The Sea Dogs, who dropped a fourth straight game on Wednesday when they fell on home ice to the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada, will look to pull off a major upset when they host the Moncton Wildcats at 7 p.m.
The Wildcats, winners of three straight, sit first overall in the QMJHL standings with 76 points – double the amount of points the Sea Dogs have this season.
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 6-2 loss to the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada on Wednesday at TD Station. Reid Calder and Zachary Morin scored Saint John's goal. Justin Robinson made 34 stops in the loss. The Wildcats are coming off a 3-2 shootout win over the Cape Breton Eagles last night at Avenir Centre. Loke Johansson and Dylan MacKinnon scored for Moncton. Rudy Guimond made 38 stops in the win.
Saint John does have two wins against Moncton this season but the Wildcats have won the two most recent meetings.
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2024-25 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 19-29-0-0 for 38 points (sixth Maritimes/10th Eastern/16th QMJHL) while the Wildcats are 37-8-2-0 for 76 points (first Maritimes/first Eastern/first QMJHL).
Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 6-2 loss to the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada on Wednesday at TD Station. Reid Calder and Zachary Morin scored Saint John's goal. Justin Robinson made 34 stops in the loss. The Wildcats are coming off a 3-2 shootout win over the Cape Breton Eagles last night at Avenir Centre. Loke Johansson and Dylan MacKinnon scored for Moncton. Rudy Guimond made 38 stops in the win.
2024-25 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 2-4-0-0 against the Wildcats this season while Moncton is 4-1-1-0 against Saint John.
Last meeting: Dec. 28 in Moncton where the Wildcats defeated the Sea Dogs 7-2. Caleb Desnoyers scored a pair of goals for Moncton while singles came from Markus Vidicek, Riley Sampson, Etienne Morin, Adam Fortier-Gendron and Mitchell Wagner. Saint John had goals from Dylan Rozzi and Nicolas Bilodeau. Jacob Steinman made 29 stops in the win. Justin Robinson made 41 saves in the loss.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Wildcats: None.
Wildcat to watch: Caleb Desnoyers has five goals and five assists in six games against Saint John this season.
Random stat: Juraj Pekarcik has goals in three straight road games.
Notes: Nate Tivey leads Saint John in points with 34 and assists with 29... William Yared and Zachary Morin each have a team high 13 goals... Caleb Desnoyers leads Moncton in points (65), goals (29) and assists (36)... Saint John is 11-13-0-0 at home... Moncton is 18-4-1-0 on the road... Moncton is 24-4-2-0 against Maritimes Division teams... the Wildcats have a league best penalty kill of 86.2%... the Wildcats have a league high 4.44 goals per game average and 36.59 shots per game average. They are also averaging a league low 2.24 goals against per game... Desnoyers has points in 10 straight road games... Alex Mercier has points in seven straight road games... the Sea Dogs have lost three straight home games.
Out of town:
Baie-Comeau at Charlottetown - 7:00 PM AST Blainville-Boisbriand at Halifax - 7:00 PM AST
Rimouski at Chicoutimi - 7:00 PM EST
Victoriaville at Québec - 7:00 PM EST
Val-d'Or at Shawinigan - 7:00 PM EST
Drummondville at Sherbrooke - 7:00 PM EST
Next game: The Sea Dogs take on the Baie-Comeau Drakkar tomorrow night at 7 p.m. at TD Station.
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