made 30 saves in the loss.

LINEUP

Burns - Burbidge - Reinhart

Simek - Reynolds - Elie

Mateiko - Cournoyer - Benoit

Calder - Beaulieu

Tivey - DesRoches

Ianniello - Cosman

Bilodeau - Akkouche

Despont

Shingarov

Brideau

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without defenseman Jeremie Richard (injury) along with forwards Nico Laforge (injury), Sam-Luca Thifault (injury), Alex Drover (injury), Nathan Casey (injury) and Harrison Ballard (injury).

ONE LAST TIME: This was the final meeting of the regular season between the Sea Dogs and Wildcats. Saint John finishes with a 2-5-1-1 record against Moncton but also with a pretty solid 2-0-1-1 record at the Avenir Centre.

NOTES: Saint John went with 11 forwards and seven defensemen once again... with so many forwards out with injuries and his Saint John Vito's season over, Reid Calder was recalled to play in his third game of the season with the Sea Dogs... Noah Reinhart had a goal and an assist... Pavel Simek and Danny Akkouche each had four shots... Saint John won 40/73 faceoffs... Moncton scored their 11th shorthanded goal of the season... the Sea Dogs are now 2-3-1-1 (OTW-OTL-SOW-SOL) in extra time this season... attendance was 4,772.

HIGHLIGHTS

Coming soon.

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs visit the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Sunday at 3 p.m.