Recap: Sea Dogs win 4-1

FINAL: Bathurst 1, Saint John 4

Saint John Sea Dogs

SAINT JOHN - After blowing a third period lead in a loss on Saturday, the Saint John Sea Dogs made up for their mistakes on Wednesday.

The Sea Dogs scored three times in the third in a 4-1 victory over the Acadie-Bathurst Titan, breaking a 1-1 tie after 40 minutes.

Matteo Mann, William Yared, Reid Calder and Zachary Morin all scored for Saint John while Olivier Groulx recorded two assists. Charles-Edward Gravel made 29 saves in a first star performance.

While the final score may not indicate it, this was another close contest between these two. Yared gave the Sea Dogs a 2-1 lead at 11:46 of the third period, getting a piece of the puck after it bounced in the air off of Titan netminder Joshua Fleming.

Saint John added to their lead at 17:43 when Calder put in the rebound of a Nate Tivey shot. Morin secured the win with a long empty net goal at 18:53.

Shots were 44-30 in favour of Saint John, who were once again missing their top two forwards in Eriks Mateiko and Tyler Peddle.

The win pushes Saint John back to the .500 mark with a 14-14-0-0 record.

For Bathurst, Maddex Marmulak scored the club's lone goal on a breakaway in the first period. Fleming made 40 stops in the loss.

LINEUP

Morin - Groulx - Yared

Rozzi - Dubé - Beveridge

Reynolds - Miller - Cross

Calder - Schenk - Beaulieu

Tivey - Amyot

Bilodeau - Mann

Caputo - Scanzano

Gravel

Robinson

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without Eriks Mateiko (injury) and Tyler Peddle (injury) along with defensemen Olivier Duhamel (injury) and Matthew MacLean (injury).

NOTES: Eriks Mateiko, Tyler Peddle and Olivier Duhamel all missed a second straight game due to injuries... Matthew MacLean did not play after getting injured late in Saturday's game against the Halifax Mooseheads... rookie defenseman Cruz Scanzano appeared in just his ninth game of the season and his first since Nov. 16. He has played in four games against the Titan... this was Saint John's first Wednesday game of the season. They'll play three in the second half... Matteo Mann took a high stick in the second period and played the third with a cage on... Mann had a team high six shots. He was also a +3... Saint John went 0/6 on the power play while Bathurst went 0/4... attendance was 1,659, the second smallest crowd of the season.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs travel to Cape Breton to face the Eagles on Friday night at 7 p.m.