Recap: Sea Dogs lose 6-2

FINAL; Moncton 6, Saint John 2

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

SAINT JOHN - The wheels fell off the Saint John Sea Dogs' wagon in the third period on Sunday at TD Station.

The Moncton Wildcats scored four times in the final frame to earn a 6-2 victory over the Sea Dogs. Moncton has now won five of the six meetings between the two provincial rivals this season.

It was a close and tight game up until the third. The Sea Dogs were doing a good job at going toe-to-toe with the Wildcats — but, like many rebuilding clubs (and like we've seen several times this season), couldn't keep it going for a full 60 minutes.

Justin Robinson was solid in net and made a few big saves when the game was still close. Robinson made 33 saves in the loss.

Egan Beveridge and Pavel Simek scored for Saint John.

Saint John continues to struggle on home ice this season, falling to 6-11-2-2. They play their next four games all at TD Station.

Vincent Collard scored a pair of goals for Moncton while singles came from Preston Lounsbury, Miles Mueller, Thomas Auger and Etienne Morin. Jacob Steinman made 27 saves in the win.

LINEUP

Simek - Peddle - Fournier

Reynolds - Elliott - Beveridge

Calder - Pierre-Noel - Beaulieu

Laforge - Benoit

Tivey - Ianniello

Bilodeau - Mann

Amyot - Duhamel

MacLean

Robinson

Leaver

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Eriks Mateiko (world juniors), Coen Miller (injury) and Olivier Groulx (healthy).

NICE GOAL: Quite a goal from Egan Beveridge.

NOTES: Saint John dressed 11 forwards and seven defensemen... Matteo Mann played his first game since Dec. 6 due to injury... the newly acquired Olivier Groulx was listed as a healthy scratch... Fleaburn celebrated his 30th birthday at the game. Wild Willie was one of the guest mascots in attendance... Tyler Peddle recorded his first point as a Sea Dog, assisting on Pavel Simek's goal... Peddle and Simek each had five shots... Moncton's league-leading power play went 1/3... attendance was 4,912, a season high. Tickets were $7.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs are back in action on Thursday when they host the Rimouski Oceanic at 7 p.m.