Recap: Sea Dogs lose 4-3

FINAL: Saint John 3, Blainville-Boisbriand 4

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

BOISBRIAND, QC - The Saint John Sea Dogs couldn't contain the power play of the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada when they needed to most.

With Zachary Morin in the box serving an interference penalty, Egor Goriunov netted his 20th goal of the season to give the Armada a 4-3 advantage at 12:24 of the third period. The Sea Dogs pulled goaltender Justin Robinson in favour of an extra attacker late in the frame but could not net an equalizer.

The Armada entered the game with the best power play in the QMJHL, running at 32.6%. They went 2/3 in this game.

The Sea Dogs, despite being outshot 31-16 through 40 minutes, entered the third with a 3-2 lead thanks to a late second period goal from William Yared. Saint John played a fairly solid road game even though the shot clock was lopsided for a lot of it.

Xavier Villeneuve tied the game at 9:24 of the third, allowing Goriunov to register the game-winner a few minutes later.

Matt Gosselin and Rafaël Cloutier also scored for Blainville-Boisbriand. Felix Hamel made 26 saves in the victory.

Yared, Nicolas Bilodeau and Olivier Groulx all scored for Saint John. Robinson had another busy night in net, making 39 saves in the loss.

Yared recorded a career high three points – a goal and two assists. Saint John's top line of Yared, Groulx and Dylan Rozzi – who are all from the Montreal area – was buzzing all night long.

LINEUP

Rozzi - Groulx - Yared

Peddle - Dubé - Cross

Morin - M. Krayer - Beveridge

Beaulieu - Wagner

Tivey - Amyot

Bilodeau - Mann

Lumsden - Bonnet

MacLean

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Dylan Krayer (injury), Darien Reynolds (injury) and Reid Calder (healthy) along with defensemen Olivier Duhamel (injury).

NOTES: Saint John went with 11 forwards and seven defensemen. Reid Calder was scratched after warmup... 19-year-old goaltender Cédric Cyr-Dauphinais of the QJHL's Terrebonne Cobras was Justin Robinson's backup for this game. Cyr-Dauphinais was Saint John's backup for a couple games earlier this season... Armada leading scorer Justin Carbonneau missed this game due to a suspension... Olivier Groulx scored early in the second period but, after a review, the goal was declared offside and overturned. He scored later in the period on a very similar play... William Yared now has 12 goals, tying him with Tyler Peddle and Zachary Morin for the team lead... Yared had four shots... faceoffs were 37-27 in favour of Saint John... Saint John went 0/1 on the power play... Justin Robinson has faced 36 or more shots in each of his past five starts... attendance was 2,011.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs continue this Quebec road trip on Friday, visiting the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies at 8 p.m.